Prophecy and prophets in stories
Subtitle: papers read at the Fifth Meeting of the Edinburgh Prophecy Network, Utrecht, October 2013
By: edited by Bob Becking, Hans M. Barstad
Contributors: Becking, Bob, editor
Series: Oudtestamentische studiën = -- Old Testament studies -- volume 65
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9789004289093; 9789004291133
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; English Bible stories
Description: "The fifth meeting of the Edingurgh prophecy network focussed on the presence of prophets and prophecy in narrative texts. The papers in this volume scrutinize the image of prophecy through the analysis of narrative processes. The papers deal with a great time span: from the Hittite Empire, via the Hebrew Bible, Judaism and Islam, up to the early Modern Period. Although all sorts of variations could be detected - especially due to the variety of temporal contexts, some features are recurring especially in view of the anthropological phenomenon of prophecy and its function in narratives"--page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.