02527nam 22004333u 450 991045390730332120210114083525.01-281-80290-50-567-32432-X(CKB)1000000000542323(EBL)436339(OCoLC)276851868(MiAaPQ)EBC436339(EXLCZ)99100000000054232320130418d2004|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Reading the Latter Prophets[electronic resource] Toward a New Canonical CriticismLondon Continuum International Publishing20041 online resource (305 p.)The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies ;v.v. 376Description based upon print version of record.0-567-08452-3 Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 PROPHETIC BOOKS: TOWARD A SEMIOTICS OF READING; Chapter 2 TEXTS AND HISTORY; Chapter 3 ORDERING PROPHETIC BOOKS; Chapter 4 OPENING PROPHETIC BOOKS; Chapter 5 THE WORDS OF AMOS AND JEREMIAH: READING JEREMIAH IN THE LIGHT OF AMOS; Chapter 6 'AND IT HAPPENED' TO JONAH AND EZEKIEL: READING EZEKIEL IN THE LIGHT OF JONAH; Chapter 7 THE 'VISION' OF ISAIAH: READING ISAIAH IN THE LIGHT OF THE OTHER PROPHETS OF VISION; Chapter 8 '[THE] BEGINNING OF YAHWEH SPOKE [WAS] WITH HOSEA': READING THE TWELVE IN THE LIGHT OF THE MAJOR PROPHETS; ConclusionBibliographyIndex of references; Index of authorsEdgar W. Conrad focuses on the prophetic books as composite collections and shows that (1) prophets are characters in the text, depicted as figures of the past whose words are significant for a later time; (2) reading and writing play a central role in the depiction of prophets; (3) prophetic books are presented as written words available to later generations through reading; (4) that read as a whole, the latter prophets depict the end of prophecy and the emergence of messengers of the Lord.Reading the Latter Prophets is an important contribution to the problems of both the formation and functThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament StudiesEco, UmbertoElectronic books.Eco, Umberto.224.06Conrad Edgar W969920AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910453907303321Reading the Latter Prophets2204769UNINA