Q 01/05

What does 'minor' mean in 'Minor Prophets', Augustine's label for Hosea, Nahum and ten other books?

A) Their length

B) Their importance

C) Their date

D) Their authorship

Answer · why

A) Their length

Their length is all 'minor' means: Augustine of Hippo called the twelve shorter prophetic books prophetae minores beside the four long ones. Nahum run...

Q 02/05

Which prophet's line 'let justice roll down like waters' did Martin Luther King Jr. echo in 'I Have a Dream'?

A) Hosea

B) Amos

C) Isaiah

D) Jeremiah

Answer · why

B) Amos

Amos, a shepherd from Tekoa, gave King the line: Amos 5:24 reads 'let justice roll down like waters', and the 1963 speech made it 'until justice rolls...

Q 03/05

Which phrase from Isaiah 2:4 is carved on a granite wall facing the United Nations headquarters in New York?

A) A light to the nations

B) A voice in the wilderness

C) Swords into plowshares

D) Wonderful Counsellor

Answer · why

C) Swords into plowshares

Swords into plowshares is cut into the Isaiah Wall of Ralph Bunche Park, across First Avenue from the UN, and the line runs on: 'nation shall not lift...

Q 04/05

Which animals mauled forty-two youths who jeered at Elisha as 'baldhead' on the road in 2 Kings 2?

A) Lions

B) Wolves

C) Jackals

D) Bears

Answer · why

D) Bears

Bears, two she-bears from the forest, tore the youths of Bethel after Elisha cursed them in the name of the Lord; it is one of the most argued-over pa...

Q 05/05

What did Nebuchadnezzar eat like an ox during the seven 'times' of madness that Daniel foretold?

A) Grass

B) Locusts

C) Bark

D) Acorns

Answer · why

A) Grass

Grass 'like an ox' was the king's diet after Daniel read his dream of a felled tree, and Daniel 4 says his reason returned only when he lifted his eye...