02695nam 2200481Ia 450 991081666080332120200520144314.01-281-80290-50-567-32432-X(CKB)1000000000542323(EBL)436339(OCoLC)276851868(MiAaPQ)EBC436339(EXLCZ)99100000000054232320040528d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReading the latter prophets toward a new canonical criticism /Edgar W. Conrad1st ed.London ;New York T & T Clark Internationalc20031 online resource (305 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;376Description based upon print version of record.0-567-08452-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 functJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;376.ProphecyProphecy.224.06Conrad Edgar W.1942-1130948MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816660803321Reading the Latter Prophets3939940UNINA