Thus Says the LORD Essays on the Former and Latter Prophets in Honor of Robert R. Wilson

by Ahn, John J.; Cook, Stephen L.

• ISBN13: 9780567178046
• ISBN10: 0567178048
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-16
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

This work assembles contributions from North America's leading Hebrew Bible/Old Testament scholars in honor of a highly respected biblical scholar, whose work on biblical prophets has been especially influential.

Author Biography

Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Stephen L. Cook is Professor of Old Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. xi
List of Contributors	p. xv
Introductory Celebration of Robert R. Wilson	p. 1
Former Prophets
Joshua Son of Nun: Presentation of a Prophet	p. 13
Religion in the Heroic Spirit: Themes in the Book of Judges	p. 27
What is Prologue is Past: Composing Israelite Identity in Judges 5	p. 43
Judges, Kingship, and Political Ethics: A Challenge to the Conventional Wisdom	p. 59
Between the Former and Latter Prophets
Prophecy and Theodicy	p. 73
Authority to Edify: Verification of Biblical Truth in William Robertson Smith's Prophets of Israel	p. 87
The Poetics of Biblical Prophecy: Point of View and Point of Standing in the Prophetic Books	p. 99
The Poetry of Creation	p. 114
"Daughter Zion"	p. 125
Latter Prophets
The Beginning of the End of the World in the Hebrew Bible	p. 137
Prophetic Associations	p. 156
(Re)Inscribing Power Through Torah Teaching: Rhetorical Pedagogy in the Servant Songs of Deutero-Isaiah	p. 167
Jeremiah and the Levitical Priests of Anathoth	p. 179
Remembering the Prophets	p. 197
Putting the Mother Back in the Center: Metaphor and Multivalence in Ezekiel 19	p. 208
The Speechless Suppression of Grief in Ezekiel 24:15-27: The Death of Ezekiel's Wife and the Prophet's Abnormal Response	p. 222
Portraying Prophetic Experience and Tradition in Ezekiel	p. 234
"But If Not…" What? The Speech of the Youths in Daniel 3 and A (Theo)Logical Problem	p. 244
Myth and Truth in Socio-Historical Reconstruction of Ancient Societies: Hosea 4:11-14 as a Test Case	p. 256
The Social Location(s) of Amos: Amos 1:3-2:16	p. 273
Jonah and the Uses of Parody	p. 285
Zephaniah, a Disciple of Isaiah?	p. 292
Index of References	p. 308
Index of Authors	p. 322
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