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Prophecy and prophets in ancient Israel : proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar / edited by John Day.

By: Oxford Old Testament Seminar
Contributor(s): Day, John, 1948-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies: Publisher: London, England ; New York, N.Y. : T & T Clark International, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: xvii, 462 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780567473646 (alk. paper); 0567473643 (alk. paper)Other title: Prophecy and the prophets in ancient IsraelSubject(s): Bible. Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses | Prophecy -- Congresses | Prophets -- CongressesDDC classification: 221.6 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Comparing prophetic sources : principles and a test case / Martti Nissinen -- Predictive and prophetic literature : can Neferti help us read the Bible? / Stuart Weeks -- Female prophets in the Ancient Near East / Jonathan Stökl -- Prophetesses in the Hebrew Bible / H.G.M. Williamson -- Interpersonal forgiveness and the Hebrew prophets / David J. Reimer -- Exit the oppressed peasant? rethinking the background of social criticism in the prophets / Walter J. Houston -- Shaman, preacher, or spirit medium? the Israelite prophet in the light of anthropological models / Lester L. Grabbe -- The prophets and psychological interpretation / Paul M. Joyce -- Deuteronomy 18.9-22, the prophets and scripture / Ernest Nicholson -- 'A prophet instead of you' (1 Kings 19.16) : Elijah, Elisha and prophetic succession / David T. Lamb -- The theology of Amos / John Barton -- Hosea and the Baal cult / John Day -- The sign of Immanuel / John J. Collins -- Rewriting Isaiah : the case of Isaiah 28-31 / Reinhard G. Kratz -- Deutero-Isaiah and monotheism / Hywel Clifford -- 'Now you see me, now you don't' Jeremiah and God / Philip S. Johnston -- Exclusively Yahweh : aniconism and anthropomorphism in Ezekiel / Jill Middlemas -- Zephaniah and the 'book of twelve' hypothesis / Tchavdar S. Hadjiev -- 'Law is paralysed' (Habakkuk 1.4) : Habakkuk's dialogue with God and the language of legal disputation / Kevin J. Cathcart -- Structure and meaning in the book of Malachi / Elie Assis -- New wine and old wineskins : three approaches to prophecy and psalmody / Susan Gillingham -- Democratizing Revelation? prophets, seers and visionaries in Chronicles / Gary N. Knoppers -- Prophecy and the New Testament / Christopher Rowland.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS1505.2 .P767 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903224828

Consists of twenty-three essays which were originally delivered as papers to the Oxford Old Testament Seminar between Jan. 2006 and Oct. 2008, subsequently revised and expanded.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Comparing prophetic sources : principles and a test case / Martti Nissinen -- Predictive and prophetic literature : can Neferti help us read the Bible? / Stuart Weeks -- Female prophets in the Ancient Near East / Jonathan Stökl -- Prophetesses in the Hebrew Bible / H.G.M. Williamson -- Interpersonal forgiveness and the Hebrew prophets / David J. Reimer -- Exit the oppressed peasant? rethinking the background of social criticism in the prophets / Walter J. Houston -- Shaman, preacher, or spirit medium? the Israelite prophet in the light of anthropological models / Lester L. Grabbe -- The prophets and psychological interpretation / Paul M. Joyce -- Deuteronomy 18.9-22, the prophets and scripture / Ernest Nicholson -- 'A prophet instead of you' (1 Kings 19.16) : Elijah, Elisha and prophetic succession / David T. Lamb -- The theology of Amos / John Barton -- Hosea and the Baal cult / John Day -- The sign of Immanuel / John J. Collins -- Rewriting Isaiah : the case of Isaiah 28-31 / Reinhard G. Kratz -- Deutero-Isaiah and monotheism / Hywel Clifford -- 'Now you see me, now you don't' Jeremiah and God / Philip S. Johnston -- Exclusively Yahweh : aniconism and anthropomorphism in Ezekiel / Jill Middlemas -- Zephaniah and the 'book of twelve' hypothesis / Tchavdar S. Hadjiev -- 'Law is paralysed' (Habakkuk 1.4) : Habakkuk's dialogue with God and the language of legal disputation / Kevin J. Cathcart -- Structure and meaning in the book of Malachi / Elie Assis -- New wine and old wineskins : three approaches to prophecy and psalmody / Susan Gillingham -- Democratizing Revelation? prophets, seers and visionaries in Chronicles / Gary N. Knoppers -- Prophecy and the New Testament / Christopher Rowland.

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