Old Testament Prophets Exam
Prophet - answersWritten books of prophecy
# of Major Prophets - answers4
# of Minor Prophets - answers12
Difference between minor and major prophets - answersLength of text
Role of prophets - answersTo be spokes person for God; to speak His word
3 key concepts with the Nature of Prophecy - answersProphets rooted in history
We're covenant commentators
Were poets
Amos - answers760
Malakai - answers460
What type of history did they speak into - answersTurbulent
Spoke about: - answersPast-God's faithfulness
Present-reminded them of their consequences of their obedience and disobedience to
covenant
Future-most was near future. To enfold within that generation
Future percentages - answersNear-92%
About NT messianic age-7%
Still to come-1%
Audience - answersJudah/Isreal-General people of population, kings, priests
The nations
, Prophets as covenent commentators - answersReminded Israel of covenent with
YHWH and the promises and expectations of this relationship
Language of covenant - answersBlessings and curses
Areas of life affected by B and C - answersFamily/home
Agriculture
Livestock
Health
War
Status,respect, honor
Observations about list of b and c - answersCurses and blessing are reversals of
eachother
3X more curses than blessings
Prophets are.... - answersWord for word speakers
The blessing/curses into the contemporary situations
Prophets as poets - answersUsed poetic language sit it would be remembered
Prophets as poets: text - answersWas a spoken text
Oral culture
Poetry devices - answersRepetition
Imagery
Metaphors
Similes
Sarcasm
Parallelism
Three types of parallelism - answersSynonymous
Antithetical
Synthetic
Synonymous - answersSame first part of verse and second part same but with
synonyms
Antithetical - answersPresents it one way and then presents the second part of the
verse as the opposite version
Synthetic - answersEverything else
Prophets as poets: 4 key themes - answersSin
Repentance
Judgment
Prophet - answersWritten books of prophecy
# of Major Prophets - answers4
# of Minor Prophets - answers12
Difference between minor and major prophets - answersLength of text
Role of prophets - answersTo be spokes person for God; to speak His word
3 key concepts with the Nature of Prophecy - answersProphets rooted in history
We're covenant commentators
Were poets
Amos - answers760
Malakai - answers460
What type of history did they speak into - answersTurbulent
Spoke about: - answersPast-God's faithfulness
Present-reminded them of their consequences of their obedience and disobedience to
covenant
Future-most was near future. To enfold within that generation
Future percentages - answersNear-92%
About NT messianic age-7%
Still to come-1%
Audience - answersJudah/Isreal-General people of population, kings, priests
The nations
, Prophets as covenent commentators - answersReminded Israel of covenent with
YHWH and the promises and expectations of this relationship
Language of covenant - answersBlessings and curses
Areas of life affected by B and C - answersFamily/home
Agriculture
Livestock
Health
War
Status,respect, honor
Observations about list of b and c - answersCurses and blessing are reversals of
eachother
3X more curses than blessings
Prophets are.... - answersWord for word speakers
The blessing/curses into the contemporary situations
Prophets as poets - answersUsed poetic language sit it would be remembered
Prophets as poets: text - answersWas a spoken text
Oral culture
Poetry devices - answersRepetition
Imagery
Metaphors
Similes
Sarcasm
Parallelism
Three types of parallelism - answersSynonymous
Antithetical
Synthetic
Synonymous - answersSame first part of verse and second part same but with
synonyms
Antithetical - answersPresents it one way and then presents the second part of the
verse as the opposite version
Synthetic - answersEverything else
Prophets as poets: 4 key themes - answersSin
Repentance
Judgment
