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Lectures - Books of the Bible Flashcards

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What are Former (4) and Latter (4) Prophets?

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Refers to books
Former: Josh, Judges, 1&2 Sam, 1&2 Kings
Latter: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, 12 minor

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What are Pre-Literary (5) and Literary (4) Prophets?

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Pre-Literary (don’t have their own books): Abraham, Moses, Nathan, Elijah, Elisha
Literary: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, 12 minor

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What are Pre-Exilic (10) Prophets?

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Pre-Exilic: before 722 & 587 BCE
Isaiah 1-39, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah

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What are Exilic / Post-Exilic (6) Prophets?

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Post-Exilic: during or after 722 & 587 BCE
Isaiah 40-66, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

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Prophets message in a nutshell
(4)

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  • The people have sinned
  • The sin is very serious
  • Therefore God’s judgement is coming
  • Even amid judgment, not all is hopeless
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Isaiah Key Themes
(2)

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  • Zion is God’s home
  • God works through rulers and world empires
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Isaiah Reading Strategy
(1)

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Recognize it has three parts

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Isaiah - 1st Part
Identify chapters, time period, super power, message and AKA

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Ch: 1-39
Time: mid to late 8th cent
Super power: Assyria
Message: varies, tied to kings in 8th cent
AKA: Isaiah of Jerusalem
AKA: Proto-Isaiah

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Isaiah - 2nd Part
Identify chapters, time period, super power, message and AKA

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Ch: 40-55
Time: mid 6th cent
Super power: Babylon (waning)
Message: Hope for exiles
AKA: Isaiah of the Exile
AKA: Deutero-Isaiah

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Isaiah - 3rd Part
Identify chapters, time period, super power, message and AKA

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Ch: 56-66
Time: late 6th cent
Super power: Persia
Message: Dealing with unrealized expectations
AKA: Isaiah of the Return
AKA: Trito-Isaiah

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Isaiah Most Popular Verse

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40:31
but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength;
they will fly up on wings like eagles;
they will run and not be tired;
they will walk and not be weary.

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Jeremiah Key Themes
(2)

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  • Divine Suffering
  • Falsehoods
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Jeremiah Reading Strategy
(1)

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Don’t expect a clear organizational structure

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Jeremiah Setting and Authorship

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626-581 BCE

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Jeremiah Most Popular Verse

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29:11
I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope.

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Ezekiel Key Themes
(2)

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  • An embodied message
  • Sacred space = the Temple
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Ezekiel Reading Strategies
(2)

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  • It won’t be easy
  • Keep track of the timeframe
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Ezekiel Setting

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597-571BCE

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Ezekiel most Popular Verse

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36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stony heart from your body and replace it with a living one

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Daniel Key Theme
(2)

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  • Don’t trust conventional wisdom
  • Don’t give up amid Greek persecution
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Daniel Reading Strategies
(2)

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  • Recognize important shift in the nature of writing
  • Recognize the significant differences between setting and authorship
22
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Daniel Setting

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Set in exile

23
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Daniel Authorship

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6th-2nd cent
Important connection with the “holocaust of the 2nd cent BCE”

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Daniel Most Popular Verse

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1:8
But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the royal rations of food and wine, so he asked the palace master to allow him not to defile himself

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Minor Prophets
Setting: 8th Cent
(4)

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  • Hosea
  • Amos
  • Jonah
  • Micah
26
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Minor Prophets
Setting: Before 587
(3)

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  • Nahum
  • Habakkuk
  • Zephaniah
27
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Minor Prophets
Setting: After 587
(4)

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  • Haggai
  • Zechariah
  • Malachi
  • Obadiah
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Minor Prophets
Setting: Unknown
(1)

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Joel

29
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Key Theme
Hosea

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If you worship Baal, you are a whore

30
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Key Theme
Joel

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God’s judgment is coming like a locust plague

31
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Key Theme
Amos

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Harm the poor and face God’s wrath

32
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Key Theme
Obadiah

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Edom betrayed its brother Israel by siding with Babylon

33
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Key Theme
Jonah

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God is outrageously merciful

34
Q

Key Theme
Micah

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Idolatry and oppression leads to God’s judgment

35
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Key Theme
Nahum

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Syria is object of God’s wrath

36
Q

Key Theme
Habakkuk

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A lament moving from cries of injustice to rejoicing in God

37
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Key Theme
Zephaniah

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The day of the Lord will be harsh judgment leaving behind a holy remnant

38
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Key Theme
Haggai

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Rebuild the temple now

39
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Key Theme
Zechariah

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Remember and avoid the ancestor’s sin

40
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Key Theme
Malachi

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Give God proper worship including good sacrifices

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