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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460694603321

Autore

Kratz Reinhard Gregor <1957->

Titolo

The Prophets of Israel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winona Lake, Indiana : , : Eisenbrauns, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-57506-410-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Collana

Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible ; ; number 2

Disciplina

224/.06

Soggetti

Electronic books

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originaltitel: Prophetenstudien (English)

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 The Law and the Prophets: Models of Interpretation; Chapter 2 Mantic and Magic: Prophecy in the Ancient Near East; Chapter 3 Kingmakers and Miracle Workers: Prophets in Israel and Judah; Chapter 4 Inspiration and Interpretation: The Books of the Prophets; Chapter 5 "The End Has Come": The Beginnings of the Prophetic Tradition; Chapter 6 "Behold, I Put My Words in Your Mouth": The Formation of the Prophetic Tradition; Chapter 7 "Comfort, Comfort My People": The Endings of the Prophetic Tradition

Chapter 8 "The End Is yet to Come": The Book of Daniel and Jewish ApocalypticismChapter 9 "Its Interpretation Is": The Prophets in the Dead Sea Scrolls; Chapter 10 "Not to Abolish But to Fulfill": The Prophets in the New Testament; Chapter 11 Research on the Prophets: Problems and Perspectives; Chronology; Index of Authors; Index of Scripture; Index of Other Ancient Sources

Sommario/riassunto

The book offers an up-to-date and readable introduction to the manifold literary and historical problems of biblical prophecy. Reinhard Gregor Kratz provides the reader with a clear analysis of the development of the institution of prophecy in ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism. Through a close reading of the prophetic corpus he demonstrates that in biblical tradition we have to distinguish between the historical and the literary prophet"