Prophets, prophecy, and prophetic texts in Second Temple Judaism
By: edited by Michael Floyd and Robert D. Haak.
Contributors: Floyd, Michael H.; Haak, Robert D. 1949-; Society of Biblical Literature. Prophetic Texts and their Ancient Contexts Group.; Society of Biblical Literature. Meeting
Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;; 427
Publisher: T&T Clark
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses.; Prophecy -- Judaism -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.; Greek literature, Hellenistic -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism -- Congresses.; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This volume grew out of the the program of the Prophetic Texts and their Ancient Contexts (PTAC) Group at the 2003 annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Atlanta"--Introd.
Table of contents: title: The role of prophecy and prophets in the Chronicler's world / Yairah Amit; title: Prophets and prophecy in the book of Ben Sira / Pancratius C. Beentjes; title: Prophecy and prophets in the Dead Sea scrolls : looking backwards and forwards / George J. Brooke; title: The prophetic books in Alexandria : the evidence from Philo Judaeus / Naomi G. Cohen; title: Prophets and prophecy in Josephus / Louis H. Feldman; title: The production of prophetic books in the early Second Temple Period / Michael H. Floyd; title: Thus spake the prophet Josephus; title: : the Jewish historian on prophets and prophecy / Lester L. Grabbe; title: Invoking the prophets in Zechariah and Ben Sira / Matthias Henze; title: Haggai, Zerubbabel and the political status of Yehud : the signet ring in Haggai 2:23 / John Kessler; title: Literary prophecy and oracle collection : a comparison between Judah and Greece in Persian times / Armin Lange; title: The word of Yahweh : a theological concept in the book of Jeremiah / Christoph Levin; title: Philo's personal experience and the persistence of prophecy / John R. Levison; title: The dubious image of prophecy / Martti Nissinen; title: The death of the prophet : the transition from the spoken to the written word of God in the book of Ezekiel / Joachim Schaper.