Unit 5 Lecture Notes

Question 0

They were disliked by the Jews. They were the descendants of the Israelites who remained
north after Samaria’s collapse (generally the ordinary people, not the leaders) and intermarried
with the foreign colonists brought in by Assyria. So, centuries later, they were distant cousins
lost to the people of Judah. The Samaritan religion, though with traces of Judaism is filled with

Answer 0

Samaritans

Question 1

A prophet his book is devised into 3 sections. He was the most influential prophet

Answer 1

Isaiah

Question 2

Ahaz’s son. He was the total opposite of his father

Answer 2

Hezekiah

Question 3

About the same time period as Isaiah, lived Micah. He was of humble origins from the
countryside of Jerusalem. Isaiah was well educated, Micah was not. Micah’s sympathy was
with the poor as he was one of them. His language was blunt and uncompromising. His
passionate condemnation of those who oppress the poor reveals intimate knowledge of the sufferings of the property.

Answer 3

Micah