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| The history of God's people as interpreted by prophetic writers. |
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Major Periods of Prophetic History
(What are the dates?)
-Conquest
-Settlement
-United Kingdom
-Divided Kingdoms
-Judean Kingdoms
-Fall of Judah and Temple of Solomon
-Exile |
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1250-1200 BC
1200-1050 BC
1050-922 BC
922-722 BC
722-587 BC
587 BC
587-536 BC |
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Chronology
Settlement- Israelites settle in lands of ____ and ____.
United Kingdom-
-1st king was ____, not very ____.
-David built ____ in ____. |
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Definition
-Judah, Ephraim
-Saul, successful
-Palace, Jerusalem |
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| Definition of Deuteronomistic History |
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| The history of Israel, from exile to conquest, as understood in light of the theology of Deuteronomy. |
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Deuteronomy's Theology
-Focus on the ___ commandment
-Focus on _____ of not ____ God's commandments
-What happened to Abraham's ____. |
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-1st
-Consequences, obeying
-Descendants |
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Story of Abrahams descendants:
-The ____ and ____ of land.
-____ in the land. |
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-Conquest, settlement
-Lost |
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The cast of d-history!
Main character: ___
Liberators: _____,___,____
Prophets: ____,____,____
Kings:____,_____,_____,_____, and others. |
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-God
-Joshua, Gideon, Samson
-Samuel, Elijah, Elisha
-Saul, Solomon, David, Jeroboam |
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Literary Structure (Which book?)
-Entrance into the land:
-Settlement in the land:
-Establishing kingdom in land:
-Decline of kingdom in land: |
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-Joshua
-Judges, Ruth
-1&2 Samuel
-1&2 Kings |
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Authorship
-Authors are ____.
-Possibly ____,_____, or Jeremiah?
-Written about ____ BC. |
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-Unknown
-Joshua, Samuel
-550 |
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-Babylonians destroyed _____ in ___ BC.
-D-history was written to the ____ living in exile.
-Where is God, and has He been ____? |
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-Jerusalem, 587
-Israelites
-Fair |
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How was the D-History written?
By ____ stories and ____ records.
-Writers: _____,____, and _____.
-Books of _____ and ____.
-Annals of the Kings of ____ and _____.
-Book of _____. |
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-Oral, written
-War heroes, prophets, kings
-Jashar and Gad
-Judah, Israel
-Joshua |
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Main Themes
-Response to the ____ of the exile.
Joshua
Stories of the ___________ . |
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-Disaster
-Promised Land conquest |
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Judges
Stories about the _____ of the ___ ____. |
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-Settlement
-Promised Land |
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Ruth
God rewards ____ _______. |
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Samuel
-Stories of ___, ____, and ____.
-God is the ____ King.
-The ideal for Israel's kings- God's ____ on _____. |
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-Samuel, Saul, David.
-Real
-Representative, Earth |
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Other themes in the book of Samuel:
God holds out ____ for His people, through righteous _____ now, and through a ______ in the future. |
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Book of Kings
Stories of ____ and _____ in Israel and _____.
The most negatively influential king of the northern kingdom was _____.
Stories about prophets
-God has been more than ____.
-He revealed himself through ____. |
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-Kings, prophets, Judah
-Omri
-Fair
-Prophets |
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| Three pieces of proof that God's word always comes to fulfillment: |
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Definition
-Joshua's Jericho prediction
-400 years until Jericho was rebuilt.
-Elisha's Samaria prediction |
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Messages for people in disaster of exile:
-Land is a ___ from God. |
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Time from Jehu to fall of Samaria:
Reigns of Israelite kings: ___ years
Reigns of Judean kings: ____ years
From Exodus to Solomon's temple:
____ years |
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Reasons for miscongruencies in num-There is a _____ use of numbers.
Different meanings of the word _____.
Error in _____ numbers. |
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-Symbolic
-Thousand
-Copying |
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-Polytheism (belief in many gods)
For Caananites:
-Chief god was _____
-Mother goddess was _____
-The god of rain and storms was _____ |
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| Some characteristics of Caananite religion? |
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Definition
-Animal sacrifice
-Priests, prophets, prostitutes
-Temples and high places
-Images of gods |
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| Caananite religion believes that different ____ control different ______ of nature. |
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Appeal for the Israelites?
A god that is _____.
____ brings rain
_______ blesses family
A god that can be ____. |
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