Respected scholar David Petersen provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the prophetic literature. Petersen takes into account the major advances in current research as he examines both the literature of the latter prophets (Isaiah-Malachi) as well as the Hebrew texts that describe the work and words of Israel's earlier prophets (e.g., Elijah and Elisha in 1 & 2 Kings).
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David L. Petersen is Franklin Nutting Parker Professor of Old Testament at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the author of several books and he serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Old Testament Library series.
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Petersen has written an interesting guide to the prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible. The emphasis of this work, as the title clearly indicates, is on literature rather than the prophets themselves. A general overview of each prophetic book is provided but the author's major focus is upon literary units. With an emphasis on literature comes a de-emphasis on the author. Petersen's stress is upon genre, especially prose versus poetry. Literary analysis is used to determine suggestions about setting (e.g. laments), authorship, and message.
The author mentions key findings from critical schools in his discussion of each biblical book. The weight is given to form criticism followed by redaction criticism, tradition history and social-science criticism, all methodologies that result in the segmentation of the text. Though quite conversant with rhetorical features of the text the author places much less emphasis upon methods that often promote a greater textual unity like rhetorical criticism or canon criticism. For Petersen the focus of each book (Zion in Isaiah, lament in Jeremiah; glory in Ezekiel and the Day of the Lord as an emphasis in The Book of the Twelve) helps with the analysis of smaller units in a text that developed over time. I recommend this book for any serious student of the prophets. It provides insight into current scholarly concerns about the growth of the Old Testament literature. The strength of the book is its focus on various genres in the prophets while much less will be gleaned about the prophets themselves. Petersen is very conversant with current scholarly trends and provides helpful summaries along the way.
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A good introduction,
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Petersen gives a really good basic introduction to the Prophets and a great help in understanding the nature of prophetic literature. He also gives a basic overview of the major issues in each of the prophetic books (Isaiah thru Malachi). A very good reference.
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Prophetic literature entails far more than words that prophets spoke. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
symbolic action report, prophetic historiography, other prophetic literature, prophetic behavior, prophetic prose, polemical genres, oracles against the nations, other prophetic books, prophetic poetry, vision reports, woe oracles, judgment oracle, second lament, commissioning report, prose speeches, prose accounts, trial speeches, prophetic activity, new torah, polemical discourse, prophet offers, latter prophets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomistic History, Old Testament, Isaiah ben Amoz, Israel's God, Near East, New York, Sheffield Academic Press, Second Isaiah, Holy One of Israel, New Translation, Holiness Code, Second Temple, Westminster John Knox, Book of Consolation, Second Kings, First Isaiah, God of Israel, Persian Empire, Third Isaiah, Bible Commentary, Garden City, Grand Rapids, Northwest Semitic, Society of Biblical Literature New!
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Prophetic literature entails far more than words that prophets spoke. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
symbolic action report, prophetic historiography, other prophetic literature, prophetic behavior, prophetic prose, polemical genres, oracles against the nations, other prophetic books, prophetic poetry, vision reports, woe oracles, judgment oracle, second lament, commissioning report, prose speeches, prose accounts, trial speeches, prophetic activity, new torah, polemical discourse, prophet offers, latter prophets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomistic History, Old Testament, Isaiah ben Amoz, Israel's God, Near East, New York, Sheffield Academic Press, Second Isaiah, Holy One of Israel, New Translation, Holiness Code, Second Temple, Westminster John Knox, Book of Consolation, Second Kings, First Isaiah, God of Israel, Persian Empire, Third Isaiah, Bible Commentary, Garden City, Grand Rapids, Northwest Semitic, Society of Biblical Literature New!
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- Deuteronomistic History by Martin Noth on page 226, page 233, and Back Matter
- A History of Prophecy in Israel - revised and enlarged by Joseph Blenkinsopp on page 44, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Old Testament Prophecy: From Oracles to Canon by Ronald E. Clements on page 44, and Back Matter
- HarperCollins Bible Commentary - Revised Edition by James L. Mays on page 212, and page 213
- Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession by I.M. Lewis on page 45, and Back Matter
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- Prophecy and Discernment (Cambridge Studies in Christian Doctrine) by R. W. L. Moberly in Back Matter
- Thus Saith the Lord: The Revolutionary Moral Vision of Isaiah and Jeremiah by Richard E. Rubenstein in Back Matter
- From Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts: The Old Testament and Apocrypha by S. A. Nigosian on page 254
- The Portrait Gallery of the Crystal Palace by Samuel Phillips on page 134
- The Changing Face of Form Criticism for the Twenty-First Century by Marvin A. Sweeney in Front Matter
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