A History of the Prophecy in Israel

This revised and enlarged edition of a classic in Old Testament scholarship reflects the most up-to-date research on the prophetic books and offers substantially expanded discussions of important new insight on Isaiah and the other prophets.

ISBN	0664256392	DEWEY edition	DC20
ISBN13	9780664256395 (What's this?)	Pages	306
Publisher	Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.	Volumes	1
Imprint	Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.	Weight (grammes)	452
Format	Paperback	Published in	Louisville
Publication date	01 Nov 1996	Height (mm)	229
Non-book description	xiii, 291 p. ;	Width (mm)	152
Library of Congress	96021402	Spine width (mm)	17
DEWEY	296.311	Academic level	General

	Preface to the Revised Edition
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
I	Prolegomena: Defining the Object of Study	7
1	Sources for the Study of Israelite Prophecy	7
2	Modern Critical Study of Prophecy	16
3	Labels and Roles	26
4	The Social Location of the Prophet	30
II	From the Beginnings to Amos	40
5	Prophecy in the Near East and the Problem of Origins	40
6	War Prophets and "Primitives" in the Early Period	48
7	Prophecy in the Northern Kingdom: Elijah and Elisha	55
III	The Period of Assyrian Expansion	65
8	The International Situation	65
9	Amos	72
10	Hosea	82
11	Micah	91
12	Isaiah of Jerusalem	97
IV	The End of National Independence	111
13	The Last Attempt at Emancipation and Reform	111
14	The Perspective of Cult Prophecy on International Affairs: Nahum and Habakkuk	121
15	Jeremiah	129
V	Between the Old Order and the New	148
16	Prophecy in Crisis	148
17	The Exilic-Deuteronomic Response	161
18	Ezekiel	165
19	Exilic Prophecy in the Isaian Tradition	181
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