Lecture 9a: The Latter Prophets

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 Hebrew Bible Sections 

 Law (Torah) 

 Prophets (Nevi'im)

 Former Prophets (Nevi'im Rishonim) 

 Latter Prophets (Nevi'im Akharonim) 

 

 Writings (Ketuvim) 

 The Latter Prophets 

 Hebrew/Jewish Bible numbers 15 Prophets: Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah and "The Twelve". The Book of Daniel is part of the Ketuvim (Writings). 

 The Christian Old Testament contains 16 Prophets: 4 Major, 12 Minor 

 Prophets are messengers of God's revelation

 Prophet "nabi" - comes from an old root "n-b-'" meaning "to call, to summon up, to speak on behalf of" - this could refer to the prophetic call (God calls his prophets to be his messengers) or the prophet "calling/summoning up" the people and "speaking" on behalf of God 

 

 Prophets can be divided into:

 Non-writing Prophets (sometimes called Primitive Prophets)

 Begins with Moses and continues with other non-writing prophets like Samuel, Nathan, Gad, Elijah, Elisha 

 

 Writing (Classical) Prophets

 Those with books in the Old Testament 

 Emerged in 8th Century BC in both Kingdoms 

 

 

 Prophets Can be divided Chronologically

 8th Century BC Prophets (North: Hosea, Amos; South: Isaiah, Micah) 

 7th Century BC Prophets 

 7th-6th Century BC Prophets 

 Exilic Prophets 

 Post-Exilic Prophets 

 

 8th Century BC Prophets 

 Context 

 Rise of Assyria 

 Tiglath-Pileser III (734 BC, the Syro-Ephraimite war; Isaiah and king Ahaz of Judah (Isaiah 7)) 

 Sargon II (722 BC, the fall of Samaria and exile; King Hoshea of Israel) 

 Sennacherib (701 BC, the siege of Judah and Jerusalem; King Hezekiah of Judah) 

 Amos (760-745 BC) 

 Amos 5:18-27 

 Amos 5:23-24 

 Amos 7 

 Amos 9 

 Amos 9:11