Lecture 12_Haggai and Zechariah

Question 1

What is the theme of Zech 11:

Answer 1

1. YHWH’s leadership for covenant renewal between north and south.
2. This leadership has been rejected
3. the results must now be accepted by the community

Question 2

Zechariah Chapters 7-14 contain

Answer 2

1. oracles that describe social issues

2. and the coming king who will prepare the community for the coming of God’s kingdom.

Question 3

In Zechariah where are…

The coronation of the high priest

Answer 3

6:9-15

Question 4

In Zechariah where are…

Moral and social issues facing the returned community

Answer 4

7-8

Question 5

What is the structure of Haggai?

Answer 5

1 The sin, judgment, and repentance of the people God

2: 1-9 The place of the rebuilt temple in the economy of salvation
2: 10-19 Who may rebuild the temple
2: 20-23 The address to the temple builder

Question 6

What is the theme of Zech 10:

Answer 6

critique of false leadership and imposition of YHWH’s leadership

Question 7

What is the theme of Zech 9:

Answer 7

The march by YHWH from the northern borders of the Promised Land to Jerusalem and the temple.

Question 8

What are the two descriptions of the New Zion Community in Zechariah

Answer 8

1. Faithful Community. [This new covenant community will be characterized as one that speaks to truth]
2. International Community.

Question 9

What are the three descriptions of the shepherd-king? And what are the location in Zechariah as well as NT?

Answer 9

1. Humble King: Zech 9:9-10 (cp. Matt 21:4-5; John 12:15)
2. Vicariously Suffering King: Zech 12:10-14 (cp. John 19:37)
3. Struck Shepherd-King: Zech 13:7 (cp. Matt 26:31; Mark 14:27)

Question 10

In Zechariah where are…

End-time conflict and the emergence of the New Jerusalem

Answer 10

12-14

Question 11

Where is the announcement of Yahweh’s kingship in Zechariah?

Answer 11

The third vision

2:10-13

Question 12

In Zechariah where are…

The visions of Zechariah

Answer 12

1:7-6:8

Question 13

In Zechariah where are…

Introduction: Covenant Renewal

Answer 13

1:1-6

Question 14

What is Haggai chapter two about?

Answer 14

Rebuilding of the Temple

Question 15

Zechariah contains a large amount of

Answer 15

1. apocalyptic language and features. [The first 6 chapters contain at times bizarre visions that concern return to covenantal faithfulness not only physically but spiritually.]

Question 16

What is the theme of Haggai?

Answer 16

1. to persuade the returned exiles in Jerusalem and what remained of Judah to rebuild the temple
2. Return to proper covenantal worship

Question 17

What are theological themes in Zechariah?

Answer 17

1. The new Zion community (7-8)

2. The focus on the shepherd-king

Question 18

In Zechariah where are…

The rejection of the shepherd

Answer 18

11

Question 19

What is the key word in the covenant renewal in Zechariah 1:1-6?

Answer 19

return

Question 20

What is the dating of Zechariah?

Answer 20

from October 520 BC (Zech 1:1) to December 518

Question 21

What is the dating of Haggai?

Answer 21

520 BC

Question 22

What is the Political Setting of Haggai?

Answer 22

Postexilic prophecy under the Persian rule

Question 23

What is the theme of Zech 12-14:

Answer 23

1. end-time conflict,

2. from which Jerusalem will emerge as the new-creation center.

Question 24

The focus of Zechariah is

Answer 24

covenant renewal of the post-exilic community

Question 25

In Zechariah where are…

Yahweh’s march on Jerusalem

Answer 25

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