The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud

247 Pages·2009·54.39 MB·English

by  Diana V. Edelman

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Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud
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The Production of Prophecy
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THE PRODUCTION
OF PROPHECY
Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud
Edited by
Diana V. Edelman and
Ehud Ben Zvi
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ISBN-13 978 1 84553 499 8 (hardback)
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The production of prophecy : constructing prophecy and prophets in Yehud / edited by
Diana V. Edelman and Ehud Ben Zvi.
p. cm. — (BibleWorld)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-1-84553-499-8 (hb) - ISBN 978-1-84553-500-1 (pbk.) 1. Bible-Prophecies.
2. Bible. O.T. Prophets—Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Edelman, Diana Vikander, 1954-
II. Ben Zvi, Ehud, 1951-
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Contents
List of contributors
Abbreviations
The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and
Prophets in Yehud. An Introduction and an Invitation
Ehud Ben Zvi
Towards an Integrative Study of the Production of
Authoritative Books in Ancient Israel
Ehud Ben Zvi
From Prophets to Prophetic Books: The Fixing of the
Divine Word
Diana Edelman
Why Do We Know About Amos?
Philip R. Davies
The Concept of Prophetic Books and Its Historical Setting
Ehud Ben Zvi
Public Recitation of Prophetical Books?
The Case of the First Edition of Deutero-Isaiah (Isa. 40:1-52:12*)
Rainer Albertz
Persian-Empire Spirituality and the Genesis of Prophetic Books
Erhards. Gerstenberger
Kings among the Prophets
Axel Knauf
vi The Production of Prophecy
Jonah Among the Twelve in the MT: The Triumph of Torah
over Prophecy 150
Diana Edelman
The Formation of the Book of Jeremiah as a Supplement to the
So-called Deuteronomistic History 168
Thomas Römer
Jeremiah MT: Reflections of a Discourse on Prophecy in the
Persian Period 184
Rannfrid I. Thelle
Scripture Index 208
Subject Index 220
Author Index 231
List of contributors
Diana Edelman
Department of Biblical Studies
University of Sheffield
England
Ehud Ben Zvi
Department of History and Classics
University of Alberta
Canada
Philip R. Davies
University of Sheffield
England
Rainer Albertz
University of Miinster
Germany
Erhard S. Gerstenberger
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Germany
Ernst Axel Knauf
Institut für Bibelwissenschaft
UniTobler
Switzerland
Thomas C. Römer
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Rannfrid I. Thelle
Wichita, KS,
USA

List of Abbreviations
AB Anchor Bible
BBB Bonner biblischer Beiträge
BEATJ Beiträge zur Erforschung des Alten Testaments und des
antiken Judentum
BET Beiträge zur biblischen Exegese und Theologie
BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium
BHQ Biblia Hebraica Quinta
BHS Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
BWANT Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament
BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrififür die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
El Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical and Geographical
Studies
ETR Etudes Théologiques et religieuses
FOTL Forms of Old Testament Literature
FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen
Testaments
HAT Handbuch zum Alten Testament
HS Hebrew Studies
HThKAT Herders theologischer Kommentar zum Altes Testament
ICC The International Critical Commentary
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series
JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series