Old Testament Final Test Review

For Cha's Class

Epoch 1

Creation and fall,

Universe,humanity, fall, flood, formation and dispersion of nations

Epoch 2

The patriarchs,

Covenant w/ Abraham, Issac, Jacob.

Joseph

Epoch 3

Slavery and exodus

Flourishing and slavery in Egypt

Exodus from Egypt to Mt. Sinai

Desert wandering, 40 yrs

Epoch 4

Conquest and judges

Crossing the Jordan river

Conquest of Canaan

Allocation of Canaan to the 12 tribes

The 12 judges

Epoch 5

United monarchy

Corruption of high priests, Samuel called

Reign of Saul, David, Solomon

Epoch 6

Divided monarchy

Division of the Israelite king

Rise and fall of the north and south

Epoch 7

Exile and return

Themes- Epoch 7

"The Lord is still the God of the exiles"

"The kingdom of God is an eternal kingdom, his dominion endures from gen to gen"

Kings during epoch 7

2nd kind of Nebuchadnezzar 11(1st)

7th king of Babylon: Belshazzar(last)

Prophets of Epoch 7

-Ezikel: watchman prophet

-Daniel: uncompromising prophet

Fall of Jerusalem(Ezekiel)

The lord as Shepard of his people

Valley of dry bones

Two sticks become one

Great sacrifice in mt of Israel

Full restoration of unified Israel

Daniel's stuff

Brought into the kings service from Judah, train 3 yrs

Didn't bow down to Nebuchadnezzar idol, fiery furnace

King Darius made decree/lions den

Dreams

The interpreter of dreams and visions

Dazzling statue destroyed by rock

Exile: Persian Empire

Esther- Jewish queen of Persia

Orphan adopted by cousin Mordecai selected as queen marries Xerxes(Ahaseurus)

Mordecai gets Esther to tell Hamans plot(Jewish genocide) to Xerces

1st wave - 536/37

-Cyrus the great

42,360 ppl

Gov- Zerubabbel

High priest- Joshua

REBUILDING OF 2nd TEMPLE

completed in 20 yrs, dedication and Passover

Prophets during 1st wave

Haggai"motivational prophet" second temple, house versus House of the Lord, the Lord has temporarily withdrawn his blessing.

Zachariah- call to national repentance eight visions of restoring Israel.

2nd wave, 458

-King Artaxerces 1

Over 1000 men, priest, levites servants, musicians

Ezra Aaronic, high priest and rabbi, spiritual reform of people, confessions of sins and sends off foreign wives

3rd wave

• also King Artaxerces 1

Gov: Nehemiah

Rebuilding of Jeresalem wall (52 days)

And dedication of walls

3rd wave prophet

Malachi/ last old prophet, proclaimed God's coming and judgment, and how they need to return to him

Psalms

Worship

Types; praise, lament, wisdom

Shows why and how we should worship the Lord, used to be five books

Proverbs

Wisdom for life

Moral lessons, timeless, truth, practical work, wise and foolish

Example, examples, works wealth, relationships, character, words, behaviors, and health

Define retribution: two contrasting outcomes

Ecclesiastes

Existential meaning in life, purpose, human pursuits, and human experience

Song of songs

The power of love, heartache versus joy

Job

God allow satan to inflict pain on job, loss, a possessions and children, health job breaks down, his friends sit with him

Parallelisms

Synonymous; repetition of the same poetic idea, but reinstated with different words

Antithetic; presentation of a contrasting/opposite poetic idea

Synthetic; addition of new information, further deepen, or expand understanding of poetic idea