RELG 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jerboa, Edom
21 Jul 2016
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After solomon, lots of intrigue over who would be king. In the northern kingdom, there were power struggles. Man named omri came to power: people, it was really bad+ families were selling kids into slavery, ahab- omri"s son, northern kingdom flourishes. First classical prophet was amos, then josiah and micah. Classical b/c the books written by them have judaism literary character. Hebrew term for prophet navi, plura navin ** check spelling. Before classical prophets, prophets were grouped and individuals would come to consult them. Classical prophets were different, they"re more individuals and didn"t prophet to individuals but to israel as a whole. Based off the fact that israel had a group binding to god against a lot of the politics. Classical prophets were unpopular because they were against a lot of the politics. He said if you"re unjust bad things will happen b/c god is just. Amos active during the reign of jerboa**check spelling the 2nd, during 750.
