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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782561103321

Titolo

Forming prophetic literature [[electronic resource] ] : essays on Isaiah and the Twelve in honor of John D.W. Watts / / edited by James W. Watts and Paul R. House

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996

ISBN

1-281-81395-8

9786611813956

0-567-11519-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 235

Altri autori (Persone)

HousePaul R. <1958->

WattsJames W <1960-> (James Washington)

WattsJohn D. W

Disciplina

224.066

224/.06

Soggetti

Prophets

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; The Formation of a Scholar; ISAIAH: METHOD AND INTERPRETATION; THE TWELVE: METHODS; THE TWELVE: INTERPRETATIONS; Bibliography of Works; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

These essays are written in honour of John D.W. Watts, formerly Professor of Old Testament at Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky and Old Testament editor of the Word Biblical Commentary, well known for his contributions, especially to scholarship on the prophetic books. Accordingly, the essays here address the literary, redactional and canonical questions posed by the Hebrew Bible's prophetic literature. The prophetic books have defied easy classification according to genre or facile explanation of their historical development. With a special focus on the books of Isaiah and of th