The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud

by Vikander Edelman,Diana

• ISBN13: 9781845535001
• ISBN10: 1845535006
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2014-08-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The editors have organized a long-term research program on Israel and the Production and Reception of Authoritative Books in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods at the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Biblical Studies. The first announced topic of enquiry was the construction of prophecy and prophetic books during the Persian period, for which dedicated sessions were held at the EABS meetings in 2006 and 2007. The present volume includes revised versions of the presentations made by Rainer Albertz, Ehud Ben Zvi, Philip R. Davies, Diana Edelman, Erhard S. Gerstenberger, Ernst Axel Knauf, Thomas C. R'mer, and Rannfrid I. Thelle. The general image that emerges from the volume is that of biblical prophecy as a written phenomenon, though perhaps open to selected public readings. The relationship between prophetic and other authoritative written texts (e.g., the Book of Kings, the Deuteronomistic History) is explored, as well as the general social and ideological setting in which the prophetic books emerged. The volume deals with the construction of images of prophets of the past and relates them to the general construction of the past in Yehud. It includes both general, methodological and comparative contributions and studies on particular issues/books (e.g., Deutero-Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos and Jonah).

Author Biography

Diana V. Edelman is a Reader in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of King Saul in the Historiography of Judah (1991) and The Origins of the 'Second' Temple: Persian Imperial Policy and the Rebuilding of Jerusalem (2005), and editor of The Fabric of History: Text, Artifact and Israel's Past (1991), You Shall not Abhor an Edomite for He is your Brother: Edom and Seir in History and Tradition (1995) and The Triumph of Elohim: From Yahwisms to Judaisms (1995). Ehud Ben Zvi is a professor at the University of Alberta. A former president of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, his publications include History, Literature and Theology in the Book of Chronicles (2005), Signs of Jonah: Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud (2003), Micah (2000), A Historical-Critical Study of The Book of Obadiah (1996) and History, Literature and Theology in the Book of Chronicles (2006). He is also the general editor of the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. ix
The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud. An Introduction and an Invitation	p. 1
Towards an Integrative Study of the Production of Authoritative Books in Ancient Israel	p. 15
From Prophets to Prophetic Books: The Fixing of the Divine Word	p. 29
Why Do We Know About Amos?	p. 55
The Concept of Prophetic Books and Its Historical Setting	p. 73
Public Recitation of Prophetical Books? The Case of the First Edition of Deutero-Isaiah (Isa. 40:1-52:12*)	p. 96
Persian-Empire Spirituality and the Genesis of Prophetic Books	p. 111
Kings among the Prophets	p. 131
Jonah Among the Twelve in the MT: The Triumph of Torah over Prophecy	p. 150
The Formation of the Book of Jeremiah as a Supplement to the So-called Deuteronomistic History	p. 168
Jeremiah MT: Reflections of a Discourse on Prophecy in the Persian Period	p. 184
Scripture Index	p. 208
Subject Index	p. 220
Author Index	p. 231
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