Course curriculum

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    CHAPTER 1- The Progression of the School of Prophets

    • INTRODUCTION

    • THE PROPHECY ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF PROPHETS

    • BACKGROUND

    • THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATION

    • THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SCHOOL OF PROPHETS

    • ANALYSIS OF THE TEXT

    • HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

    • MAIN CHARACTERS

    • THE PROPHET AS A POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADER

    • THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

    • PROPHETS AND THEIR SOCIETIES

    • THE PROPHETIC FUNCTION OF A JUDGE – PROPHECY AND LAW

    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL OF PROPHETS

    • BACKGROUND

    • THE TEACHERS

    • DUTIES AND JOBS
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    CHAPTER 2- History and Origin of Prophetism

    • THE NEED FOR PROPHECY: COMPARING WORLD RELIGION AND JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES

    • THE EXTERNAL WAY OR THE INSTRUMENTAL METHOD

    • INWARD REVELATION OR SPIRITUAL VISION

    • THE NAME AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PROPHET

    • THE KINGDOM PROPHETS: FROM PRESTIGE TO PERSECUTION
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    CHAPTER 3- Moses, the Prototype of the Prophets

    • UNDERSTANDING MOSES IN LIGHT OF HIS WEAKNESS

    • THE 1ST OBJECTION

    • THE 2ND OBJECTION

    • THE 3RD OBJECTION

    • MOSES’ ENCOUNTER AND INTIMACY WITH YAHWEH

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    CHAPTER 4- Samuel, the Last Judge and Father of the School of Prophets

    • BACKGROUND OF SAMUEL’S MINISTRY

    • PROLOGUE TO SAMUEL’S MINISTRY

    • THE NECESSITY OF SAMUEL’S MINISTRY

    • THE STRATEGY OF SAMUEL’S MINISTRY
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    CHAPTER 5- Elijah, the Master Prophet

    • THE CHARACTER OF THE MASTER

    • THE CALL OF THE MASTER

    • THE CONFRONTATION OF THE MASTER

    • THE CHALLENGE OF THE MASTER

    • THE CONCLUSION OF THE MASTER

    • THE CONFIDENCE OF THE MASTER
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    CHAPTER 6- Elisha – the Successor and the Master-Prophet

    • THE SUCCESSION

    • THE PEOPLE’S PROPHET

    • POLITICAL INFLUENCE

    • FRESH WATERS IN THE DRY WILDERNESS

    • CHARIOTS AND HORSES OF FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

    • PROVISIONS FROM THE ENEMY CAMP
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    CHAPTER 7- The Law and the Prophets

    • THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS AND ITS THEOLOGICAL EMPHASIS

    • THE THEMATIC HARMONY OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS

    • THE ATTITUDE OF THE PROPHETS TOWARDS THE LAW

    • THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS IN RELATION TO THE FALSE PROPHETS

    • THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS IN RELATION TO THE KINGDOM

    • THE EVANGELICAL NATURE OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS
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    CHAPTER 8- Prophets as Judges and Bridges

    • MAN IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND COMMISSIONED BY GOD

    • A MINISTRY TO INFORM AND TO FORM PEOPLE

    • ISAIAH AND THE JUDGMENT OF GOD

    • THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS AS SOCIAL REFORMERS
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    CHAPTER 9- Nature and Territory of the Prophetic Order

    • IN THE PROPHETS’ CAMP

    • PROPHETIC SOCIETIES

    • PROPHETIC ORDER’S HEADQUARTERS
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    CHAPTER 10- The Purpose of the School of Prophets

    • WHAT WAS GOD’S INTENTION FOR THE SCHOOL OF PROPHETS?

    • THE PROPHET, HIS SCHOOL, AND HIS STUDENTS

    • HISTORICAL BEGINNINGS

    • THE LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS

    • MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT

    • THE SCHOOL AS A REFLECTION OF THE PROPHET’S IDENTITY – THE MAN OF GOD
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    CHAPTER 11- Teachers of the School of Prophets

    • SKETCHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ISRAEL

    • THE IDENTITY OF THE PROPHET

    • THE PROPHET AS A TEACHER AND MENTOR
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    CHAPTER 12- The School of Prophets Curriculum

    • THE MOSAIC LAW AS THE BASIS OF CURRICULUM

    • “THUS SAYS THE LORD,” THE PREMISE OF PROPHETIC TEACHING

    • THE PROPHETIC CURRICULUM AND ITS ACADEMIC AND PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION

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    CHAPTER 13- The Occupation of the Prophet in Prophet Societies

    • THE OCCUPATION OF PROPHETS IN PROPHET SOCIETIES

    • THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF THE PROPHET’S SOCIOLOGICAL INFLUENCE

    • THE POWER OF THE PROPHET IN HIS SOCIETY
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    CHAPTER 14- The Condition and Character of the Sons of Prophets

    • WHO ARE THE SONS OF PROPHETS? HOW ARE THEY?

    • THE DIGNITY OF THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY

    • THEIR LIFE OF WORSHIP

    • MINISTRY CALL AND CHALLENGE

    • THEIR SCHOOL AND ITS LEADERSHIP LEGACY

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    CHAPTER 15- Dabar, the Word of the Lord Drives Old Testament Prophecy

    • THE SOURCE OF DABAR

    • THE MANIFESTATIONS OF DABAR

    • DABAR IN PROPHETIC MINISTRY

    • DABAR IN THE PRACTICAL LIFE

    • DABAR AS A DIVINE PERSON
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    CHAPTER 16- Women Members in the School of Prophets: The Account of Huldah

    • THE HULDAH OF JEWISH TRADITION

    • THE HULDAH OF THE SCRIPTURE