Title: Chapter 03: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: Exile and Beyond
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: What is the basic tripartite scheme that appears in many of the prophetic books?
- judgment on Judah and Jerusalem, judgment on the nations, hope for the future (judgment on Judah and Jerusalem, judgment on the nations, hope for the future)

Q: Briefly describe the Persian approach to dealing with conquered peoples and what implications this approach had for the Israelites.
- they believed conquered peoples would be more cooperative in their homelands, so they allowed the Israelites to return to Israel (they believed conquered peoples would be more cooperative in their homelands, so they allowed the Israelites to return to Israel)

Q: List three ways the fall of the kingdom of Judah impacted Judaism.
- radical emphasis on monotheism, centrality of Torah as defining Judaism, emphasis on family and synagogue rather than the temple, flowering of the wisdom tradition, Persian influence in the areas of cosmology and the personification of evil, questions about the future, questions about the life of YHWH’s people, beginning of the end of prophecy (radical emphasis on monotheism, centrality of Torah as defining Judaism, emphasis on family and synagogue rather than the temple, flowering of the wisdom tradition, Persian influence in the areas of cosmology and the personification of evil, questions about the future, questions about the life of YHWH’s people, beginning of the end of prophecy)

Q: Briefly describe the good news that Isaiah 40–66 has for the people in exile.
- that God will punish those who have exiled Israel and that God will lead his people out of exile (that God will punish those who have exiled Israel and that God will lead his people out of exile)

Q: What are the books found in the Writings that preserve an additional account of the history of Israel after the exile?
- 1–2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah (1–2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah)