Lecture 1_Prophecy

Question 1

When was the canon of the OT closed?

And what three things did it have?

Answer 1

1. 160BC
2. Tripartite Structure
3. A set order
4. A set number of books–24

Question 2

What is the five-fold typology of the prophet?

Answer 2

1. has an intense experience of deity
2. speaks or writes in a distinctive way
3. acts in a particular social setting
4. possesses distinctive personal qualities (for example, charisma)
5. is an intermediary

Question 3

What are the key characteristics? And critique? for

1. The prophet has an intense experience of the deity

Answer 3

1. Key Characteristic: ecstasy.

2. Critique: No direct evidence of ecstasy in prophetic texts.

Question 4

What are the key characteristics? And critique? for

2. The prophet speaks or writes in a distinctive way

Answer 4

1. Key Characteristic: poetry.

2. Critique: Many forms of prophecy are written in prose, such as vision reports (e.g. Zech 1-6; Ezek 1:1-3:15)

Question 5

What are the key characteristics? And critique? for

4. The prophet possesses distinctive personal qualities, for example, charisma.

Answer 5

1. Key Characteristics: charisma and attracting disciples or followers
2. Critique: No Hebrew Prophet would qualify as such on this premise.

Question 6

What are the key characteristics? for

5. The prophet is an intermediary

Answer 6

1. Key Characteristic: the prophet stands on the boundary between the human and divine worlds.

Question 7

III. What are the titles for intermediary in the OT

Answer 7

1. Seer
2. Man of God
3. Visionaries (or seers)
4. Prophet

Question 8

Who is the key figure? And what is the key characteristic for:
1. Seer

Answer 8

1. Key Figure: Samuel

2. Key Characteristics: provides omniscient knowledge to humans.

Question 9

Who is the key figures? And what is the key characteristic for:
2. Man of God

Answer 9

1. Key Figures: Elijah and Elisha

2. Key Characteristic: He personifies the power of God

Question 10

Who is the key figures? And what is the key characteristic for:
3. Visionaries (or seers)

Answer 10

1. Key Figures: Micaiah ben Imlah (I Kings 22:19-23), Isaiah(?), Zechariah(?)
2. Key Characteristic: They experienced visions. [They engaged in what appears to be trances or possession behavior, and they reported those visions to other
   Israelites.]

Question 11

Who is the key figures? And what is the key characteristic for:
4. Prophet

Answer 11

1. Key Figures: Most are called Prophets

2. Key Characteristic: gives messages and makes oral declarations

Question 12

What are three events of sending a Messenger?

Answer 12

1. Commissioning
2. Transmission
3. Delivery

Question 13

What are the 6 main features of the messenger formula? (pt 1)

Answer 13

1. Report of sending (and Jacob sent…)
2. Addressee (to Esau…)
3. Introduction to the commissioning (instructing them…)

Question 14

What are the 6 main features of the messenger formula? (pt 2)

Answer 14

4. Messenger commissioning (Thus you shall say)
5. Messenger formula (“Thus says Jacob…)
6. Messenger’s speech (‘I have sojourned w/ Laban)

Question 15

Who was a proponent of

1. The prophet has an intense experience of the deity.

Answer 15

Gunkel and Hoelscher.

Oh the “gunk” I got on me from the “hole,” because I fell to the ground from the intense experience

Question 16

Who was a proponent of

3. The prophet acts in a particular social setting.

Answer 16

Don’t cross mow in a social setting

Mowinckel and Cross

Question 17

Who was a proponent of

4. The prophet possesses distinctive personal qualities, for example, charisma.

Answer 17

Weber doesnt seem to possess distinct personal qualities

Weber

Question 18

Who was a proponent of

5. The prophet is an intermediary.

Answer 18

Peterson, Ross, Westermann (p.r.w. sounds like prophet)