A History of Prophecy in Israel
- Philadelphia Westminister John Knox Press 1996
- 291p
includes index and biblioraphy
Prolegomena: Defining the Object of Study 7 Sources for the Study of Israelite Prophecy 7 Modern Critical Study of Prophecy 16 Labels and Roles 26 The Social Location of the Prophet 30 From the Beginnings to Amos 40 Prophecy in the Near East and the Problem of Origins 40 War Prophets and "Primitives" in the Early Period 48 Prophecy in the Northern Kingdom: Elijah and Elisha 55 The Period of Assyrian Expansion 65 The International Situation 65 Amos 72 Hosea 82 Micah 91 Isaiah of Jerusalem 97 The End of National Independence 111 The Last Attempt at Emancipation and Reform 111 The Perspective of Cult Prophecy on International Affairs: Nahum and Habakkuk 121 Jeremiah 129 Between the Old Order and the New 148 Prophecy in Crisis 148 The Exilic-Deuteronomic Response 161 Ezekiel 165 Exilic Prophecy in the Isaian Tradition 181 Prophets and Prophecy in the Second Commonwealth 194 Judean Prophecy in the Early Persian Period 194 From Prophecy to Apocalyptic: Further Developments in the Isaian Tradition 212 Jerusalem Temple Prophecy 222 The Eschatological Reinterpretation of Prophecy 226 Jonah 240