The Book of the Former Prophets:
...Mann's volume will serve well for a college course in the historical books... (Trent C. ButlerReview of Biblical Literature1900-01-00)...The book aims for a fairly broad readership, though it will perhaps be most suited to seminary courses where these books are taught...[...] ...[The Bok of the Former Prophets] provides rich material with which others will need to engage... (David G. FirthReview of Biblical Literature1900-01-00)...A literarily and theologically acute reading with historical sensitivity, straightforwardly arranged with one chapter per book... (Richard BriggsBiblical Studies Bulletin1900-01-00)‘...The difficult themes and pictures are not glossed over, but Mann's rich interpretive retelling opens up avenues into contemporary appropriation of this story, on which, for better or for worse, the Christian community is grounded...’ (Patrick D. MillerThe American Journal of Biblical Theology1900-01-00)“...an excellent undergraduate-level textbook... […] I have no hesitation in recommending this excellent book for teachers and students investigating the Deuteronomistic History.” (Paul Hedley Jones, Durham UniversityReviews in Religion and Theology1900-01-00)--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.