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Section 4 Books of the Prophets Flashcards

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What were the three basic periods of the prophets?

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  1. Pre-Monarchy Period
  2. Pre-Classical Period
  3. Classical Period
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The early group of prophets?

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Moses
Samuel
Elijah
Elisha

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8th-century BC group of prophets?

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Jonah
Amos
Hosea
Isaiah
Micah
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7th-century BC group of prophets?

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Zephaniah
Jeremiah
Nahum
Habakkuk

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Exilic group of prophets?

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Obadiah
Ezekiel
Daniel

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Post-Exilic group of prophets?

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Haggai
Joel
Zechariah
Malachi

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9 Marks of a Prophet

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  • 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
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Types of oracles

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  • Indictment oracles or Woe oracles
  • Judgment oracles
  • Instruction oracles
  • Aftermath or Hope oracles
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Indictment oracles or Woe oracles

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Description of offense

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Judgment oracles

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Punishment coming because of offense

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Instruction oracles

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How the recipients were to conduct themselves

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Aftermath or Hope oracles

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Promis of deliverance and restoration

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What was Jonah told? What did he do instead?

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Proclaim judgment on the Assyrian city of Nineveh, instead fled to Tarshish

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What was the path of Amos’s life?

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Born in Tekoa
Sent to Bethel
Driven back to Israel

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Who was Hosea married to?

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Gomer, demonstrated the love and grace of God

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When was Isaiah’s call?

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Began with the death of Uzziah

17
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What was Isaiah (aside from a prophet)?

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Statesman, social reformer, spiritual giant

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What did Micah focus on?

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Social justice, in the vein of Elijah and Amos

19
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In whose reign did Zephaniah prophesy?

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The latter half of Josiah’s reign

20
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Who was Jeremiah?

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Often called the Weeping prophet, more accurate description would be the misunderstood prophet (misunderstood by family, priest, and his people.)

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What was Nahum’s unique element?

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His emphasis on Nineveh

22
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What makes Habakkuk unusual?

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Most of the book is dialogue between God and Habakkuk

23
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What does the shortest book of Obadiah contain?

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A prophetic vision given by God through Obadiah

24
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When did Ezekiel prophesy?

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First of the exiles in 597 BC

25
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What does the name Ezekiel mean?

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God has strengthened

26
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Who was Daniel?

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Noble descent, among first exiles to Babylon during the reign of Jehoiakim

27
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What is important about Daniel 1?

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One of the greatest texts in all of Scripture that demonstrates obedience and faithfulness to God

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When did Jehoiakim reign?

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609-597, exile of Israel

29
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What does Joel call for?

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God’s people to lament and return to Him

30
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What did Haggai and Zechariah do?

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Spur the people of God to complete the Temple

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What is the theme of Haggai?

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Rebuild the Temple

32
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Who was Zechariah?

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A priest who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon with Zerubbabel in 538 BC

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What did Malachi call for?

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A return to covenant faithfulness by rebuking the people’s lack of it

34
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What does Malachi foreshadow?

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The messenger who is to come and prepare the way of the Messiah

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What was the Pre-Monarchy Period?

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Leaders of the community and mouthpiece
Spoke to the people
Ex: Moses and Deborah

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What was the Pre-Classical Period?

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Mainly advisor to the king and his court

Ex: Elijah, Elisha, Nathan

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What was the Classical Period?

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Mouthpieces for God and social and spiritual commentators
Spoke to the people and the Kings
Ex: Isaiah, Joel, Ezekiel

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When did Zechariah prophesy?

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520 BC

39
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When did Malachi prophesy?

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435 BC

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