BIB-106 Exam 3
Who were the 8th century prophets?
Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah,
Where did Habakkuk prophesy?
Judah
Where did Jeremiah prophesy?
Judah
Where did Zephaniah prophesy?
Judah
Where did Isaiah prophesy?
Judah and Israel
Where did Micah prophesy?
Judah and Israel
Where did Jonah prophesy?
Judah and assyria
What are the different forms of prophecy?
Lawsuit, woe, promise, enactment, messenger speech/ judgment speech, call to repent, visions
What were the three things that the king was not supposed to do?
Multiply horses, wives, silver and gold
Who were the 7th century prophets?
Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk
Who writes Daniel 4?
Nebuddchanezzar
Who were the exilic prophets?
Obadiah, Ezekiel, Daniel
What is the role of the prophet?
Obedience here and now and enforcing the covenant
What is Habakkuk's theology?
Prophetic theodicy asking God how he can use a wicked people to punish more righteous people
What do Elijah and Elisha warn the Southern kings to do?
Repent and come back to God
What is Zechariah's theological message?
Restoring Jerusalem and the temple
What is Haggai's theological message?
The Lord's restored temple is more important than the dwellings of those in Jerusalem
What is the focus of Nehemiah?
The building of the wall in Jerusalem
What are the three main parts of the prophetic message?
1. Israel/Judah has broken the covenant and needs to repent 2. If there is no repentance then there is judgment 3. There is hope beyond judgment
What percent of the OT prophecy is messianic?
2%
What percent of the OT prophecy describes a new covenant age?
5%
What is Jeremiah's theology?
Accuses Judah of sin, calls for them to repent
Who was Nehemiah the cupbearer for?
Antixerxes
Who are the four southern kings that do what is right in the eyes of the Lord?
Asa, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, and Josiah
Where did Nahum prophesy?
Assyria
Ezra/Nehemiah Timeline
Cyrus captures Babylon - 539 Altar rebuilt - 538 Temple rebuilding begins - 536 Haggai/Zechariah - 520 Temple completed - 516 Esther - 486-464 Ezra returns - 458 Nehemiah returns - 445 Malachi - 450-400
What are the themes of the prophets?
Davidic covenant and the day of the lord
Who are the exilic prophets?
Ezekiel, Daniel, Obadiah
What is the purpose of 1-2 Kings?
Focus on centralization of worship, rise of prophecy, role of the king, and fulfillment of covenant curses
What does the book of Esther never mention?
God
What are the themes of esther?
God is working for his people, even in exile, God is bringing conclusion to what Saul did not complete through a descendant of saul
Who were the minor prophets?
Hosea, Malachi
What are the three sins the prophets preached on?
Idolatry, social injustice, and religious ritualism
Who were the major prophets?
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel
Where did Amos prophesy?
Israel
What are Daniel's vision?
The four beasts, the ram and the goat, the seventy years and seventy sevens, Israel's future
What is the basis of hope within the prophets?
The fulfillment of the Davidic covenant?
Who are the post-exilic prophets?
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Who were the post-exilic prophets?
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Why was Malachi a priest?
His concern for tithes and sacrifices
What do Ezra and Nehemiah recount?
The return of the Israelites to Jerusalem and what they faced there
What does Chronicles focus on?
The tribes of Judah and Levi, also focuses on David, the Davidic covenant and the temple
What is the basis of judgment within the prophets?
Their breaking of the Mosaic covenant
What is Nahum's theology?
Yahweh is a jealous, avenging, and wrathful God
What is Zephaniah's theology?
Yahweh is a universal deity and sovereign over all creation
