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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pathos is not self-centered but is what kind of thinking?

2. Micah's concern with the people was that they worshiped what?

3. Heschel says God hates sin but is also what?

4. God answers Habakkuk that God's hand is constantly working even though what?

5. How does Heschel describe the time that Jeremiah lived?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Second Isaiah?

2. How did Hosea and Amos differ?

3. Why does Heschel say that the tone changes toward the people of Israel while Second Isaiah is the prophet?

4. How does God answer Habakkuk when he asks him why and how long this will continue?

5. What type of message did Amos bring to the people?

6. Why does Jeremiah refer to the people of God as murderers?

7. What was the prophet Micah's concern with the people?

8. Why was Jeremiah called the prophet of wrath?

9. Who was Amos?

10. Did the people listen to the prophet Isaiah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Justice was an important theme for the prophets. Define what justice meant to the prophets. Discuss what problems there were with justice. Pick two prophets and explain how they dealt with the issue of justice.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss prophetic and poetic inspiration. Include information on what different scholars have to say and Heschel's explanation of the difference between inspiration for poetry and inspiration for prophecy.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss ecstasy and its relation to prophecy. Include a definition of ecstasy, Heschel's view and at least two other viewpoints. *

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