Old Testament Overview PDF

Samuel • The book of Samuel cover Samuel at first part and King David mainly. • The Prophet Nathan rebukes King David(2 Samuel 12). • Kingship of God • God’s providence The Prophet Nathan rebukes King David by Eugene Siberdt 18 Prophets_Amos • Historical background: • Though he came from the sou...

Samuel • The book of Samuel cover Samuel at first part and King David mainly. • The Prophet Nathan rebukes King David(2 Samuel 12). • Kingship of God • God’s providence The Prophet Nathan rebukes King David by Eugene Siberdt 18 Prophets_Amos • Historical background: • Though he came from the southern kingdom of Judah, Amos aimed his prophetic message at the northern kingdom of Israel. • Jeroboam II (c. 781–741 BC), ruler of the Northern kingdom, had rapidly conquered Syria, Moab, and Ammon, and thereby extended his dominions from the source of the Orontes on the north to the Dead Sea on the south. The whole northern empire had enjoyed a long period of peace and security marked by a revival of artistic and commercial development. • Amos denounced the exploitation of the poor and insincere worship.(rightness and justice) 19 Principal periods of the history of Israel Periods Dates Events 4. Exile 587 Final destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians 5. Postexilic period Persian domination(539333) Hellenistic age 539 520-515 333 Babylon falls to the Persians Rebuilding of the temple Alexander the Great(victor over the Persians at the battle of Issus) Rededication of the temple during the Maccabean revolt Conquest of Palestine by the Romans 164 64 20 Psalm(Songs) • Psalm is the collection of songs including Hymn, Lament, Thanksgiving, Royal and Wisdom. • Psalm 137 recalls the time of the captivity in Babylon By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3QxT-w3WMo 21 Take away • Hebrew bible has the different categories and the number of books according to the religious traditions. • Hebrew bible deals with the very wide spectrum of time and locations. • The themes are monotheism, the relation between creator and creature, the covenant between God and human, God’s punishment for human’s disobedience and God’s salvation, and rightness and justice for the poor and vulnerable people. 22