STUDY GUIDE FOR O.T. LIT EXAM 3—SPRING 2003

Updated April 23, noon

Study session Friday, April 25, 7:00 am.

You are responsible for EVERYTHING which occurs in class, even if not mentioned in this study guide.

The basic idea: know a little bit about lots.

1. Lectures.

L. Job

(1) Sons of God

(2) Responsibility

(3) Reasons

(4) Who was right?

(5) Job's friends

M. Introduction to Heb. Poetry.

(1) Characteristics.

B. Psalms.

(0) Superscriptions.

(1) Types of Psalms.

(2) Why do we have them?

(3) When written and collected.

(4) Emphases/most common types.

C. Proverbs.

(1) Authorship.

(2) Content/themes.

(3) The virtuous woman.

D. Ecclesiastes. Didn't really do this.

E. Song of Solomon.

(1) Purpose.

(2) Marriage customs in the Bible.

(3) Immorality.

(4) Bad theology

(4) Etc.

F. Introduction to Prophecy (Bobbi Frith’s lecture)—whatever she talked about.

(1) Common themes.

(2) Emphasis.

Prediction.

G. Isaiah.

(1) (1) Removal of sin.

(2) (2) Justice.

(3) (3) Sins as scarlet.

(4) (4) Worship

(5) (5) Other prophets w/similar messages (Amos, Micah, Zechariah)

H. Jeremiah.

(1) Jer's call and complaints.

(2) What happened to the Tabernacle?

(3) Literary nature.

(4) The 10 Commandments.

(5) Zion-Davidism.

(7) Hananiah.

J. Ezekiel.

(1) False prophets.

(2) Genetic sin.

(3) Once saved always saved.

(4) Prophetic responsibility.

(5) The Righteous saving others.

(6) Condemning the righteous.

(7) Committing and practicing sin.

K. Daniel.

(1) Purpose for the narratives.

(2) Aramaic expressions.

L. Intro to the Minor Prophets.

(1) (1) Term “Minor”

(2) (2) Various details, most of which are in the summaries

M. Jonah.

(1) (1) Humor

(2) (2) The “fish”

(3) (3) Size of Nineveh

(4) (4) Conditional prophecy

(5) (5) Jonah’s fame?

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O. Joel.

(1) Messages in Joel.

P. Zephaniah.

(1) Josiah's reforms.

(2) Leadership.

(3) Person.

(4) Topics.

Q. Nahum.

(1) Language.

(2) Nineveh.

(3) Time.

(4) Relationship to Jonah.

R. Habakkuk.

(1) Date.

(2) Modern equivalents.

(3) The "wicked".

(4) Wrath.

S. Haggai.

(1) Main topic.

(2) The calendar.

(3) Zerubbabel.

T. Zechariah.

(1) Calendar.

(2) Fasting.

(3) How many books.

(4) Message.

(5) The visions.

U. Obadiah.

(1) Edom.

(2) Jerusalem & the Temple.

V. Malachi.

(1) Ezra's reforms.

(2) Sinners.

(3) Themes.

(4) Tithing.

2. Website.

A. A. Minor prophets summaries (on the web) over Joel, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Obadiah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi are to be treated as lecture material.

3. Textbook: The assigned reading, Psalms through Daniel, plus Jonah, Amos, Hosea, and Micah.

4. Extra credit.

A. Know the books of the ENTIRE Bible-- both testaments--no mistakes – no abbreviations (4 exam points)