Essay Flashcards
Amos: message
speaking from Judah (S) against northern state (Israel) and their decadence and hedonism
Amos: Socio historical
Israel strongest since Solomon
Dominant Aramaeans defeated by assyrians (end of 9th cent)
Control of Trade routes
Large gap of wealth btw rich and poor
At ease in Zion, secure on Mt Samaria: grandiose religiosity
Boasting surplus but at expense of the needy
Zion tradition: themes
Southern; justify David ruler
Zion=Jerusalem=only place to worship (northern places like Bethel, Shiloh are not legitimate places to worship)
Zion: origin
Defeat of Philistines at (Baal-Perazim) Lord of Breakings
triumphal procession of ark into Jerusalem (becomes abode of YHWH)
Nathan’s oracle: enduring house/dynasty
YHWH-Baal and YHWH-El combine
Zion: Psalms and Prophets
“Zion Songs”= Ps. 46, 48, 76, 84, 87
Why do scholars think there’s a 2nd Isaiah: 2 different time periods
1st: 8th cent; pre-exile; addressed as Judah; judged harshly; doom gloom; bout to be captured
2nd: 6th cent; exile; called Israel; no trust in military power (don’t have one); Cyrus of Persia from 6th cent mentioned by name
Why do scholars think there’s a 2nd Isaiah: rhetorical differences
1st= majestic, commanding, doom gloom; bout to be captured
2nd= passionate, verbose, flowing, compassion
Unity of Isaiah 40
connects 1&2
- kingship
- victorious return
- re-imagining:
- guilt/sin paid off - Comparability of YHWH
- Conclusion
How did Ezekiel treat the topic of divine presence?
Glory was a way to talk about divine presence
mobile (flying chariot); not sitting still in Jerusalem (zion trad)
Zion tradition believes God as king sitting on throne; now jerusalem taken over, appears god failed, Ez. says god left before that (abominations in city rendered unacceptable for divine presence
has a personality: arose from place, stood around, mounted chariot, went over temple threshold, ascended from city stopped on a mountain
Ezekiel different from Isaiah
Is.= Zion tradition: God sits still; will defend Jer. to save it
message of Jeremiah: historical context
from 13th yr of Josiah to 11th Zedekiah
- Decline of Assyria: last king ate dirt
- baby under nebuchadnezzar, 2 invasions of Jer. (mass deportation)
- Josiah merges N&S traditions
- Josiah’s premature death (was the quintessential Deuteronomistic reformer
message of Jeremiah: structure
- Intro
- 2-10 reasons for uprooting and tearing down (false leaders);
call bullshit on false prophets;
zion theo might be a lie;
Torah’s full of shit (they have the torah but not the word of God)
True prophecy (hard to hear) v false (easy)
Different ways Hebrew Bible attends to the question of Israel and outsiders
Broad strokes: outsider=ok, easy assimilation; isolated
outsiders: Ezra: not ok; people who stayed behind sinned, era’s like don’t marry or talk to them ew (faithless, treason, Jew-Samaritan intermarriage=abomination
outsiders: Ruth pretty ok; it’s a benevolent situation (ethnic boundaries permeable
How Daniel treats reign of God
reign of God is here but not yet; “time of anguish” but also “kingdom and power and glory”
if all fails and people die, there will be resurrection
Job
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