Isaiah to Malachi Prophets)
Syro-Israelite Coalition date - answers734
Fall of Samaria, N. Kingdom Exile date - answers722
Sennacherib Invasion date - answers701
1st Babylonian Deportation date - answers605
2nd Babylonian Deportation date - answers597
Fall of Jerusalem, 3rd Deportation date - answers586
Return and Restoration - answers536
Isaiah dates - answers740 ("the year that King Uzziah died" 6:1) to ~681 (rise of
Esarhaddon 37:38) ; but latter portions written for exilic audience
Isaiah identity - answersIsaiah ben-Amoz
Isaiah audience - answersch.1-39(ex24-27) = preexilic audience, message of
impending judgment and restoration, Assyrian interactions (ch.13-27: ORACLES
AGAINST THE NATIONS) ; ch.40-66 = exilic audience, message of comfort and hope
for restoration, Babylonian exile ;
Isaiah outline - answers1-6: Isaiah's message of judgment and restoration ; 7-39:
Assyrian Judgment, Invasion, Repulsion ; 40-66: Babylonian Judgment, Hope for
Restoration ("MAB") (see p.49 of notes for longer outline)
, Jeremiah dates - answers627 (13th year of Josiah's reign) to 586 (fall of Jerusalem,
Jeremiah to Egypt) ; but book was likely compiled later, possibly in Egypt and/or by
Baruch ; Jer 52:31-34 reference the condition of Johoiachin in exile, ~560
Jeremiah identity - answersJeremiah ben-Hilkiah ; from a priestly family ; from
Anathoth ; thus possibly of the line of Abiathar banished by Solomon ; "too young" could
mean anywhere from under 30 to as young as 13
Jeremiah audience - answersthe "prophet of wrath", but really just recognizing a time of
impending wrath if Judah doesn't repent ; ministry spanned during and after Josiah's
reign, hence a semi-hopeful Deuteronomy-based foretelling, then impending wrath b/c
of Judah's impenitence
Jeremiah outline - answers(notoriously difficult to outline) ch.1: historical prologue ;
ch.2-45: prophetic response to various domestic and current events ; ch.46-51:
ORACLES AGAINST THE NATIONS ; ch.52: historical epilogue (exile and release from
prison) ("PEOE")
Ezekiel dates - answers(deported in 2nd deportation, 597) 593 (receives 1st vision) to at
least 571
Ezekiel identity - answersEzekiel ben-Buzi ; of a priestly family ; wife dies around time of
seige of Jerusalem (586) ; started at 30yo?
Ezekiel audience - answersPeople of God in exile in Babylon
Ezekiel outline - answersch.1-24: Judgement of Judah and Jerusalem ; ch.25-32:
ORACLES AGAINST THE NATIONS ; ch.33-48: Future Blessings of Judah and
Jerusalem ("JOFb")
What's the deal with Daniel? - answers"like the Ecclesiastes of the Prophets" ; later,
unusual style, included in Hebrew "Writings", difficult to categorize
Order of Prophets - answersIsaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel ; Hosea,
Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habbakuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah,
Malachi ("He Just Ate Our Junkfood! Maybe Now He'll Zip Her Zebra Maxi")
List the various types and attributes of Egyptian, Syro-Palestinian, and Mesopotamian
divination and briefly discuss how they, as a whole, differ from biblical prophecy. -
answersEgypt: Dream interpretation, e.g. King Thut-Mose IV dreams of Harmakhis in
Sphinx ; Mesopotamia: Mari epistoloary most closely resembles biblical prophecy, apilu
= answerers for specific deities, muhhu = ecstatics (trance and self-cutting), assinu =
male prophet who acquires female deity attributes ; Syro-Palestine: also muhhu
(ecstatics) ;; distinguish between inspired/active deity and deductive/passive deity,
deductive = lecanomancy (divination with liquids), omen interpretation (patterns in
Syro-Israelite Coalition date - answers734
Fall of Samaria, N. Kingdom Exile date - answers722
Sennacherib Invasion date - answers701
1st Babylonian Deportation date - answers605
2nd Babylonian Deportation date - answers597
Fall of Jerusalem, 3rd Deportation date - answers586
Return and Restoration - answers536
Isaiah dates - answers740 ("the year that King Uzziah died" 6:1) to ~681 (rise of
Esarhaddon 37:38) ; but latter portions written for exilic audience
Isaiah identity - answersIsaiah ben-Amoz
Isaiah audience - answersch.1-39(ex24-27) = preexilic audience, message of
impending judgment and restoration, Assyrian interactions (ch.13-27: ORACLES
AGAINST THE NATIONS) ; ch.40-66 = exilic audience, message of comfort and hope
for restoration, Babylonian exile ;
Isaiah outline - answers1-6: Isaiah's message of judgment and restoration ; 7-39:
Assyrian Judgment, Invasion, Repulsion ; 40-66: Babylonian Judgment, Hope for
Restoration ("MAB") (see p.49 of notes for longer outline)
, Jeremiah dates - answers627 (13th year of Josiah's reign) to 586 (fall of Jerusalem,
Jeremiah to Egypt) ; but book was likely compiled later, possibly in Egypt and/or by
Baruch ; Jer 52:31-34 reference the condition of Johoiachin in exile, ~560
Jeremiah identity - answersJeremiah ben-Hilkiah ; from a priestly family ; from
Anathoth ; thus possibly of the line of Abiathar banished by Solomon ; "too young" could
mean anywhere from under 30 to as young as 13
Jeremiah audience - answersthe "prophet of wrath", but really just recognizing a time of
impending wrath if Judah doesn't repent ; ministry spanned during and after Josiah's
reign, hence a semi-hopeful Deuteronomy-based foretelling, then impending wrath b/c
of Judah's impenitence
Jeremiah outline - answers(notoriously difficult to outline) ch.1: historical prologue ;
ch.2-45: prophetic response to various domestic and current events ; ch.46-51:
ORACLES AGAINST THE NATIONS ; ch.52: historical epilogue (exile and release from
prison) ("PEOE")
Ezekiel dates - answers(deported in 2nd deportation, 597) 593 (receives 1st vision) to at
least 571
Ezekiel identity - answersEzekiel ben-Buzi ; of a priestly family ; wife dies around time of
seige of Jerusalem (586) ; started at 30yo?
Ezekiel audience - answersPeople of God in exile in Babylon
Ezekiel outline - answersch.1-24: Judgement of Judah and Jerusalem ; ch.25-32:
ORACLES AGAINST THE NATIONS ; ch.33-48: Future Blessings of Judah and
Jerusalem ("JOFb")
What's the deal with Daniel? - answers"like the Ecclesiastes of the Prophets" ; later,
unusual style, included in Hebrew "Writings", difficult to categorize
Order of Prophets - answersIsaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel ; Hosea,
Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habbakuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah,
Malachi ("He Just Ate Our Junkfood! Maybe Now He'll Zip Her Zebra Maxi")
List the various types and attributes of Egyptian, Syro-Palestinian, and Mesopotamian
divination and briefly discuss how they, as a whole, differ from biblical prophecy. -
answersEgypt: Dream interpretation, e.g. King Thut-Mose IV dreams of Harmakhis in
Sphinx ; Mesopotamia: Mari epistoloary most closely resembles biblical prophecy, apilu
= answerers for specific deities, muhhu = ecstatics (trance and self-cutting), assinu =
male prophet who acquires female deity attributes ; Syro-Palestine: also muhhu
(ecstatics) ;; distinguish between inspired/active deity and deductive/passive deity,
deductive = lecanomancy (divination with liquids), omen interpretation (patterns in
