Prophets

Question 1

Hosea

Answer 1

• 8th Century BCE prophet

- Only northerner who prophesied in the north

Question 2

Micah

Answer 2

• 8th Century BCE prophet
• From a southern frontier town in Judah
• Prophesied in the south

Question 3

Amos

Answer 3

• 8th Century BCE prophet
• from the south
• Prophesied in the north

Question 4

1st Isaiah

Answer 4

• Ch. 1-39
• 8th century BCE prophet
• From Jerusalem and prophesied in Jerusalem

Question 5

Jeremiah

Answer 5

• Pre exilic prophet in Jerusalem but activity extends into exilic Egypt
• Only prophet who ends up in Egypt

Question 6

Ezekiel

Answer 6

• Prophesied in exilic (souther exile) Babylon

Question 7

2nd Isaiah

Answer 7

• Prophesied in Babylon at the end of exile

Question 8

Haggi

Answer 8

• Prophesied in Jerusalem during early post exilic period

- supported construction of the 2nd temple

Question 9

Malachi

Answer 9

• Prophesied in Jerusalem after the construction of the 2nd temple
• Refers to God loving Jacob and not Esau
• Themes of exclusion
• Concerned about marriage of foreign wives shows a fear of foreign pagan influences

Question 10

3rd Isaiah

Answer 10

• Prophesied in Jerusalem after the exile
• has a distinctive voice of inclusion
• identified as most inclusive of the post exilic (Babylon/Tel Aviv) prophets