SOLUTIONS 100% VERIFIED
What period of time was Daniel - ANSWER 605-537
BC Neo-Babylon Period to 3rd year of Persia
Ezekiel - ANSWER 593 BC
Great Empires - ANSWER Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman
Early Kings of Persia - ANSWER Cyrus II, Darius I, Xerxes I. Artaxerxes I
In what year did Cyrus take over Babylon - ANSWER 539 BC
in what year did the exiles return to Babylon - ANSWER 538 BC
In what year was the second temple built - ANSWER 520-516 BC
In what year does Ezra return to Jerusalem - ANSWER 458 BC
Nehemiah returns to Jerusalem - ANSWER 445 B.C.
Walls of Jerusalem built - ANSWER 444
B.C Major Prophets
Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Daniel
,Minor Prophets
Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Joel, Obadiah, Haggai,
Zechariah, Malachi
What Determines a Major and Minor Prophet?
The length of scripture they had
Role of the Prophet
Covenant enforcement mediators, message was not their own but God's, were God's
direct representatives, message is not original
3-Points Message of the Prophets
Israel/Judah have broken the covenant and need to repent; If there is no repentance,
then there is judgment; There is hope beyond the judgment
Major Topics in the Prophets
Idolatry, Social Injustice, Religious Ritualism
8th Century Prophets
Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah
7th Century Prophets
Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Jeremiah
Exilic Prophets
Obadiah, Ezekiel,
Daniel
, Post-Exilic Prophets
Haggai, Zechariah,
Malachi
Two Themes in the Prophets
Davidic Covenant, The Day of the Lord (judgment and hope)
Basis of Judgment for the Prophets
The breaking of the Mosaic
Covenant
Basis of Hope for the Prophets
The fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant in the New Covenant
Purpose of Chronicles
To call the Jews back to devotion to God and to loyalty to His temple; to provide
hope for the future
Theme of Chronicles
Encouragement to exilic community based on Davidic kings who were devoted to
Yahweh
Focus of Chronicles (as compared to Kings)
Focuses on Davidic Covenant, not Mosaic
Covenant
Audience of Chronicles
Returning Jews - the focus is placed on the tribes of Judah and Levi