Exam 26: Jewish Texts and Traditions

In Sirach, the women who are portrayed most positively are:

The Latin title of the Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach, is:

4 Maccabees is not a part of the canon of any religious community.

The Additions to Daniel are found only in the Hebrew version of the text.

Daniel rescues _______________ from execution by proving that her accusers Had used perjury to convict her.

Tobit takes place in:

2 Maccabees contains an account of the origins of the festival of Hanukkah.

The book of Judith tells us that Judith was a:

_____________ was the Assyrian general who was killed by Judith.

The Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Ezra is ________________.

What are the Additions to the Book of Esther? How do they change the character of the book? What motivated these changes?

What are the overall differences in tone and style between 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees? How can you account for these differences?

The presence of a(n) ________________ keeps the furnace in the Prayer of Azariah cool enough that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abdnego are not burned inside it.

All are thrown into the fiery furnace in the Prayer of Azariah except:

The character of Tobit shares many parallels with the figure of:

The additions to the book of Esther are included in the Jewish canon.

Tobit's wife is named:

The Wisdom of Solomon features all of the following elements except:

The angel in the book of Tobit is named ________________.

The book of Tobit was probably written in Greek originally.