OT Exam 3: Book themes Flashcards
Isaiah Themes
1) Zion is God’s home: another name for Jerusalem
2) God works through anointed rulers and world empires
Assyria - 50x
King - 91x
Isaiah Strategies
Three Books
First Isaiah(1-39) Isaiah of Jerusalem /Proto-Isaiah
8th century
Assyrians/Judgement
Second Isaiah(40-55) Isaiah of Exile /Deutero-Isaiah
mid 6th century
Babylon/Hope
Third Isaiah(56-66) Isaiah of the Return/Trito-Isaiah
Persia/deals with struggles from return
Jeremiah Themes
Divine Suffering
Falsehoods
Human nature is deceptive.
False gods
People try to deceive God
Is God trustworthy - laments
People deceive each other
Prophets, priests, scribes act falsely.
Jeremiah Strategies
Not organizational structure - Ch 7 and Ch 26
Book if comfort 30-33
Ezekiel Themes
Embodied Message - sign acts like hair or bread
Sacred Space: temple, religion has great emphasis on physicality not just spirituality
Home
Ezekiel Reading Strategies
It won’t be easy
Historical context is confusing
Unfamiliar genres - apocalyptic
Shocking passages
Keep track of timeline -
Between exiles 597-587
Daniel Key Themes
Don’t trust conventional wisdom - trust in God
Don’t not give up amid Greek persecution.
Patient.. current realities will pass
Daniel Reading strategies
Daniel 1-6: story form
Daniel 7-12: visions and apocalyptic literature
Daniel final form during the 2nd century - hellenization crisis…
Early Prophets
Hosea - 8th century
Amos - 8th century
Jonah - 8th century
Micah - 8th century
Mid Prophets(3)
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Later Prophets(3)
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Hosea Key Theme
Hosea’s metaphor - if you worship Baal, you’re a whore/slut.
The Bible original language is vulgar and you should feel uncomfortable.
Joel Theme
God’s judgment is coming like locust plague.
Amos Theme
Harm the pour and you will face God’s wrath…
Obadiah theme
Edom betrayed its brother Israel by siding with Babylon.
