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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. How does Heschel describe the time during Second Isaiah?

2. What does Heschel use as examples of how pathos is associated to God in heaven?

3. What changed with Second Isaiah?

4. What term does Jeremiah use for the people of God because they refuse to turn themselves toward God?

5. Why does Heschel call the prophet he discusses after Habakkuk the "Second Isaiah"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hosea think his marriage with his wife Gomer reflected the relationship of Israel and God?

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

3. What does understanding God depend on, according to Heschel?

4. Does Heschel say there is anything that can change God's judgment after the prophets warn the people of destruction?

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

6. How did Hosea and Amos differ?

7. Did the prophets feel differently about sin than others?

8. Why can't God be explained, according to Heschel?

9. Did the people listen to the prophet Isaiah?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the theology of pathos to two other theological points of view.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss imagery and its use in the descriptions of the prophecies. Include in your discussion why the prophets used imagery and whether it helps in understanding their prophesy.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship of prophet, priest, and king through history, with emphasis on the period of the Old Testament prophets described in this book.

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