pre-exilic prophets

Question 1

Israelite prophetic literature was:

Answer 1

unique in the Ancient World

Question 2

prophecies began as:

Answer 2

short, isolated, spoken oracles

Question 3

oracles are:

Answer 3

divorced from their historical context and universalized, which leads to updating

Question 4

form of prophecy:

Answer 4

oracles, short, poetic, often demarcated oracular formulas

Question 5

Pre-Assyrian period

Answer 5

Amos (North)

Question 6

Assyrian period

Answer 6

Hosea (North), Isaiah (South), and Micah (South)

Question 7

Socio-economic background of the pre-exilic prophets:

Answer 7

-northern kingdom: height of its power just before Assyria takes over
-southern kingdom: height of its power after fall of Assyria
-economy based on a system of Patrimonial land grants