On the question of the "Cessation of Prophecy" in ancient Judaism
By: L. Stephen Cook
Series: Texts and studies in ancient Judaism -- 145; Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum -- 145.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9783161509209
Subjects: Prophecy; Judaism; History
Notes: Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 2009, titled: The question of the "cessation of prophecy" in ancient Judaism.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-208) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Literature review. Ancient texts upon which the traditional view is based; title: Review of modern literature; title: Summary and assessment; title: pt. 2. Did Second Temple Jews believe prophecy had ceased? Hebrew Bible; title: Apocryphal/deuterocanonical texts; title: Dead Sea scrolls; title: Old Testament pseudepigrapha; title: Philo; title: New Testament; title: Josephus; title: Rabbinic literature; title: Conclusion to part two; title: pt. 3. The "cessation of prophecy" in the modern debate. The two general approaches; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: Views on why prophecy ceased.