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| priest who taught Torah. (1 of 3 religious functionaries in OT society) |
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| sage who gave advice, wisdom. Practical advice on problems of the day. Used short, pithy statements. |
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| prophet proclaimed the word of God to the people |
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| wisdom told by the hakham |
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| Characteristics of a good proverb |
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1. brevity
2. intelligible
3. flavor/rememberence
4. popularity |
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| Characteristics of Wisdom Literature |
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1. Universality
2. Success of individual stressed
3. Very little about Israel's history
4. retribution for evil, reward for good--in this life
5. theme of fear of God
6. not just factual knowledge, but know-how |
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1. obedience to parents
2. watch out for bad company
3. slothfulness
4. intemperance
5. contention |
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1. peti: open, simple, not closed to learning
2. thick fool: thick headed, impenetrable
3. arrogant fool: "letz" scoffer, scorner, proud. |
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| example of alphabetic acrostic in Proverbs |
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| Noble wife, virtuous woman (ch 31) |
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| one who speaks in an assembly, pen name of author of ecclesiastes |
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| vanity, meaningless. literally breath, vapor |
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| Not written by Solomon, but probably about him. Dramatic Personification. Speculative Wisdom Literature: searching for answers, man is finite |
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| Speculative Wisdom Literature. Theodicy genre-deals with the justice of God in light of human suffering. |
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| areas of Job's affliction |
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1. property
2. children
3. health
4. support of wife and friends |
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1 of Job's friends
"the mystic"
Thinks Job needs to repent because he has no moral integrity. |
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| 1 of Job's friends, "the traditionalist" appeals to the past and to tradition |
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| 1 of Job's friends, "the authoritarian" says use common sense. Appeal to self, dogmatic human authority |
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| raised up to counter the Baalism which Ahab and Jezebel had been pushing |
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| Greatest miracle worker in OT. 12 miracles. Successor to Elijah |
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| King of Northern Kingdom, married to Jezebel |
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| King of N. Kingdom. Puts end to fanaticism of Baal. Only king of the Bible who we have a picture of. Jehu massacred Ahab's house. |
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| King of N. Kingdom, brought N. Kingdom to its greatest extent. Time of material prosperity. Social and religious corruption |
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| king of N kingdom. Taxed 60,000 of the wealthiest citizens of kingdom so Tiglath would let him stay on the throne. Deported People Policy. |
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| paid tribute to keep Assyrian king away. Counted on Egypt for help, but got none. Sargon II takes credit for destroying the kingdom |
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| Solomon's son. Didn't follow the advice of the elders. Shishak, king of Egypt came against Israel and took treasures from the temple |
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| king of S. kingdom, had a fleet of ships in gulf of Acaba |
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| only queen of southern kingdom. Daughter of Jezebel. Murdered all rivals to the throne but one so she could rule |
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| King of S kingdom, survived the massacre and became the youngest king ever at age 7. Repaired the temple |
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| 1 of 3 of the greatest kings of S. Kingdom (with Hezekiah and Josiah). His reign begins the classical period of prophetic literature. Encouraged agriculture and commerce. Modernized the army |
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| 1 of 3 good kings of S Kingdom. man of faith, trusted God during invasion by Assyria. God extended his life by 15 years |
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| Accomplishments of Hezekiah |
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1. built a water tunnel from Pool of Siloam
2. removed pagan things a re-consecrated the temple
3. music began in the temple
4. reinstituted the passover |
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| World's worst. Opposite of Hezekiah. Art idolater of Jewish History. Repented one day before he died. |
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| 1 of 3 best kings of S kingdom. Religious reform took place under his rule, uncovered the Book of the Law, which brought revival. |
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| Prophet of N. Kingdom. Spoke strongly about god's steady love (hesed). Married to Gomer, a prostitute. |
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| prophet of n. kingdom. speaks of God's international love. chosen to go to nineveh |
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| using of event in OT, picked up in Jesus' life in NT as a fuller example. |
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| prophet of n. kingdom, had a lot to say about social justice. describes israel's condition in 5 visions |
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| prophet of s. kingdom. About God's intervention in history. "day of the lord" used 4 times |
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| prophet of s. kingdom. set example of theodicy. He was to live faithfully with trust in God despite the circumstances |
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| prophet of s. kingdom, asked what is true religion? |
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| 3 things the lord requires (micah) |
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1. justice
2. loving-kindness
3. carefulness/modesty |
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| weeping prophet (of s. kingdom). prophet of the new covenant. had a scribe. produced lamentations |
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| prophet of s kingdom. ministered among captives in babylon. prophesied that israel would once again be restored as a nation |
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| prophet of s kingdom. was a dreamer, had visions. speaks of a contrast between two ages: this, and age to come. apocalyptic literature |
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| responsible for overcoming Babylonian domination. Became king of Persia. His edict says God charged him to build him a house in Jerusalem |
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| Led first group back after Cyrus allowed Jewish people to return. Brought about 50,000 people. Became governor. |
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| 2nd period of the return. about 1760 men returned. Ezra was a scribe and priest |
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| 3rd period of the return. Rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem |
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| vindication/justification of God in the face of evil |
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| Unusual because God's name is not mentioned, no other copies have been found. |
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| In Esther, bribed king Xerxes to get rid of the Jews |
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