LEADER 02494nam 22004213u 450 001 9910782251003321 005 20230617005138.0 010 $a1-281-80290-5 010 $a0-567-32432-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542323 035 $a(EBL)436339 035 $a(OCoLC)276851868 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436339 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542323 100 $a20130418d2004|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aReading the Latter Prophets$b[electronic resource] $eToward a New Canonical Criticism 210 $aLondon $cContinuum International Publishing$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 225 1 $aThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies ;$vv.v. 376 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-567-08452-3 327 $aContents; 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; Conclusion 327 $aBibliographyIndex of references; Index of authors 330 $aEdgar W. Conrad focuses on the prophetic books as composite collections and shows that (1) prophets are characters in the text, depicted as figures of the past whose words are significant for a later time; (2) reading and writing play a central role in the depiction of prophets; (3) prophetic books are presented as written words available to later generations through reading; (4) that read as a whole, the latter prophets depict the end of prophecy and the emergence of messengers of the Lord.Reading the Latter Prophets is an important contribution to the problems of both the formation and funct 410 4$aThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 606 $aEco, Umberto 615 4$aEco, Umberto. 676 $a224.06 700 $aConrad$b Edgar W$01130948 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782251003321 996 $aReading the Latter Prophets$93703201 997 $aUNINA