STUDY GUIDE FOR ADDITIONAL READING ASSIGNMENT 5

A. B. Davidson, The Theology of the Old Testament

Page 3 – How does the author say that the “perfect” kingdom of God was prepared for in the Old Testament?

Page 6 – What type of science does the author say that Old Testament Theology is?

Page 11- From whence does the author say that an Old Testament theology comes?

26 – To what nation did Judah fall into captivity?

31 – Were ancient people particularly needing of arguments for the existence of a supreme being?

37 – What does “How excellent is your name in all the earth” in Psalm viii mean?

48-49 – What did the name Jehovah come to mean?

53 – From what nation did the name Jehovah derive?

59 – What is the first Commandment?

67 – By what name did God make Himself known to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? By what name did He make Himself known to Moses?

69 – Was the angle that appeared to Moses a created angel?

71 - The name Jehovah is expressive of what? 2

35 – The things that happen to Israel illustrate what?

236 – During ancient times did every nation worship Jahweh?

237 - Did Israelite believers fully understand the particular future references made about Christ to them.

239 – When a covenant was “cut” it was done under a solemn ceremony of …

241 - With whom did God make his covenants?

243 – What does the author have to say about the purpose of the Sabbath? Who rested? How long did they rest? Why did the rest?

245 – Where did God make the covenant with Israel?

253-254 What does the term “Holy” mean?

261 – From what chapter and verse does the following come? “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”

264 – What kind of condition does the term “righteousness” convey?

279 – Can those who are outside of the covenant be found righteous?

283 – From what book and chapter does the following come, “I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”

286 – The author states that the sufferings of Job were not for sin, but were a trial of …

287 – Did the dispersion of Israel indicate that God was no longer for them?

288 – What was the purpose of God’s dispersion of Israel? Over all, does Davidson see God as just or unjust?