Basic Forms of Prophetic Speech

Basic Forms of Prophetic Speech
Title Basic Forms of Prophetic Speech PDF eBook
Author Claus Westermann
Publisher Westminster John Knox Press
Pages 236
Release 1991-01-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780664252441

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The prophetic message awakens the people of God and calls them back from their perverse ways. But the history of the investigation of prophecy shows that the understanding of these messages has changed profoundly over time. Claus Westermann provides indications of the astonishing differences in the conceptions of prophecy in the history of its interpretation.

Prophetic Oracles of Salvation in the Old Testament

Prophetic Oracles of Salvation in the Old Testament
Title Prophetic Oracles of Salvation in the Old Testament PDF eBook
Author Claus Westermann
Publisher Westminster John Knox Press
Pages 288
Release 1991-01-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780664252397

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Prophetic Oracles of Salvation in the Old Testament is a comprehensive and innovative assessment of these often ignored or misunderstood canonical texts. Claus Westermann shows that these oracles occur in distinct forms and make up a coherent tradition. He goes on to demonstrate that these texts, often percieved only as a message of judgement and doom, in fact proclaim hope and deliverance as well.

Jeremiah Under the Shadow of Duhm

Jeremiah Under the Shadow of Duhm
Title Jeremiah Under the Shadow of Duhm PDF eBook
Author Joseph M. Henderson
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 397
Release 2019-11-14
Genre Religion
ISBN 0567676447

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Joe Henderson offers a critique of the assumption that poetic form in the book of Jeremiah indicates authenticity. This assumption undergirds Bernhard Duhm's reconstructions (1901) of the prophet's biography and the book's composition, the basic components of the dominant paradigm for twentieth-century Jeremiah scholarship. Henderson argues that Duhm's model is best understood as an attempt to bring the book into conformity with nineteenth-century systems of aesthetics, historiography, and theology-and with the Grafian reconstruction of the history of Israel's religion. The accord between these systems and Duhm's assumption about poetic form has less to do with their common grasp of the historical reality of Hebrew prophecy than with their common roots in the Romantic theory of prophetic and poetic inspiration-a theory forged by Robert Lowth in his exposition (1752) of the poetry he found in the prophetic books. Henderson contends that continued adherence to Duhm's foundational assumption has held back recent attempts to “move beyond Duhm” and overcome the fragmentation of the book entailed by his model. Rhetorical critics, who maintain that Jeremiah 2–10 is unified by the structural devices of the historical prophet, and redaction critics, who maintain that Jeremiah 11–20 is unified by the theological agenda of Deuteronomistic editors, both rely on the assumed authenticity of the poetry. Henderson observes that although these scholars have uncovered evidence of dramatic presentation in Jeremiah 2–20, they have failed to see that the dramatic nature of these chapters undermines their use for Duhm's historical-critical projects and reveals what actually unifies them-narrative progression.

Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World

Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World
Title Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World PDF eBook
Author David E. Aune
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 535
Release 2003-08-12
Genre Religion
ISBN 1592443028

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Aune's comprehensive study of early Christian prophecy includes a review of its antecedents (Greco-Roman oracles, ancient Israelite prophecy, prophecy in early Judaism), a discussion of Jesus as prophet, and analyses of Christian prophetic speeches from Paul to the middle of the second century A.D. The most detailed study of early Christian prophecy written, Aune's book places the phenomenon of early Christian prophecy within the larger Greco-Roman world.

Prophetic Preaching

Prophetic Preaching
Title Prophetic Preaching PDF eBook
Author Leonora Tubbs Tisdale
Publisher Westminster John Knox Press
Pages 154
Release 2010-08-09
Genre Religion
ISBN 1611640970

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Where have all the prophets gone? And why do preachers seem to shy away from prophetic witness? Astute preacher Leonora Tisdale considers these vexing questions while providing guidance and encouragement to pastors who want to recommit themselves to the task of prophetic witness. With a keen sensitivity to pastoral contexts, Tisdale's work is full of helpful suggestions and examples to help pastors structure and preach prophetic sermons, considered by many to be one of the most difficult tasks pastors are called to undertake.

The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text

The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text
Title The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text PDF eBook
Author Sidney Greidanus
Publisher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Pages 396
Release 1989-01-19
Genre Religion
ISBN 146741932X

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A fusion of biblical hermeneutics and homiletics, this thorough and well-researched book offers a holistic contemporary approach to the interpretation and preaching of biblical texts, using all the scholarly tools available and focusing especially on literary features. Greidanus develops hermeneutical and homiletical principles and then applies them to four specific genres: Hebrew narratives, prophetic literature, the Gospels, and the Epistles.

The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C.E.

The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C.E.
Title The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C.E. PDF eBook
Author Antoon Schoors
Publisher Society of Biblical Lit
Pages 317
Release 2013-09-20
Genre Religion
ISBN 1589836715

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The period of Assyrian domination over Israel and Judah (ca. 750–650 B.C.E.) can be reconstructed with reasonable accuracy. For example, both biblical and extrabiblical records indicate that the northern kingdom (Israel) came to an end in 722 with the fall of Samaria, while several decades later Jerusalem, capital of the southern kingdom (Judah), narrowly escaped being taken by Sennacherib. The first half of the seventh century was dominated by Manasseh in Judah, who not only served his overlords the Assyrians but also practiced a bloody form of despotism. With regard to biblical literature, the eighth century was the period of Israel’s first great literary prophets: Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, and Micah. Other important texts, such as the Book of the Covenant, the early stories about the kings, the early forms of the patriarchal narratives in Genesis, and collections of proverbs, were either created or underwent profound editorial shaping during this time. This volume surveys the history of this formative period and presents a critical study of the biblical literature that originated within this historical context, as well as theological conclusions that readers may draw from these texts.