1. What were the three major crises in Israel that the prophetic literature responds to?
2. Do you think Isaiah’s advice to Ahaz in the Syro-Ephraimitic crisis was sound? Explain your answer.
3. How did Hezekiah prepare for a possible invasion by the Assyrians during Sennacherib’s reign?
4. What are the five major sections into which Isaiah 1-39 can be divided, and what is the central idea in each part?
5. What are the Servant Songs?
6. What is unusual about Jeremiah’s call to be a prophet?
7. What advice did Jeremiah give the exiles, and why did he feel it necessary to give such advice?