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Bib Faith Exam 3 Flashcards

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Another name for prophets

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Deuteronomic History

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Story of Israel told in its final shape is a single written work with concerns and theological convictions of Deuteronomy in mind

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Deuteronomic History

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Sacrificial ban

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Herem

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What is included in the Deuteronomic History?

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Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1/2 Samuel, 1/2 Kings

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Blending of religious ideas

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Syncretism; ex. Israel using parts of pagan worship in their worship to YHWH

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Perspective of Deuteronomic History

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From the Babylonian exile; people asking how did we get here?”

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Theme of Deuteronomic History

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Israel, if you obey God you will be blessed. If you disobey, you will get destroyed

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How is Joshua different from Judges

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Joshua is an epic battle narrative full of blitzkrieg type wars in which Israel destroys their enemies; Judges is a gradual integration of Israel into the land where iSrael tries a mutual relationship with Canaanites

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T/F Judges focuses more on the 12 tribes and their land than Joshua does

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T

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Holy war in Joshua

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Israel is commanded to destroy ALL of the Canaanite cities they come across and not take any spoils

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T/F Herem is distinctive to Judges

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F; Joshua

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What kind of religion is Baalism?

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Fertility Religion

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Features of Baalism

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Believe that sexual union between Astarte and Baal produces the world (Creation) and is the source of human life.

Center of worship: Cultic sexual intercourse usually between priests and priestesses

Try to maintain their power and basic order by having sex and drawing down the power of the gods

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Why is Baalism so bad in YHWH’s eyes?

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They believe they can channel divine power by bringing down the god’s power; YHWH cannot and will not be manipulated but rather graciously offers us our needs

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12 tribe “loose confederacy” that held the people together in early Israelite settlement

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Amphictyony

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Only nationwide ceremony in early Israel

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Covenant renewal ceremony where the leaders of the tribes went to Shechem and reaffirmed faithfulness for their tribe

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Who were the judges?

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Military leaders/deliverers who were charismatic and could be anyone as long as they were called by God

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Cycle of the Judges

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Israel tempted by fertility religion –> Israel gets taken over by a larger nation –> Israel calls out to God –> God saves Israel with a judge, time of peace (apostasy –> deliverance into hands of enemy –> outcry –> deliverance)

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T/F Baalism seemed to guarantee certainty and survival/comfort to Israel

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T

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First person Israel asks to be king and their response

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Gideon; says no, not he or his son will rule over, but YHWH will rule over Israel

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Rule by God

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Theocracy

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Transitional figure between Judges and kings/monarchy

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Samuel

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What made a Nazarite special

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They took special vows that went beyond basic Israelite rules
No alcohol, no haircuts, cannot eat certain foods, cannot come in contact with dead bodies

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Why did Nazarites not touch dead bodies?

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It would make them ceremonially unclean and they would have to be cleansed before entering worship again; they never have to step away from priestly duties bc they are never unclean

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Who do the people want to be king after asking Gideon?

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Samuel

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YHWH’s kingship warnings

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  1. the king will take your sons
  2. the king will have slaves
  3. he will take your daughters
  4. he will take your fields and animals
  5. he will take 1/10 of your things (tax)

and they will cry out and YHWH will not answer

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Anointed one (“to smear”)

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Maschiach

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Kings of the united kingdom of Israel

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Saul
David
Solomon

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Problems with kingship

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Israel was given freedom under God’s rule, but a king will enslave them yet again.

“Give us a king so we can be like the others” is a return to Egypt

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T/F Saul becomes the religious leader of Israel

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F; political, Samuel is still religious leader

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Saul’s failures

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  • Doesn’t raise taxes needed for resources
  • Doesn’t raise an army
  • Doesn’t get advisors –> lack of communication
  • Doesn’t form a harem of wives/concubines (alliances)
  • Fails to carry out Herem against Amalekites
  • break with Samuel over sacrifices
  • tension with David
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Saul’s downfall

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He is not allowed to officiate sacrifices, only Samuel is. However, he gets impatient on the battlefield and does it (shows lack of trust in God)

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David’s rise to power

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  • David and Goliath
  • David and Jonathan (D moves into palace)
  • David as a soldier for Saul
  • David outshines Saul

David shows mercy to Saul-doesn’t kill him when he easily could.

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What does David do while on the run from Saul?

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He defends Judah and wins the allegiance of his tribe.

He gains power with the Philistines so he can use that information against them later.

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David’s successes as king

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  • Defeats Israelite enemies
  • treaties
  • establishes central city
  • rescues ark of covenant
  • unites tribe with last 2 and est. house for YHWH
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36
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Traits of Jerusalem

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On a hill, surrounded by valleys and hills; not easily accessible for enemies to get up

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House/Dynasty

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Bayit

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What does God promise David after David asks to build him a house?

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He tells David that David will not build him (YHWH) a house, but YHWH will build David a house (royal dynasty) –> Davidic cov.

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David’s progression of sin

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Failure to commit kingly duty –> lust –> lies/deception –> murder

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How does Nathan approach David’s sin?

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Tells him a story about a rich and poor man and their sheep.
Nathan: What should be done to such a man?
David: He should be killed
*Convicts himself

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Effects of David’s sin

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  • Amnon rapes Tamar
  • Absalom murders Amnon
  • Absalom killed
  • Adonijah and Solomon fight for throne
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42
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“The golden age of Israel”

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Solomon’s reign

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43
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What does Solomon accomplish as king?

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  • Robust building programs
  • Wealth and agricultural success
  • Military with chariots
  • Ships/sea ports for trade
  • Diplomatic relations (wives)
  • Literary enlightenment
  • National security and prosperity
  • each of these has negative side effects and still lead to his downfall
  • Everything Samuel warned them would happen, does
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Original name of Jerusalem and how David got it?

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Jebus (Jebusites lived there); David climbed up a water channel and takes the city from the inside

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T/F With Israel’s prosperity under Solomon also comes negatives

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T; Solomon taxes the poorer which leads to socioeconomic injustice and class distinction

46
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“Time of Divine Judgment”

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Time of the Prophets

47
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Northern Kingdom King and tribe number

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Jeroboam; Israel; 10

48
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Southern Kingdom King and tribe number

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Rehoboam; Judah; 2

49
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End of northern kingdom

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Assyria destroys them in 722 BC

50
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End of southern kingdom

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587 BC by Babylon (exilic period begins)

51
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Destruction at time of prophets is an act of YHWH that shows his ultimate glory and that he is sovereign over all

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Divine Judgment

52
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When does Israel first begin moving to monotheism?

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When Israel divides –> B/c God is sovereign over ALL nations, he is working through those other nations for his glory even though Israel is being destroyed

53
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Effects of Israel breaking the covenant

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Loss of land
Loss of temple
Loss of kingship
Loss of national sovereingty

54
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“the scattering”

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Diaspora/the Exile

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Transformations of Israelic religious identity at time of exile

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  • how to be God’s people outside of the promised land
  • how to go from kingship/political power to a religious community
  • temples –> synagogues
  • sacrifices –> prayer
  • priests –> rabbis
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the state of being barred from one’s native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

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exile

57
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Wisdom personified

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people educated in their field of work or socially

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No direct mention of revelatory/salvific events; everyday reflection of meaning of life; wise sayings throughout generations

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Wisdom

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Books included in Wisdom Lit

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Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, some Psalms, some Lamentations

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Short saying containing a moral or life lesson perceived from every day human experience

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Proverb

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Theme of Proverbs

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The Fear of the Lord

62
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Exhausted breath of air/sigh

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Hebel (“meaningless”/”vanity”)

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T/F Ecclesiastes says that mortal life does not satisfy the longings of the human heart

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T

64
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Speaker in Ecclesiastes

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Qoheleth (“teacher/preacher”)

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The Satan/The Accuser

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Ha-Satan

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T/F Ha-Satan is the devil we see depicted today

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F; Ha is an angelic creature created by God and is not evil, he is just part of a system that is trying to bring about justice.

67
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Intellectual attempt to justify the ways of God within humanity (ex. Job/Job’s friends)

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Theodicy

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Job’s friends’ theology

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Eliphaz: we are mortal and cannot be pure before God…nobody is blameless
Bildad: God gives punishment to the wicked…you have sinned
Zophar: you deserve more punishment
Elihu: suffering is a disciplinary function that can help strengthen your faith (this one is correct)

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Love poetry

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Song of Solomon

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Hebrew for prophet/prophets

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Nabi/Neviim

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Spokesperson/mouthpiece for God; one through whom God speaks through to deliver divine messages

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Prophet

72
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Israel’s hymnbook

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Psalms

73
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Tehillim

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“songs of praise,” Psalms

74
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2 functions of prophet’s work

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Forthtelling (challenge nation to repent and restore relationship with YHWH)
Foretelling (prediction)

75
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Goal of the prophets

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To turn the people back to YHWH

76
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T/F Jeremiah came from a priestly family

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T

77
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Commonalities of major prophet books

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Call (of the prophet)–> Confession (outward confession to follow God’s word) –> Cleansing (purification to receive the Word) –> Consecration

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3 sections of Isaiah

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  1. 1-39 (Isaiah)
  2. 40-55 (exilic period)
  3. 56-66 (late/post exilic period)
79
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What book of Isaiah records his call?

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6; same year of King Uzziah’s death

80
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Isaiah’s call

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Isaiah is in the temple and has a rapturous experience-envisions YHWH being attended by seraphs and saying “holy, holy, holy”- his uncleanliness is recognized (coal on lips cleanses) and he is commissioned to declare YHWH’s truth/judgment on the people

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Isaiah’s advice to King Ahaz

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He should not join Israel (N. Kingdom) and Syria against Assyria, but rather should trust in YHWH’s provision

82
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Emmanuel prophecy to Ahaz and for later

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Ch. 7 of Isaiah; Ahaz “modestly” tells God he does not need a sign –> YHWH says a boy named Emmanuel will be born to remind him of God’s security

Later will represent Jesus–> Isaiah wouldn’t have necessarily known that it would relate to Jesus 700 years after this prophecy

83
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Isaiah 11

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Broad Messianic Prophecies; “shoot will come from the stump of Jesse” ultimate peace Child will play over the snake hole

84
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Theme of Isaiah 40-55

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Servant of YHWH; will be someone of great humility and great power who is often anonymous
Ch. 53: he will suffer and be despised, will bear our iniquities. Link to messianic eschatology –> Christology

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First textual evidence of monotheism

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Isaiah 42; YHWH is God of all nations; other gods are just idols

86
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“the weeping prophet”

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Jeremiah

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Jeremiah 1:4-10

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Jeremiah’s call; He says he is just a child, God touches his mouth and puts his words into the mouth of Jeremiah; “before i put you in your mothers womb, I knew you”

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Hebrew for repentance

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Shuv

89
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Hebrew meaning to “turn around”

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Teshuvah

90
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sins of Israel during the time of Jeremiah

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Idolatry (Baalism)

Excessive religious arrogance (overvaluation of the temple, ark, Jerusalem)

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T/F The message of Jeremiah is the same as the message of Leviticus

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F; Jeremiah talks about God not wanting Israel’s sacrifices while Lev. is all about sacrifices. During the time of Jeremiah, Israel’s heart is no longer worshipful during sacrifices, they are using it to say that’s all they need, they don’t have to treat people right or do good during the week

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What YHWH wants in AMos

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Mishpat

Tzedekah

93
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Hebrew for righteousness

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Tzedekah

94
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Hebrew for justice

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Mishpat

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Jeremiah’s prophecies

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Prophesies destruction of the temple and Jerusalem and hope that will come after

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Ezekiel’s visions

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  • his call: God with half human half animal creatures, God not confined to earth; must eat scroll
  • slain idolators, purification of the city
  • cleansing of the heart
  • boiling pot
  • wife dies to show destruction of temple
97
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Hosea’s wife and children

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Gomer (prostitute)
Jezreel (God sows)
Lo-Ruhamah (not pitied)
Lo-Ammi (not my people)

restoration and renewal for Israel; Israel is the prodigal child

98
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glory

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Kavod

99
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New Covenant prophecy

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Jeremiah 31; God would initiate new covenant that will be written on the hearts of the people, not just written on a scroll; promise of God to forgive and forget Israel’s sin

100
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First canonical prophet of Israel

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Amos

101
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Micah’s big prophecy

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A ruler for israel will come out of Bethlehem Ephrathah

102
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“Who is like YHWH”

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Micah

103
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Non canonical vs. canonical prophets

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Non-canonical are non-writing (before Amos)

Canonical are writing (start with Amos)

104
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Elijah and Baal prophets

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Challenged Baalism and asserted YHWH alone as God; 450 Baal and 400 Asherah prophets,

105
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Those left in Jerusalem; people that God would bring back to Jerusalem after exile

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Remnant

106
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Symbolic action

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Many prophets did symbolic action to represent/portray what God would do to Israel; ex. Hosea marrying a prostitute, Ezekiel escaping from a carved hole in his house, naming children symbolically

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