A History of Prophecy in Israel

by Blenkinsopp, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780664256395
• ISBN10: 0664256392
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

This revised and enlarged edition of a classic in Old Testament scholarship reflects the most up-to-date research on the prophetic books and offers substantially expanded discussions of important new insight on Isaiah and the other prophets.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition	ix	(2)
Abbreviations	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
I. Prolegomena: Defining the Object of Study	7	(33)
1. Sources for the Study of Israelite Prophecy	7	(9)
2. Modern Critical Study of Prophecy	16	(10)
3. Labels and Roles	26	(4)
4. The Social Location of the Prophet	30	(10)
II. From the Beginnings to Amos	40	(25)
5. Prophecy in the Near East and the Problem of Origins	40	(8)
6. War Prophets and "Primitives" in the Early Period	48	(7)
7. Prophecy in the Northern Kingdom: Elijah and Elisha	55	(10)
III. The Period of Assyrian Expansion	65	(46)
8. The International Situation	65	(7)
9. Amos	72	(10)
10. Hosea	82	(9)
11. Micah	91	(6)
12. Isaiah of Jerusalem	97	(14)
IV. The End of National Independence	111	(37)
13. The Last Attempt at Emancipation and Reform	111	(10)
14. The Perspective of Cult Prophecy on International Affairs: Nahum and Habakkuk	121	(8)
15. Jeremiah	129	(19)
V. Between the Old Order and the New	148	(46)
16. Prophecy in Crisis	148	(13)
17. The Exilic-Deuteronomic Response	161	(4)
18. Ezekiel	165	(16)
19. Exilic Prophecy in the Isaian Tradition	181	(13)
VI. Prophets and Prophecy in the Second Commonwealth	194	(53)
20. Judean Prophecy in the Early Persian Period	194	(18)
21. From Prophecy to Apocalyptic: Further Developments in the Isain Tradition	212	(10)
22. Jerusalem Temple Prophecy	222	(4)
23. The Eschatological Reinterpretation of Prophecy	226	(14)
24. Jonah	240	(7)
Notes	247	(34)
Index of Ancient Sources	281