Poetic and Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament
REL 310
Study Topics and Assignments
Week 13 - Poetry in the Prophets
Class Notes
As there is a separate course dealing with the Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament, this course will merely touch on some of the examples of poetry within the Prophetic Books.
Scripture Readings :
- Isaiah, chapters 1-5
- Isaiah, chapters 9-12
- Isaiah, chapters 25-32
- Isaiah 38:9-30 - King Hezekiah's Song
- Isaiah, chapter 40
- Isaiah, chapters 42-44
- Isaiah, chapter 45 - The Oracle to Cyrus
- Isaiah, chapters 49-50
- Isaiah, chapters 52-55
- Isaiah, chapters 60-62
- Jeremiah 17:8-18
- Jeremiah chapter 31
- Daniel 2:20-23
- Hosea, chapters 5-6
- Joel chapter 2
- Amos, chapter 5
- Jonah, chapter 2
- Micah, chapter 4
- Habakkuk, chapter 3
- Zephaniah, chapter 1
- Zechariah 9:9-17
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This Week's Assignment : An Essay Paper
- Write an Essay Paper (3-10 pages) on the use of poetry by the Prophets.
What forms did they use? What were some of their main subjects? Why did they choose a poetic form rather than prose?
Write out suitable verses to illustrate your answers
Remember to cite your sources
Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then send it as an Attachment to, or pasted into, an email message to Dr. Rollinson at rollinsondr@yahoo.com,rollinsondr@hellokitty.com,rollinsondr@mail2world.com.
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