Exam 2 Review

 Key Dates
o 722 BCE - Assyria conquers the northern kingdom of Israel
o 622 BCE - Josiah’s reform
o 586 BCE - Babylon destroys Jerusalem
o 539 BCE -
o 520-515 BCE -
o 333/2 BCE -
o 167 BCE -
 Northern Prophets
o Differences between the Northern and Southern Kingdoms
o Historical Context Syro-Ephraimite War and Assyria
o What is a Prophet
o Amos’ Historical Context
o Amos’ Oracles Against the Nations
o Amos’ Judgments Against Israel (Day of the Lord)
o Amos’ Visions
 Southern Prophets
o Types of Prophets in the Ancient World
o Isaiah Call Narrative (key themes)
o Isaiah and the Syro-Ephramite War
o Isaiah and the Assyrian Attack
o The Book of Isaiah
o Micah’s Historical Context
o Micah’s Message
 Book of Isaiah Theme (Even though Kings may come and go, God stays
the same, and thus the message stays the same)
 Isaiah comparison to Moses (unclean lips)
 Josiah and the Exile
o Josiah’s Reforms (622 BCE)
o Political Implications of Josiah’s Reforms
o Death of Josiah
o Fall of Jerusalem
o Explaining the Exile
o Theological Crises:
 Abrahamic Covenant
 Mosaic Covenant
 Davidic Covenant
 Zionism
 Identity as the People of God
 Be able to describe how they work
o Literature of the Exile
o Theologizing – See all the different Prophets as being sent from the same God
 Jeremiah and Ezekiel
o Jeremiah Background
o Call Narrative of Jeremiah
o Jeremiah and Zionism
o Ezekiel Background
o Call Narrative of Ezekiel
o Ezekiel’s Sign Acts
o The Temple Vision
o Hope for restoration after Judgment
 3 Kings of the Blue – B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King
 Prophets of Restoration
o Life under Babylon
o Cyrus the Great
o Life in Judah as a Persian Provence
o Disappointed expectations for restoration
o Haggai Background
o Haggai Message
o Post-exilic theology and the nations
o Post-exilic leadership
o Jonah
 Psalms
o The Book of Psalms
o Psalms Genres
o The ament
o Two Questions of Form Criticism
o Superscriptions
o Collecting the Psalms
o Theological Development in the Psalter
o Poetry of the Psalms (parallelism)
 Time Between the Testaments
o Second Jerusalem Temple
o Apocrypha
o Alexander the Great
o Antiochus IV Epiphanes
o Abomination of Desolations
o Maccabean Revolt
o Hanukkah
o The Hasmoneans
o The Pharisees
o The Essenes
o The Sadducees
o Life After Death
o Satan, Demons, and Angels
 Empire and Apocalypse
o Daniel the Book
o Types of Apocalyptic Literature
o Characteristics of Apocalyptic Literature
o Stories of Daniel
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