TY - BOOK AU - Conrad, Edgar W AU - Conrad,Edgar W TI - Reading the Latter Prophets: Toward a New Canonical Criticism SN - 0567084523 U1 - B62.1 PY - 2003/// CY - London PB - T&T Clark International N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; Chapter I PROPHETIC BOOKS: TOWARD A SEMIOTICS OF READING 5 1. Form Criticism and Beyond 7 2. Umberto Eco, Semiotics and Biblical Studies 15 3. Prophetic Books and the Model Reader 23 4. Prophetic Books and the Sender`s Codes 27 5. Conclusion 29 Chapter 2 TEXTS AND HISTORY , 31 1. Fitting the Bible into the Outside World 32 2. Reading Prophetic Books: Toward a New Form Criticism 42 Chapter 3 ORDERING PROPHETIC BOOKS 45 1. Historical Criticism, Canonical Criticism and Order 45 2. The Canonizing Process and the Semiotics of Reading 53 3. Reading: Order and Unity 60 Chapter 4 OPENING PROHETIC BOOKS 63 1. Form and Prophetic Books 64 2. Superscriptions and Dates 65 3. Vision and Visions 69 4. Word and Words 78 5. The Beginning of Speaking 86 6. In the Hand 88 7. Summary and Conclusion 89 Chapter 5 THE WORDS OF AMOS AND JEREMIAH:READING JEREMIAH IN THE LIGHT OF AMOS 92 1. Amos and Jeremiah: Prophets to the Nations 92 2. Jeremiah as a Prophet and a Warrior 101 3. Compiling the Words of a Warrior Prophet 109 4. From the Superscription to Preaching the Covenant (Jeremiah 1-11) ; i Ml 5. From the Covenant to the Cup of the Wine of Wrath (Jeremiah 12-25) 122 6. From the Cup of the Wine of Wrath to the End of the Words of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 25.1-51.64) 138 7. The Battle is Over 156 8. Summary and Conclusion Chapter6 `AND IT HAPPENED`TO JONAH AND EZEKIEL: READING EZEKIEL IN THE LIGHT OF JONAH 161 1. Jonah: Not Out of Sight and Presumably Not Out of Mind 164 2. Ezekiel and the mt -lQ of God 165 3. Ezekiel and Prophesying " 171 4. Ezekiel and False Vision 175 5. Compiling Ezekiel 179 6. Summary and Conclusion Chapter 7 THE`VISION`OF ISAIAH:READING ISAIAH IN THE LIGHT OF THE OTHER PROPHETS OF VISION 182 1. Whatis]1Tn? 183 2. jlin, Identity and Time 184 3. Narratives and Structure in Isaiah 186 4. Re-Reading the Book of Isaiah 195 5. The First Section of the Vision of Isaiah (Chapters 1-6) 197 6. Isaiah 1-6 Read Intertextually with Joel and Micah 201 7. The Second Section of the Vision of Isaiah (Chapters 7-35) 206 8. Isaiah 7-35 Read Intertextually with Obadiah and Nahum 224 9. The Third Section of the Vision of Isaiah (Chapters 36-66) 225 10. Isaiah 36-66 Read Intertextually with Habakkuk and Zephaniah 241 11. Summary and Conclusion 242 Chapter 8 `[THE] BEGINNING OF YAHWEH SPOKE [WAS] WITH HOSEA`:READING THE TWELVE IN THE LIGHT OF THE MAJOR PROPHETS 243 1. The Beginning of Yahweh Spoke 246 2. Divorcing Corner (Israel) 247 3. What is Wrong with Israel? 248 4. From Joel to Zephaniah 250 5. The End of Prophecy and the Emergence of Messengers 253 6. Messengers in the Twelve 255 7. The Former Prophets 256 8. Seeing in Zechariah 260 9. My Messenger and the Concluding Oracles in Zechariah 264 10. Summary and Conclusion 266 ER -