Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar
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Biografisk notat
John Day is Professor of Old Testament Studies in the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.Reviewed in Revue de Theologie et de Philosophie.
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.
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 Stökl
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