Scroll of the Twelve: the Minor Prophets
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	Biblical citations in italics were read in class. Some of these texts were not among the assigned readings listed in the course schedule. Before the final exam you will need to have read all of the biblical citations listed below (including both the passages assigned in the course schedule and any others that were read in class).
I.	Introduction
II.	The Assyrian Period
	A.	Prophets in Israel (Amos and Hosea)
		1.	Amos (c. 760-750 BCE) 1-2; 5:21-24; 7-8; 9:7; 9:11-12
			See a map of the nations against which Amos prophesied.
		2.	Hosea (c. 750—725 BCE) 1-3; 6:6; 11-12
	B.	Prophets in Judah (Micah and Isaiah of Jerusalem)
		1.	Excursus on Isaiah of Jerusalem
		2.	Micah (c. 730-701 BCE) 6-7; see especially 6:6-8
			Compare Jeremiah 26:16-19.
	Take an online quiz on the prophets of the Assyrian Period
III.	The Babylonian Period (Map)
		View a map of the Babylonian invasion of Judah.
	A.	Zephaniah (c. 640—622 BCE)
	B.	Nahum (c. 620—612 BCE)
		View a map of the Assyrian Empire showing the location of Nineveh.
		View a map of the Babylonian Empire showing the location of Nineveh.
	C.	Habakkuk (c. 608—598 BCE)
	D.	Obadiah (c. 587 BCE)
	E.	Excursus on Jeremiah and Ezekiel (contemporaries of Habakkuk and Obadiah)
	F.	Excursus on Isaiah of the Exile (Second Isaiah, c. 546—538 BCE)
IV.	The Persian Period (Map)
	A.	Haggai (520 BCE)
	B.	Zechariah (First Zechariah, chapters 1-8; c. 520—518 BCE)
	C.	Excursus on Isaiah of the Restoration (Third Isaiah)
V.	Prophets of Uncertain Date (Map)
	A.	Malachi (c. 500—450 BCE)
	B.	Joel (c. 400—350 BCE?)
	C.	Jonah (c. 400 BCE)
		View a map showing the location of Nineveh in the Assyrian Empire. While the book of Jonah was not written in the Assyrian Period, the story it tells is set in that period.
	D.	Second Zechariah (c. 400 BCE)
VI.	Conclusion