OTL 110, 111, 112 Summary for the Exam (Themes 5-9)

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Table of contents
THEME 5 (True or false and short theory questions):.................................................................................................................................1
THEME 6 (short questions)..........................................................................................................................................................................3
THEME 7 (short questions)..........................................................................................................................................................................6
THEME 8 (short questions & table)...........................................................................................................................................................11
THEME 9 (short questions & table)...........................................................................................................................................................14
LONG QUESTIONS......................................................................................................................................................................................17

THEME 5 (True or false and short theory questions):...............................................2
THEME 6 (short questions)..........................................................................................4
THEME 7 (short questions)..........................................................................................7
THEME 8 (short questions & table)...........................................................................12
THEME 9 (short questions & table)...........................................................................15
LONG QUESTIONS.....................................................................................................18




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, THEME 5 (TRUE OR FALSE AND SHORT THEORY QUESTIONS):
 The fact that Rehoboam listened to the wrong advice led to the division of the kingdom. TRUE
 Jeroboam, the first king of the Northern Kingdom, earlier worked for David. FALSE
 Jeroboam, the first king of the Northern Kingdom, earlier worked for Solomon. TRUE
 Jeroboam built two cultic centres at Pniel and Bethel. FALSE
 Jeroboam built two cultic centres at Shechem and Bethel. FALSE
 Jeroboam built two cultic centres at Dan and Bethel. TRUE
 The song of Deborah (Judges 5) is one of the oldest texts in the OT. TRUE
 Jerusalem fell in 722 B.C.E. FALSE (falls in 586 BCE)
 Omri was probably the most powerful king of the Northern Kingdom/Israel. TRUE
 Omri was probably the most powerful king of Judah. FALSE
 During the Syro-Ephraimite war Judah and Israel fought against Aram. FALSE (Israel and Syria
fought against Judah)
 Hezekiah was the king in Judah during the Syro-Ephramite war. FALSE (it was Ahaz)
 Hezekiah was the king in Judah who was described as “a bird in a cage”. TRUE
 Esarhaddon was the Assyrian king who described Hezekiah as “a bird in a cage”. FALSE
(Sennacherib was the Assyrian king who did this)
 Amos proclaimed social justice. TRUE
 Amos cared about poor and vulnerable people. TRUE
 Amos expected that Israel would change. FALSE
 Hosea was probably more hopeful than Amos. TRUE
 We read about the calling of Isaiah in Isaiah 6. TRUE
 We read about the calling of Isaiah in Isaiah 16. FALSE
 Isaiah did not experience rejection like many of the other prophets. /Isaiah was different from other
prophets since he did not experience rejection. FALSE
 Isaiah immediately accepted his calling in Isaiah 6. FALSE
 Isaiah did not think that Judah would get another chance. /Isaiah did not think that there was much
hope for Judah. FALSE
 The Jacob stories were probably originally from the South. FALSE
 The Jacob stories were probably originally from the North. TRUE
 The inscription at Kuntillet Adjrud shows that Yahweh might have had a “wife”. TRUE
 Bulls were ancient symbols of divinity. TRUE
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,  After the division of the kingdom Israel was usually stronger than Judah. TRUE

HOW DOES JEROBOAM REMIND US OF MOSES? / WHAT DID JEROBOAM AND MOSES HAVE IN
COMMON? / WHICH (LITERARY) CHARACTERISTICS DID MOSES AND JEROBOAM HAVE IN
COMMON? (4) OR (6)

1. Both characters come from a privileged house.
2. They identify with the oppressed.
3. They flee from their oppressor (Pharao and Rehoboam).
4. They return when the oppressor is dead.
5. They negotiate with the new ruler (the new Pharao and Abijah).
6. They lead the people away from oppression.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SYRO-EPHRAIMITE WAR?

It was a war occurring around 735 BCE in which Syria and the northern kingdom of Israel laid siege to
Jerusalem and thus attempted to force Judah, under King Ahaz, to join a coalition of local states
resisting Assyrian rule (though Judah was not yet under the Assyrian rule). Ahaz appealed for and
received help from Assyria in repelling the Syrian–Israelite alliance but became subject to Assyria in
return for the aid.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT AMOS?

Amos was a shepherd from Tekoa in the South that predicts judgement and destruction for the North.
Preaches Exodus theology. Prophecies in the time of Jeroboam II. Amos criticises the Northern elite.
His prophecies strongly focussed on social justice. The focus of the teaching is on social acts and
their national consequences. Amos does not consider himself to be a professional prophet, he only
prophesies because tells him to. He preaches against election theology. His prophecies were not
accepted, and the high priest tells him to go home and prophecy there. Judeans reinterpret Amos’
prophecies about Assyrian domination.

EXPLAIN THE CALL NARRATIVE IN ISAIAH 6. (5) OR (6)

First Isaiah (Isaiah 6), the call narrative:
1. Divine appearance of God before Isaiah
2. An introductory word by God
3. The call of the prophet/leader (Isaiah)
4. An objection from the prophet

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Carr 2010
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