Note the guiding question posed on p. 323: “What does it mean for the faith of Israel that this community, which takes itself to be the beloved partner of Yahweh, is so vulnerable to the vagaries of international politics and so helpless in the face of brutalizing power?”
TIOT 324: What is distinctive about the Old Testament’s peculiar vision of public history?
TIOT 325f: How might one judge the book of Nahum’s glee at the destruction of Nineveh in both negative and positive ways?
TIOT 343: “In Ezekiel’s telling of the matter, Yahweh is right to be angry and affronted. The force of punishment, however, is driven by a deep and irrational fury, before which Judah is utterly hopeless.” Is this an accurate description of how you have ever experienced God?
TIOT 349: “Long ago, in its liturgical activity, Israel practiced… that there is an inescapable requirement of candor that makes serious hope possible.” Give an example from your own experience.
TIOT 352: What theological conviction informs the assertion attributed toYahweh that Nebuchadnezzar is “my servant” (Jer 25.9) and Cyrus is “my messiah” (Isa 45.1)?