111-04 OT Bible Final Exam Flashcards
1 Kings 18
Elijah on Mt. Carmel
2 Kings 18-20
Battle on Mt. Carmel
Isaiah 6
Isaiah’s call
Prophecy of the coming of the Messiah
Isaiah 53
Jeremiah 29
Letter to the exiles
Ezekiel 16 & 23
Unfaithful bride
Ezekiel 37
Valley of dry bones
Hosea 1-3
Hosea’s unfaithful wife as metaphor
Joel 2
The Day of the Lord
Micah 5:2
Messianic hope
Ethic of the prophets
Micah 6:8
Job 1-2
Conversation between Yahweh and satan
Job 42:5
the Lord’s speech
Proverbs 8
Lady Wisdom
A Time for Everything
Ecclesiastes 3
The temple was a place for repentance and worship
2 Chronicles 7:14
Rhetorical Criticism
argument: evaluate effectiveness and appropriateness of messages
Canonical Criticism
examination of final form of text in totality (Childs)
Form Criticism
breaks down bible into sections (Herman Gunkel)
inclusio
beginning and end the same; parallel
acrostic
lost in translation
Tanakh
a term for the books of the Bible that make up the Hebrew canon.
Bicolon
parallel thought over two successive lines of poetry
Hagiographa
Holy writings
Canticles
poetic passages from parts of the Bible other than the Book of Psalms; song of Solomon
Chiasmus
a literary device in which ideas are presented and then subsequently repeated or inverted in a symmetrical mirror-like structure.
Adonijah
A son of David who was executed by Solomon
Abishag
helper to David in old age
Nathan
prophet who condemned David’s adultery.
Omri
Moved capital to new city of Samaria
Ahab
king of Israel; married to Jezebel
Jeroboam
Omri’s song; First king of the northern kingdom
Jezebel
the wife of Ahab; Baal worshipper
Jehu
King of Israel; wipes out Ahab’s family
Tiglath-Pileser III
King of Assyria; formed the empire
Sennacherib
Assyrian king and empire builder (701 bc)
Hezekiah
Ruler of Judah; removed pagan practices/worship
Manasseh
Wicked King of Judah; longest reign
Josiah
King of Judah 640-609 bc
Pharaoh Necho
killed Josiah in battle.
Jehoiachin
Exiled to Babylon; last king mentioned in Kings
Zedekiah
Last king of Judah
Nebuchadnezzar
A Babylonian king who conquered Jerusalem
Antiochus Epiphanes IV
outlawed torah and circumcision
Tobias and Sanballat
Enemies of Jews who made several attempts to stop Nehemiah from rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem.
Mordeccai
Esther’s cousin
Haman
Tried to destroy the Jews during Esther’s time
Maccabees
leaders of the Jewish rebel army that took control of Judea
Two kings that the Northern and Southern Kingdoms are measured by
David and Jeroboam
The common pattern in Kings
“He did what was evil/right in the sight of the Lord”
Judah=
Southern Kingdom, capital Jerusalem
Israel=
Northern Kingdom, capital Samaria
Span of 1 & 2 Kings and authorship?
400 years, Jeremiah
Deuteronomistic History
Martin Noth
Hebrew Former Prophets
Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings
The book of Kings seeks to prove…
the word of the prophets comes true
Solomon’s downfall
Deut. 17:14-20
His multiplying of horse, wives, gold, etc.
Rival religion in Israel
Jeroboam,
Calf worship in Dan and Bethel
T/F: The dynasty changes in the Northern Kingdom were slow
False
Two paradigms of the divided monarchy
Omri; Ahab; Ahaziah vs. David; Solomon; Rehoboam
Mt. Carmel
Elijah challenging prophets of Baal & Jezebel
Mt. Sinai
Horeb
Elisha’s double portion
Rights of the firstborn or twice as many miracles
Prophetic pattern pre-8th cen
God-prophet-king-people
Prophetic pattern post-8th cen
God-prophet-people
Major Prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel
Minor Prophets
The Book of the 12; Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Foretelling prophet names
Seer & Watchman
Forthtelling prophet names
Man of God & Messenger of Yahweh
Lamentations authorship
Jeremiah: Fits his historical setting; He saw the destruction of the city; the language reflects Jeremiah; both have a weeping tone
Lamentations laments loss of
city, king, temple
Purpose of city laments
Why a nation’s capital city was destroyed: one’s gods are not weaker than the enemy’s gods; one’s own god(s) were behind the attacks
Babylonian prophets/writers
Ezekiel& Daniel; Babylon=NY city
Traditional interpretation of four faces of Ezekiel’s living beings
4 gospel’s
Amos
social justice
Joel
Locusts
Malachi
saw forerunner of Christ
Hosea
unfaithful wife
Nahum
prophesied destruction or Nineveh
Jonah
ministered to Nineveh
Megilloth
Ruth, Esther, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations
Primarily interpreted Song of Solomon as
Allegory
Major/Minor prophets are indicated/measured by
length of book
Theodicy
Job
Book of the twelve
minor prophets
Journey vs. destination
Ecclesiastes
T/F: another name for former prophets is Deuteronomistic History
True
T/F: book of Esther is set in ancient Susa
True
Haggai & Zechariah were during what period?
Persian
Obadiah
Edom is bad
Zephaniah
Day of the Lord