The prophets of Israel
By: Reinhard G. Kratz ; translated by Anselm C. Hagedorn and Nathan MacDonald
Contributors: Hagedorn, Anselm C., translator; MacDonald, Nathan, 1975- translator
Series: Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible -- 2; Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible -- 2.
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781575063171
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible
Work titles: Prophetenstudien
Description: "The book offers an up-to-date and readable introduction to the manifold literary and historical problems of biblical prophecy. Reinhard Gregor Kratz provides the reader with a clear analysis of the development of the institution of prophecy in ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism. Through a close reading of the prophetic corpus he demonstrates that in biblical tradition we have to distinguish between the historical and the literary prophet"--
Notes: Includes bindexes.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The law and the prophets : models of interpretation; title: Mantic and magic : prophecy in the Ancient Near East; title: Kingmakers and miracle workers : prophets in Israel and Judah; title: Inspiration and interpretation : the books of the prophets; title: "The end has come" : the beginnings of the prophetic tradition; title: "Behold, I put my words in your mouth" : the formation of the prophetic tradition; title: "Comfort, comfort my people" : the endings of the prophetic tradition; title: "The end is yet to come" : the Book of Daniel and Jewish apocalypticism; title: "Its interpretation is" : the prophets in the Dead Sea scrolls; title: "Not to abolish but to fulfill" : the prophets in the New Testament; title: Research on the prophets : problems and perspectives; title: Chronology.