Lecture 8_Hosea and Joel

Question 1

What is the main reason for judgment in Joel?

Answer 1

1. cultic problems

2. Not properly worshiping God

Question 2

What are two messages of Hosea

Answer 2

1. The unfaithful wife (Hos 1-3)

2. Covenant breach (4-12)

Question 3

In Hosea what is the Covenant Breach (4-12).

Answer 3

1. The Covenant RIB “lawsuit” (4:1-3).
2. The defective priesthood (4:4-7:2).
3. The defective monarchy and political system (7:3-12:14)

Question 4

Where is the gift of the spirit in Joel

Answer 4

2:28-32

Question 5

What is the theme of Joel?

Answer 5

The day of the Lord and what that day will mean for Israel and Israel’s enemies [there is no explicit salvation for the nations, but there is implicit salvation in judgement]

Question 6

So the question for Hosea is, who is coming out of Egypt?

Answer 6

1. the eschatological exodus in Hosea involves the people of Israel,
2. embodied by the King, coming out of Egypt
3. and both of these exoduses, are anticipated in the book of Numbers (23 and 24).

Question 7

What is the common factor in all the uses of “the day of the Lord” in the prophets?

Answer 7

1. Yahweh’s presence

2. Some contain holy war theme [Joel, Zephaniah]

Question 8

Where is the Plague of Locusts and the Day of the Lord in Joel?

Answer 8

1:1-2:27

Question 9

What are dominant motifs in Hosea?

Answer 9

1. the land,
2. its gifts,
3. its productivity,
4. and yet its misuse

Question 10

What is the structure of Hosea?

Answer 10

1. 1-3 Israel, unfaithful wife
2. 4-14 The spiritual state of Israel [covenant breach]
   A. 4-12 The present covenant breach
   B. 13-14 The prospects of Israel’s future

Question 11

What is the key to understanding the exile?

And where is it?

Answer 11

The Future of the Marriage

Hosea 3:1-5

Question 12

Where is Hosea’s Reflection on the Exodus and Yahweh’s Faithfulness occur?

Answer 12

(11:1-11).

[uses the paradigm of exodus to explain what is going on]

Question 13

Where is the day of the lord in Joel

Answer 13

2:1-11

Question 14

What are three themes of Hosea?

Answer 14

1. It is a recall to Israel’s beginnings and to covenant fidelity.
2. the religious corruption of Israel.
3. What ought to have been the good life in the land

Question 15

1. The Covenant RIB “lawsuit” (4:1-3). God finds no:

Answer 15

“Faithfulness” - [adherence to what has been has been established as normative]
“Steadfast love” - [reflects fidelity and loyalty to an existing relationship]
“Knowledge of God” - [personal term indicating one’s devotion to Yahweh and his Torah]

Question 16

What are the answers to the objections of Matthew using Hosea 11:1 “out of Egypt I have called my son”

Answer 16

1. Matt. uses the text typologically in a way that Hosea would appreciate
2. As Davidic king, Jesus embodies the nation of Israel
3. Jesus is undergoing eschatological return to Egypt and exodus out of Egypt

Question 17

How does Amos 5:18 develop the idea of the “day of the lord”?

Answer 17

manifestation of YHWH in some theophonic way for Israel’s benefit.

Question 18

What is the historical and political setting of Hosea?

Answer 18

1. it spans the period of decline in the north to shortly before its exile,
2. which Hosea anticipates but does not mention

Question 19

Where is the locust plague in Joel

Answer 19

1:2-14