Prophecy and the Prophets in Ancient Israel: Proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar

✍ Scribed by John Day

• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 481
• Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 531
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

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: Female Prophets in the Ancient Near East

Part II: Specific Themes
H.G.M. Williamson: Prophetesses in the Hebrew Bible
David J. 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 T. 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 S. Hadjiev: Zephaniah and the 'Book of the Twelve’ Hypothesis
Kevin J. Cathcart: ‘Law is paralysed’ (Habakkuk 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 N. Knoppers: Democratizing Revelation? Prophets, Seers and Visionaries in Chronicles
Christopher Rowland: Prophecy and the New Testament