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Process
Activity 3: Know Your
Prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures
Group 7: Your Prophets are Obadiah, Jonah,
Micah
Complete the tasks for Obadiah, Jonah and then Micah.
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Obadiah
Use the following information and the
listed resources to complete your tasks.
Obadiah
- His Profile
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His Name Means |
Servant
of Yahweh |
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Appears |
Obadiah |
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Biographical |
Nothing
is known of he personal history of the author, though the text suggests he probably lived
in the 5th century BC, some time after the fall of Jerusalem (587 BC). His oracle is directed against the Edomites,
who moved up from the Dead Sea area and occupied the depopulated southern part of Judah,
up to Hebron. |
 Canon Table with the Prophets Obadiah and Amos and two scenes
from the life of Christ: the healing of the woman with the issue of blood and another,
unidentified miracle. |
The
Book |
This
is the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible and consists of an oracle of judgement against
Edom and a promise of God's purpose ultimately to deliver the people and rule over the
world from Jerusalem. In the tradition, Edom is identified with Esau, Jacob's brother,
testifying to a sense of kinship between the two peoples (Obadiah 1:6, 8, 19). Family
squabbles are sometimes the worst, however, and perhaps the very closeness of the two
nations added a special tinge of bitterness. Indeed, Edom's lack of help may have led to a
keen sense of betrayal and the vehemence of the Prophet's words. The book of Obadiah consistes of one chapter
of 21 verses.
The book of Obadiah moves beyond
narrow nationalism to envisage the salvation of all who turn to God. All nations will be
judged on the Day of the LORD. The promise of this book, like that of the other Prophetic
books, is at all such evil, whoever it is committed by, will be rooted out by God, who
will ultimately rule as universal king, establishing freedom and justice for all the
opressed (Obadiah 1:21) |
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Time |
5
century BC. Post-exilic Hebrew Prophet and probably belongs to the same period as Joel. |
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Key
Themes/
Messages |
God's
judgement includes other nations The sovereignty of God is universal and prevails
The Day of the LORD |
Sources:
Bowker, J. 1998, The Complete Bible Handbook - An Illustrated Companion,Dorling
Kindersley, UK
Brown, R.E., Fitzmyer, J.A.,and Murphy, R.E., 1992. The New Jerome Bible
Handbook, Geoffrey Chapman, England
Comay, J., and, Brownrigg, R., 1980. Who's Who in the Old Testament,
Bonanza Books, NY
Drane, J.(ed), 1998, The Lion Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Bible,
Lion Publishing, England
Motyer, S. 1998. Who's Who in the Bible - An Illustrated Guide,
Dorling Kindersley, UK
Resources
Catholic Encyclopedia - Abdias (Obadiah) - difficult reading
Bible Study - the Book of Obadiah
Jewish Encyclopedia - Obadiah
Wikipedia - The book of Obadiah
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Go to Jonah
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Go to Micah and complete
this activity
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