Analysis of the Message of the Prophets

Write an essay of 1,000-1,250 words in which you provide your analysis of the message of the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah through historical, literary, and theological contexts. Explain what the prophets said about the following:

1. The sins of the nations of Judah and Israel, and God’s actions against these sins.
2. God’s future plans for these nations as explained from the perspective of Isaiah and Jeremiah’s day.
3. Utilizing the biblical works of Isaiah and Jeremiah, explain the applicability of the message for today’s Christians.

Use passages from the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah, textbook, and two to four other scholarly sources from the GCU Library as sources for your essay. The sources must be used in a significant way. Also note that Wikipedia, generic dictionaries, and generic encyclopedias are not scholarly sources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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This benchmark assignment assesses the following competencies:

BA Christian Studies

BA Worship Arts

1.1: Demonstrate an understanding of the history, literature, and theology of the Old Testament.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10-to-12-point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on each page’s top, bottom, and sides. When submitting a hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print it out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.