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Author:   John Day (University of Oxford, UK) ,  Andrew Mein (University of Durham UK) ,  Claudia V Camp (Texas Christian University USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   T.& T.Clark Ltd
Volume:   531
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.862kg
ISBN:  

9780567473646

ISBN 10:   0567473643
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   05 August 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Preface List of Contributors Abbreviations Part I The Ancient Near Eastern Context of Prophecy Martti Nissinen COMPARING PROPHETIC SOURCES: PRINCIPLES AND A TEST CASE Stuart Weeks PREDICTIVE AND PROPHETIC LITERATURE: CAN NEFERTI HELP US READ THE BIBLE? Jonathan Stoekl PROPHETESSES IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST Part II Specific Themes H.G.M. Williamson PROPHETESSES IN THE HEBREW BIBLE David Reimer INTERPERSONAL FORGIVENESS AND THE HEBREW PROPHETS Part III Sociological, Anthropological and Psychological Perspectives Walter J. Houston EXIT THE OPPRESSED PEASANT? RETHINKING THE BACKGROUND OF SOCIAL CRITICISM IN THE PROPHETS Lester L. Grabbe SHAMAN PREACHER OR SPIRIT MEDIUM? THE ISRAELITE PROPHET IN THE LIGHT OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL MODELS Paul M. Joyce THE PROPHETS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION Part IV Prophecy and the Prophets in Specific Biblical Books Ernest Nicholson DEUTERONOMY 18.9-22, THE PROPHETS AND SCRIPTURE David Lamb 'A PROPHET INSTEAD OF YOU' (1 KINGS 19.16.): ELIJAH, ELISHA AND PROPHETIC SUCCESSION John Barton THE THEOLOGY OF AMOS John Day HOSEA AND THE BAAL CULT John J. Collins THE SIGN OF IMMANUEL Reinhard G. Kratz REWRITING ISAIAH: THE CASE OF ISAIAH 28-31 Hywel Clifford DEUTERO-ISAIAH AND MONOTHEISM Philip S. Johnston 'NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T!' JEREMIAH AND GOD Jill Middlemas EXCLUSIVELY YAHWEH: ANICONISM AND ANTHROPOMORPHISM IN EZEKIEL Tchavdar Hadjiev ZEPHANIAH AND THE 'BOOK OF THE TWELVE' HYPOTHESIS Kevin J. Cathcart 'LAW IS PARALYSED' (HAB. 1.4). HABAKKUK'S DIALOGUE WITH GOD AND THE LANGUAGE OF LEGAL DISPUTATION Elie Assis STRUCTURE AND MEANING IN THE BOOK OF MALACHI Susan Gillingham NEW WINE AND OLD WINESKINS: THREE APPROACHES TO PROPHECY AND PSALMODY. Gary Knoppers DEMOCRATIZING REVELATION? PROPHETS, SEERS AND VISIONARIES IN CHRONICLES Christopher Rowland PROPHECY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT Index of References Index of Authors

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Reviewed in Revue de Theologie et de Philosophie.

Author Information

John Day is Professor of Old Testament Studies in the University of Oxford, and Fellow & Tutor of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He has written or edited numerous books and articles, and in 2014 is President of the Society for Old Testament Study.

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