1. Introduction to the Minor Prophets © John Stevenson, 2010 Maps by David P. Barrett, used by permission

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5. Group Introductions Your name Your home church Where are you in the TIU process? What is your current ministry within the Kingdom?

6. Course Objectives Gain an appreciation for the Minor Prophets and their relevance both to the Old Testament message as well as to Christian ministry today.  Exhibit an understanding of the flow of thought and major turning points in the books that make up the Minor Prophets.  Demonstrate a familiarity with the historical, cultural, and theological back- ground of the Minor Prophets.

7. Course Objectives Gain an understanding of the key themes found in the Minor Prophets and how they relate to the rest of the Biblical message.  Develop a series of Bible studies and/or sermons from the Minor Prophets that demonstrate both an understanding of the issues faced by the original authors as well as applications relevant to the needs of a 21 st Century congregation.

8. Christ of the Prophets by O. Palmer Robertson

9. Unexpected Wisdom: Major Insights from the Minor Prophets by Dan Schmidt

10. Preaching from the Minor Prophets to a Postmodern Generation by John Stevenson

11. Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Revised Edition): Volume 8 Daniel - Malachi by Longman & Garland

12. Dr. John T. Stevenson http://JohnStevenson.net JohnStevenson@Bellsouth.net Jstevens@mail.tiu.edu

14. Historical Books 2000 - 1500 Period of the Patriarchs 1500 - 10001000 - 500 Exodus and Sinai JudgesKings of Israel and Judah Return Poetic Books Torah Prophetic Books

15. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

26. Sargon the Great Died 2330 B.C. Birth legend Name Prince Legitimate Empire

27. Medes Elam Akkadians

28. Third Dynasty of Ur 2100 – 2000 B.C.

29. Ziggurat

31. The Law-code of Ur Lex Talionis: “An eye for an eye” Semi-private administration of justice Inequality before the Law: The law code divided people into three distinct classes: Aristocrats Commoners Slaves

32. Sir Leonard Woolley 1880 - 1960 Began at Ur in 1922 Ziggurat of Ur Flood layers

34. Amuru Elam Ur

35. Ur Haran

36. Ur Haran

38. 1750 B.C. Found at Susa by de Morgan in 1902Found at Susa by de Morgan in 1902 Caste systemCaste system Lex TalionisLex Talionis WagesWages Trial by ordealTrial by ordeal

39. MarriageLaws Only legal when in writingOnly legal when in writing Penalty for adultery is deathPenalty for adultery is death Wives own propertyWives own property

40. Mari Babylon

41. Mari Tablets Andre Parrot excavated from 1933-1938 and 1952-1956 More than 20,000 tablets Akkadian from 1800- 1750 B.C. Biblical names

42. Mari Tablets Travel and commerceTravel and commerce Covenant: “To kill a young donkey”Covenant: “To kill a young donkey”

43. Mari Babylon Nuzi

44. Nuzi Tablets Smaller townSmaller town Destroyed around 1450 B.C.Destroyed around 1450 B.C. Customs and culture similar to that of the PatriarchsCustoms and culture similar to that of the Patriarchs

45. Mari Babylon Nuzi Ugarit

46. Royal palace with 90 roomsRoyal palace with 90 rooms Two templesTwo temples –Baal, son of El –Dagon Cuneiform Tablets dating to 1450- 1200 B.C.Cuneiform Tablets dating to 1450- 1200 B.C. Discovered by a farmer in 1928Discovered by a farmer in 1928

47. The Gift of the Nile

48. THE NILE

59. Step Pyramid of Djoser

62. Bent Pyramid of Snefru

64. Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops)

69. Pyramids Served as tombs More than a hundred in Egypt All on the west bank of the Nile

70. Valley of the Kings

71.  Thebes Valley of the Kings 

76. Monotheist Father to Tutankhamen

84. Mesopotamia Egypt Hatti Land Bridge DESERT

86. Independent Tribes A Unified Kingdom

87. ASSYRIA EGYPT Solomon’s Kingdom

88.  Bethel Dan Samaria Jerusalem 

90. TorahProphets

91. Samaria Jerusalem IsaiahHoseaJoelAmosMicah

92. Jonah

94. Shalmaneser & Jehu

99. Samaria

100. Hezekiah’s Tunnel It was Hezekiah who stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them to the west side of the city of David (2 Chronicles 32:30)

104. 2 nd Kings 19:35-36 Then it happened that night that the angel of the Lord went out, and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home, and lived at Nineveh.

105. Taylor Prism “As for Hezekiah, the Jew, who did not submit to my yoke, 46 of his strong walled cities, as well as the small cities in their neighborhood, which were without number, by escalade and bringing up siege engines... Himself, like a caged bird, I shut up in Jerusalem, his royal city.”

106. Carchemish

107. Carchemish

108. Carchemish JeremiahHabakkukZephaniah Obadiah Nahum

109. Daniel Ezekiel

113. HaggaiZechariahMalachi

115. Conqueror Perpetual victory Fall of Persia

116. Marched to India Died in Babylon “To the strongest”

120. Pompey

121. Pompey

123. TorahProphetsN.T.