num_pages: 205
description: Social World of the Hebrew Prophets is an introduction to the Hebrew Prophets and the social world of which they spoke. Matthews examines ancient Israel s prophets chronologically providing sketches of their historical contexts. He explains pertinent aspects of historical geography economic conditions and social forces that influence a prophet s life and message. This analysis includes many of the images and metaphors a prophet used to communicate effectively. Thus for example the reader only skims the surface of a text without understanding what it meant to be a member of Tekoa s community of hill country farmers and herders or what an exiled Levite from Anathoth experienced as a prophet in Jerusalem.
language: English
title: Social World of the Hebrew Prophets
publisher: Hendrickson Publishers