TENTATIVE MIDTERM II STUDY GUIDE

POTENTIAL ID’s:

EHUD, DEBORAH, GIDEON, JEPHTHAH, ABIMELECH, SAMSON
 
HANNAH, ELI, SAUL, JONATHAN, MICHAL, PHILISTINES, DAVID, SAMUEL

DAVID, MICHAL, ABIGAIL, SAMUEL, JOAB, ABNER, ABSALOM, AMNON

SOLOMON, REHOBOAM, JEROBOAM, AHAB, JEZEBEL, ADONIJAH, ELIJAH

ELISHA, HEZEKIAH, JOSIAH, ZEDEKIAH, ATHALIAH

POTENTIAL ESSAYS:

A.    The book of Judges gives us “heroes with warts”—and sometimes, “warts with heroes.”  Comment.

B.    I Samuel might rightly be considered one of the first great historical works.  It might also be viewed as a great prophetic work.  But, in some ways, I Samuel is best understood as a series of tragedies--or perhaps as parts of one great tragedy, the tragedy of the nation of Israel. Comment. (You might begin your discussion by those elements you think are key to history, prophetic works, and/or tragedy and then discuss the ways in which I Samuel meets or does not meet these criteria.)
 
C.    II Samuel might rightly be considered one of the first great historical works.  It might also be viewed as a great prophetic work.  But, in some ways, II Samuel is best understood as a series of tragedies--or perhaps as parts of one great tragedy, the tragedy of the nation of Israel. Comment. (You might begin your discussion by those elements you think are key to history, prophetic works, and/or tragedy and then discuss the ways in which II Samuel meets or does not meet these criteria.) 

D.    I Kings might rightly be considered one of the first great historical works.  It might also be viewed as a great prophetic work.  But, in some ways, I Kings is best understood as a series of tragedies--or perhaps as parts of one great tragedy, the tragedy of the nation of Israel. Comment. (You might begin your discussion by those elements you think are key to history, prophetic works, and/or tragedy and then discuss the ways in which I Kings meets or does not meet these criteria.) 

E.    II Kings might rightly be considered one of the first great historical works.  It might also be viewed as a great prophetic work.  But, in some ways, II Kings is best understood as a series of tragedies--or perhaps as parts of one great tragedy, the tragedy of the nation of Israel. Comment. (You might begin your discussion by those elements you think are key to history, prophetic works, and/or tragedy and then discuss the ways in which II Kings meets or does not meet these criteria.)