People
A Jewish woman living with her cousin in Susa, she quickly rises through the ranks to become queen and thwart a plot against the Jews.
Who is Esther?
Vanity of vanities, says the teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
What is Qoheleth/Ecclesiastes?
This is when a book or text relays messages or events that don't agree with itself; i.e., the dual creation narrative or the cleaning up of David and Solomon in Chronicles.
What is multivocality?
This is the year the First Jewish Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians.
What is 587/586 BCE?
This figure in Isaiah is predicted to be the "scapegoat", i.e., one who experiences tribulation on behalf of others.
What is the Suffering Servant?
This name means accuser or adversary; it comes to take another meaning in Christianity and later, more developed angel-ologies.
Who is Satan?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
What is proverbs?
This style of Hebrew Poetry features lines that each start with a consecutive letter of the alphabet; A.... B.... C.... D....
What is Acrostic Poetry?
What is Herem Warfare?
This prophet, whose name means God Strengthens, works in the 6th century BCE and predicts the fall of Jerusalem. Additionally, he prophesies the return of the Israelites to their land and a rebuilding of their temple.
Who is Ezekiel?
Although this man was honorable and upright, God and the adversary plague him, killing his family. However, he refuses to curse God.
Who is Job?
Praise the Lord, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples. For great is his steadfast love towards us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever. Praise the Lord!
What is Psalms?
These are the three main genres of Psalms, put forth by Hermann Gunkel, that we discussed in class.
Thanksgiving, Lament, and Hymn
This is the year that King Cyrus of Persia conquers the Babylonian empire, and allows the Israelites (and other captive people!) to return to their homeland.
What is 538 BCE?
This collection of texts in the Hebrew bible collects all of the minor prophets; however, you may be familiar with a few of them individually.
What are the Books of the 12?
This person has a book in the Bible that is written in two different languages. He even slays a dragon!
Who is Daniel?
My ears had heard about you, but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore, I relent and find comfort on dust and ashes.
What is Job?
This line of thinking, seen in Jeremiah and Isaiah, asserts that Jerusalem will never be conquered; God has chosen it as his city, and it will always be restored to the Israelites.
What is Zion Theology?
This was a practice of the Babylonians that featured the total and unwilling removal of people from their homeland.
What is Forced Migration?
Also known as the weeping prophet, he worked in the 7th and 6th centuries and predicted the siege of Jerusalem. He originally rejects God's call for him to become a prophet.
Who is Jeremiah?
This son of Azzur is a false prophet, who disagrees with Jeremiah on when the Assyrian empire will fall. He dies in the same chapter he appears.
Who is Hananaiah?
How lonely sits the city that once was full of people! How like a widow she has become, she that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces has become a vassal.
What is Lamentations?
This city in Ancient Israel, just south of Jerusalem, is famous for its letters from the time of Nebuchadnezzar II, one of which details a soldier who is offended by being called illiterate.
What is Lachish?
This was the year that the Second Temple, rebuilt by Zerubbabel and portrayed in Ezra and Nehemiah, was consecrated in Jerusalem after the Israelites return from exile.
What is 515 BCE?
This prophet has one book, that can be divided into three parts. Scholars believe these three parts to be their own works, that were later stitched together.
Who is Isaiah?