Theo 1 Midterm Notes OT 2024 PDF

**[Theo 1 (St. Augustine, Scriptures and Prayers)]** **(1^st^ Sem., 2024 -- 2025)** A. **The Division of Old Testament** \- For the Jewish people, the law was at the heart of the Old Testament.  The Pentateuch refers to the first five books of Old Testament (Genesis -- the beginning; Exodus -- '...

**[Theo 1 (St. Augustine, Scriptures and Prayers)]** **(1^st^ Sem., 2024 -- 2025)** A. **The Division of Old Testament** \- For the Jewish people, the law was at the heart of the Old Testament.  The Pentateuch refers to the first five books of Old Testament (Genesis -- the beginning; Exodus -- 'departure' or the journey of Israelite people, Leviticus -- a series of law about sacrifices; Numbers -- referring to people and the years of wandering in the wilderness of Sinai, Deuteronomy -- the second law or the recapitulation of the law given by God to the Israelite people through Moses. **           [The Historical Books]**                                                    - Major Judges -- (Othniel, Ehud, Deborah and Barak, Gideon, and Samson -- 'straining all his nerves') are judges as such because they have more details written than the others; they have substantial accounts dealing with their acts on Israel's behalf. The major judges were not judges at all but served as entirely different function (Military deliverer) - Minor Judges -- (Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon and Abdon) are having only a series of stereotyped phrases and a few personal details. The minor judges served   as legal authorities in Israel's amphictyony and thus were properly termed 'judges.'                     **              a.   The Major Prophets**             **          -   Daniel **discusses the history and prophecy of Daniel, who is transported as a child to Babylon. He achieves great prestige at the Babylonian court by his wisdom and the ability to interpret dreams. The first part of the book contains his interpretation of the king's dreams, which predict the four successive kingdoms that will precede the messianic age. The second part contains four apocalyptic visions that refer to the persecution of the people and the coming of the Messiah. The famous stories of Daniel in the lion's den, the chaste Susannah, and Bel and the dragon are also found in this book.   **          b.  The Twelve Minor Prophets**       ** ** **           -  Obadiah** the shortest book of the minor prophets (only twenty-one verses), tells of the chastisement of the Edomites, who have earlier participated in the sack of Jerusalem. Obadiah also refers to the victory of Israel and the coming of the messianic age. - **Jonah** speaks of the attempted flight of the prophet from his mission of preaching repentance and conversion to the Assyrians in Nineveh. In the end, after spending three days in the belly of a whale, Jonah fulfills his mission. Jesus uses the story of Jonah to refer to the three days that He would spend in the tomb (see Matthew 12:39-40).               - **Nahum** predicts the fall of the people's greatest enemy, Assyria, in just punishment for its sins. Its capital, Nineveh, fell in 612 B.C.   **           **