Section 4 Books of the Prophets Flashcards
What were the three basic periods of the prophets?
- Pre-Monarchy Period
- Pre-Classical Period
- Classical Period
The early group of prophets?
Moses
Samuel
Elijah
Elisha
8th-century BC group of prophets?
Jonah Amos Hosea Isaiah Micah
7th-century BC group of prophets?
Zephaniah
Jeremiah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Exilic group of prophets?
Obadiah
Ezekiel
Daniel
Post-Exilic group of prophets?
Haggai
Joel
Zechariah
Malachi
9 Marks of a Prophet
- Uncompromising individualist
- Divine call
- Immediate contact with God
- Man of action
- Conscious of God’s authority, generally alone
- Man of prayer and communion
- Clean and consecrated in life and character
- Outspoken critic of evil
- God’s agent to reveal things to His people
Types of oracles
- Indictment oracles or Woe oracles
- Judgment oracles
- Instruction oracles
- Aftermath or Hope oracles
Indictment oracles or Woe oracles
Description of offense
Judgment oracles
Punishment coming because of offense
Instruction oracles
How the recipients were to conduct themselves
Aftermath or Hope oracles
Promis of deliverance and restoration
What was Jonah told? What did he do instead?
Proclaim judgment on the Assyrian city of Nineveh, instead fled to Tarshish
What was the path of Amos’s life?
Born in Tekoa
Sent to Bethel
Driven back to Israel
Who was Hosea married to?
Gomer, demonstrated the love and grace of God
When was Isaiah’s call?
Began with the death of Uzziah
What was Isaiah (aside from a prophet)?
Statesman, social reformer, spiritual giant
What did Micah focus on?
Social justice, in the vein of Elijah and Amos
In whose reign did Zephaniah prophesy?
The latter half of Josiah’s reign
Who was Jeremiah?
Often called the Weeping prophet, more accurate description would be the misunderstood prophet (misunderstood by family, priest, and his people.)
What was Nahum’s unique element?
His emphasis on Nineveh
What makes Habakkuk unusual?
Most of the book is dialogue between God and Habakkuk
What does the shortest book of Obadiah contain?
A prophetic vision given by God through Obadiah
When did Ezekiel prophesy?
First of the exiles in 597 BC
