Prophet Redux

Northern prophets  Hosea 8th C  and Amos 8th C coming fall of northern kingdom variously called Israel, Ephraim, Samaria

Early prophets 8th C  Isaiah, Amos, Hosea and Micah

Pre-exilic prophets who prophesied before and during the fall of Jerusalem   Jeremiah, Baruch, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Nahum,  Habbakuk and Zephaniah

Exilic prophets Daniel,  Jeremiah though he didn't go to Babylon, Deutero-Isaiah

Post exilic prophets   Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Obadiah, Trito-Isaiah  Re-read Ezra and Nehemiah as additional context for these prophets and re-read 2 Kings for a refresher on Elijah

Prophets who prophesied about the fall of Assyria (Nineveh) in 612 B.C.    Jonah

Obadiah might be considered post-exilic and Joel lacks sufficient information to be placed


Assyrian power  800s B.C.
Fall of Samaria at hands of the Assyrians  722 B.C.
Assyria falls, Nineveh  612 B.C.
Babylonions  700s B.C.
Rise of Babylonians 600s B.C.
Fall of Jerusalem 597 B.C.
Final Sacking of Jerusalem 587 B.C.

Nahum

Book Written:  Around 612 B.C.

Time Period/Setting:  The fall of Nineveh in 612 B.C.

Author:  Nahum hails from a town called Elkosh, geographic location unknown.

The tone of this book is considered to be a bit haughty and hateful though the book is also regarded as poetic and among the best written in the OT (Baker).   Nahum speaks of the fact that Assyrians will now get their comeuppance (at the hands of the Babylonians) and will suffer as they have made the Israelites suffer for so many years.