OTCL 505 Quiz

OTCL 505 Quiz: Background to the Alphabet

1. Which archaeological age spans the years 1200-586 BCE and roughly corresponds with the rise of biblical Israel?
2. The _______________ principle of writing uses a “symbol for sound” system.
3. The Ophel Inscription is the oldest ever found in Jerusalem.
4. King Hezekiah of Israel is mentioned in the Tel Dan inscription.
5. The Gezer Calendar reveals pottery working details.
6. _______________was the mining location in the Sinai where the transition from hieroglyphs to an acrophonic system occurred?
7. The biblical city of Gath was where the Goliath inscription was found.
8. The main feature which led Sir Alan Gardiner to discover the transition from hieroglyphs to the acrophonic system was the repetition of a four character word.
9. The _______________ is another name for the City of David south of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem?
10. What was the !rst place writing appeared in the Ancient Near East (ANE)?

OTCL 505 Quiz Simple Vowels

• Match the following:

Pathach “a” as in “path”

Qamets “a” as in “father”

Hireq “i” as in “hit”

Tsere “e” as in “they”

Seghol “e” as in “set”

OTCL 505 Quiz: Vowel Letters

• Match the following:

yi

ye

y,

wO

W

h”

hE

h,

ho

OTCL 505 Quiz: Background to the Alphabet

1. Which archaeological age spans the years 1200-586 BCE and roughly corresponds
2. The _______________ principle of writing uses a “symbol for sound” system.
3. The Ophel Inscription is the oldest ever found in Jerusalem.
4. King Hezekiah of Israel is mentioned in the Tel Dan inscription.
5. The Gezer Calendar reveals pottery working details.
6. _was the mining location in the Sinai where the transition from hieroglyphs to an acrophonic system occurred?
7. The biblical city of Gath was where the Goliath inscription was found.
8. The main feature which led Sir Alan Gardiner to discover the transition from hieroglyphs to the acrophonic system was the repetition of a four character word.
9. The _______________ is another name for the City of David south of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem?
10. What was the first place writing appeared in the Ancient Near East (ANE)?

OTCL 505 Quiz: Hebrew Inseparable Prefixes

• Match the following:

The

In/with/by

According to/like

To/for

And