Final Exam Flashcards
The 5 Biblical Covenants
- Protoevangelium
- Abrahamic
- Mosaic; Davidic
- New Covenant
Protoevangelium
Genesis 3:15
Abrahamic Covenant
Genesis 12,15,17 (2100/2000 BC)
Mosaic Covenant
Exodus 20 (1450 BC)
Davidic Covenant
2 Samuel 7 (1000 BC)
New Covenant
Jeremiah 31:31-34 (586 BC)
hozeh and ro’eh
seer; visions seen by prophet
nabi’
more common; someone who calls or has been called
Early Prophets
- Moses, Samuel
- Gad, Nathan, Micaiah
- Elija and Elisha
What Prophets Are
- devoted servants of Yahweh
- called to service by Yahweh
- forth tellers/proclaimers of Yahweh’s message
- fortellers - visions of the future
What Prophets Aren’t
- hysterical babblers
- fortune tellers
- religious fanatics
Organizing principles of Major/Minor Prophets
length and chronological
Major Prophets
Isaiah -Daniel
Minor Prophets
“Book of the 12”; Hosea - Malachi
Differences btwn Ancient Near East Prophets
+Biblically addressed whole nation
+focused on right living and attitude
+contained moral importance
+reaching implications of pple’s actions
2 Classes of Prophetic Oracles
+“Thus says the LORD”
+Oracles of judgment and salvation
Variety of Prophetic Oracles
+allegories
+Proverbs
+Lamentations
+prayers
2 types of composition of Prophetic Lit
+Personal authorship - written by author
+scribal authorship - written by someone else amanuensis
amanuensis
transcribers; Jeremiah had one (Baruch)
Basic Pattern (Major themes) of Prophetic Lit
sin > judgment > salvation
Sin
+God’s law is background
+Prophets commentate pple’s un/faithfulness
+recurring issues: idolatry and injustice
+call to repent
Judgment
Nineveh only positive example of repentance; “Day of the Lord”
Day of the Lord
+immediate - destruction of Jerusalem
+future - eschatology - end of human history
3 aspects of the Day of the Lord
+judgment of unbelievers
+cleansing of God’s pple
+salvation of God’s pple
Aspects of Salvation theme
=God’s presence/Temple
=Messiah, Triumphant King
=New Covenant
=Salvation for the nations
New Covenant
New hearts; Jer 31:31-34; Ezek 36:22-28