1. Role of the Prophet: Spokesperson of God to His people to convey a message
2. Literary Form: teachings of prophets mainly verbal, however prophets did write or
act out teachings; edited either by himself or disciples, make up later additions
3. Call of the Prophet: gives the prophets their authority; sign of divine election;
message to speak included in call; Divine Presence; something to do with the
mouth or lips
4. Syncretism: when two religions or cultures are combined to make one single
religion or culture; preached against by the prophets
5. Charismatic: “spirit-filled”; Prophets were also charismatic, making them also
temporary
6. Servant: Prophets were servants of God/in service of God (title for the prophets)
7. Primary Function of a Prophet: forthtell not foretell; announce the Will of God to
His people
8. Acted Parable: a different way for prophets to preach; joined material from
ordinary life into prophetic teachings
9. Prophet’s Background: must reflect prophets teachings (if not then they are a
false prophet)
10. Prophetic View of Sacrifice: sacrifice must mean something; must not be done in
addition to sin because it makes it meaningless
11. Revelation: God revealing himself to the prophets; Divine Revelation made
prophet’s teachings valid
12. Monotheism: needed to be reached in order for city to be in favor with God; main
teaching of the prophets (Isaiah)
13. Integrity and Worship: worship needs to be meant in order for it to mean anything
to God; big problem in Israel and Judah and spoken about by the prophets;
threatened by Baal worship and syncretism (Amos)
14. Social Justice: fairness and equality in society; one of the major teachings of the
prophets (Amos, Isaiah)
15. Messianic Hope: hope for a descendant of David to save Israel (Isaiah)
16. Judgement: God’s judgement on the lives of the people
17. Elijah: a prophet who challenged the king Ahab and the pagan teachings in his
country; showed the power of God and called for people to return to Him
18. Ahab: King in Israel who was controlled by his wife into having Baal worship the
main worship in Israel
19. Carmel: where Elijah proved to the pagans that there was one God, being God of
David
20. Jezebel: wife of King Ahab; her Baal worship caused a drought prophesied by
Elijah; ordered the death of many of the prophets of Israel
21. Major Theme of the Prophet: People need to go back to God
22. Shepherd: what Amos was before he started preaching
23. Bethel: where Amos taught; corrupted by Baal worship
24. Tekoa: where Amos is from
25. Gomer: wife of Hosea, prostitute that was unfaithful to him; symbolized the
unfaithfulness of Israel to God
26. Marriage Metaphor: Hosea and his unfaithful wife Gomer meant to symbolize God
and his unfaithful wife Israel
27. Parent-Child Metaphor: God will not give up and always love Israel, like a parent to
a child
28. Ahaz: King in Judah that gets a prophecy from Isaiah where a child named
Emmanuel born from a young girl; will save and unite Israel
29. Stump of Jesse: sprout will grow from the stump of Jesse: descendant of Jesse
will unite and save Israel
30. Isaiah: prophet who taught in Judah about the punishments of the cities who
disobeyed God
31. Amos: shepherd turned prophet who taught in Bethel about justice between fellow
man and God
32. Hosea: long lasting prophet who used metaphors and his family to explain God’s
message
33. Covenant: preached by the prophets that it needed to be maintained
34. Assyria: puppet of God to destroy the sinful nations, would be destroyed
afterwards
35. Temple: built by Solomon; destroyed multiple times
36. Justice: preached for by the prophets; lacking in Israel and Judah since the time
of David