OT231 Survey of the Major Prophets
Overview
The prophets of the Old Testament conveyed the words of God to ancient Israel, promised the advent of Jesus the Messiah, and are still relevant to our modern setting. Paul Ferris educates viewers on the office of prophet, provides detailed character studies of prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah, and outlines his methodology for teaching powerful lessons drawn from their lives and teaching. This course allows modern students and teachers of the Bible to identify themes in the ministries of Old Testament prophets and to relate them to their church, their classroom, and in a devotional sense.
Top Highlights
“Well, when we think of true prophets, the Bible presents these as persons who’ve been supernaturally enabled by God’s Spirit to see things from God’s perspective, to hear from God, and then to speak with authority on His behalf.” (source)
“A second claim the prophets make is that God intends to restore the covenant relationship with His image-bearers. A third claim they make is that it’s not just pagans who have violated God’s righteous expectations but the covenant community as well. Fourth, the prophets claim that this all-holy God will judge and ultimately obliterate sin, and fifth, that a merciful and compassionate God will ultimately renew His covenant and restore all creation.” (source)
“My point is that the context of chapter 1 is challenging the proposition that one can sin with impunity so long as one offers extra sacrifices—attends religious services a little more often, spends some extra time at a prayer meeting—on the assumption that God, the Righteous Judge, will look the other way. The question is whether the extra heavy-duty religiosity will cause scarlet sin to emit whiteness like snow, and the answer implied by the whole context is ‘God forbid!’” (source)
“So the heading over the whole First Testament is ‘The Promise Project: God’s Mission to Restore His Creation.’ Overall, the Bible characterizes this grand reconciliation project in at least four ways: as a covenant (God makes a commitment); as a divine declaration (it’s a promise); as a body of teaching (it’s a doctrine); and as a progressive project. So, let’s watch how it rolls out.” (source)
- Title: OT231 Survey of the Major Prophets
- Author: Paul W. Ferris
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Daniel › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. O.T. Ezekiel › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. O.T. Isaiah › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. O.T. Jeremiah › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. O.T. Prophets › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. O.T. Daniel--Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. O.T. Ezekiel--Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. O.T. Isaiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. O.T. Jeremiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. O.T. Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Resource ID: LLS:OT231FERRIS
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2020-06-06T00:19:21Z
Dr. Paul Wayne Ferris Jr.is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. In addition to a teaching and leadership ministry in theological education in the United States, Canada, Egypt, Haiti, Israel, and Romania, Dr. Ferris has served as a pastor, church planter, and hospital chaplain.
Dr. Ferris is the author of The Genre of Communal Lament in the Bible and the Ancient Near East (Scholars Press), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary section on Lamentations, and the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary section on Lamentations. He has contributed signed articles to The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia, The Anchor Bible Dictionary, the Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings, the Dictionary of the Old Testament Prophets, and the Lexham Bible Dictionary.
Dr. Ferris and his wife Lois are the proud parents of three married children. They also have five wonderful grandchildren.