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Dates Israel (Northern) Judah (Southern) Dates
(BC) (BC)

870-850 Elijah
850-800 Elisha Joel 835-800

750-745 Amos Jonah 793-758

750-745 Hosea
Isaiah of Jerusalem 742-700

Micah 722-701

Zephaniah 628-622

Jeremiah 626-586

Nahum 612
Habakkuk 605

Ezekiel 593-573

Obadiah c. 586/5
Isaiah 40-55 540

Haggai 520-515

Zechariah 520-515

Isaiah 56-66 515-500

Malachi 500-450
Jonah 450-400

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The Forms of Prophetic Literature

The prophets employed three main forms of literature in their books: (1) narratives - both biographical
(Dan. 1-3), and autobiographical (Jer. 1; Isa. 6), (2) addresses to God - laments (Lam.; Jer. 9:10; Ezek. 2:3-
10), petitions (Jer. 42:2; Da 9:17), and praise (Isa 12:1-6), and (3) addresses to people - such as taunt
songs (Isa. 14), wisdom sayings (Isa. 28:23-29), and disputations (Isa. 1:18; 43:26), to name a few.

Oracles addressed to people dominate the prophetic books. These addresses may be categorized by
their tendency to focus more on covenant curses or covenant blessings. Although the prophets

79 Main Contributor. Dr. Brian Gault (Prof. of Old Testament and Hebrew at Columbia International University) for
giving me permission to use most of his class notes for this Old Testament Survey. Forever grateful To God.
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