KNOW IT Flashcards
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Prophetic Call Narrative
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divine confrontation word commission objection reassurance, sign
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Four on Prophets
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- Poetry (again) - the power of language-image-word. prophetic poems = oracles
- Persuasion (rhetoric) - persuasive intent (oratory) > preaching. rhetorical situation = history and/of prophecy
- Politics/Politicians -
historical context (“death in 722/587 and “resurrection” in 538)
political audience - kings, nation, nations
messenger language - politics & oracles, prophets as intermediaries
the rise and demise of prophecy + kingship - Preaching/Preachers – Theology, not just politics; revelation not just observation
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Four on Poetry
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- Poetic Function - describes “how” poetry means/the message and how it’s expressed. For example, jarring.
- Parallelism - the way of enforcement/emphasis. See Enthroned on the Praises slide 12. Robert Lowth(synonymous/affirming, antithetical/opposing, synthetic/advancing) and James Kugel - seconding/intensifying what Lowth said (A is true and what’s more, so is B - Kugel)
- Imagery/Metaphor
- Episodicity/ Lyricism - the snapshot nature of what we have, in contrast to a narrative. A whole world of meaning squeezed in.
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Mari Prophetic Texts
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- ANCIENT CITY OF LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE EUPHRATES
- 20,000 CUNIFORM DOCUMENTS
- 1800 - 1760 BC
- DESCRIBE THE LIVES OF THE NOMADIC PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES ARE SIMILAR TO PEOPLE IN GENESIS
- ALSO DESCRIBE MALE AND FEMALE PROPHETS WHO MAKE PRONOUNCEMENTS AGAINST THE KING
- PROPHETS UTTER COUNCIL TO THE KING, BUT LACK THE STRONG MORAL BASE OF BIBLICAL PROPHETS
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Fall of Assyria
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- A transition era in the ancient Near East that brought the rise of Babylon.
- It signified the beginning of the Babylonian era, in which major prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel prophesied.
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Duhm
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- German theologian who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century
- Significant because of his work of dividing the book of Isaiah into three different parts.
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Lament Psalms
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- A type of Psalm, i.e. Psalm 13, that could either be communal or individual, that exhibits the lack of hope and the present despair in the life of the psalmist or the community
- Part of the cycle of praise in Judeo/Christian worship that goes from lament to praise.
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Gunkel
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- Hermann Gunkel was the founder of “form criticism.” who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century.
- Significant because he argued that the psalms weren’t spontaneous prayers but reflect fixed forms transmitted from generation to generation.
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Brueggemann
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- 20th century American OT scholar. Significant because of the work he has done on the theology of Psalms and the Type/form/function of the Psalms- Orientation, disorientation, reorientation and the work he has done on the prophets
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Deutero-Isaiah
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- Also known as Second Isaiah. The writer/redactor of Isaiah 40-55 dated in the 6th century.
- Significant because of his message of comfort and hope for the Babylonian exiles.
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Cyrus
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- King of the Persian Empire who defeated Babylon.
- Significant because he was the one who issued the edict that allowed the exiles to go back home and rebuild.
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Tiglath-Pileser III
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- a Neo-Assyrian king that took payment from Israel for protection thereby creating a vassal state of Israel.
- Significant because Israel looked to Assyria for protection when they should have looked to YHWH, this is part of the marriage metaphor in Hosea.
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Amos
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- shepherd who became a prophet dated in 8th century BC.
- Significant because he prophesied in the Northern Kingdom about the destruction of Samaria which eventually came true.
