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Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 531) by John Day; Oxford Old Testament Seminar is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 531) about?
This major work re-examines prophecy and the prophets in ancient Israel, with essays ranging all the way from Israel's ancient Near Eastern background right up to the New Testament. The majority of essays concentrate on prophecy and the prophets in the Old Testament, which are approached from a remarkable number of different angles. Particular attention is paid to the following subjects: Prophecy amongst Israel's ancient Near East neighbours; female prophets in both Israel and the ancient Near East; Israelite prophecy in the light of sociological, anthropological and psychological approaches; Deuteronomy 18.9-22, the Prophets and Scripture; Elijah, Elisha and prophetic succession; the theology of Amos; Hosea and the Baal cult; the sign of Immanuel; the rewriting of Isaiah in Isaiah 28-31; Deutero-Isaiah and monotheism; Jeremiah and God; Aniconism and anthropomorphism in Ezekiel; Habakkuk's dialogue with God and the language of legal disputation; Zephaniah and the ‘Book of the Twelve' hypothesis; Structure and meaning in Malachi; Prophecy and Psalmody; Prophecy in Chronicles; Prophecy in the New Testament.
Who reads Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 531)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Day; Oxford Old Testament Seminar
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury T&T Clark
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780567299369
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Religion, Christian, Bible
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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