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Thus says the Lord : the message of the Prophets / James M. Ward.

By: Publication details: Nashville : Abingdon Press, ©1991.Description: 282 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0687419026
  • 9780687419029
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 224/.06 20
LOC classification:
  • BS1505.2 .W3715 1991
Contents:
The context of the prophetic message: The historical and social context ; The social role of the prophets ; The purpose of prophecy ; Prophets and kings ; The theological context ; The name of God ; The living God ; God and Israel ; The word of God -- Isaiah 1-39, PART I: Introduction tot eh book of Isaiah ; The structure of the book and its interpretation ; An outline of first Isaiah 1-39 ; The redaction of first Isaiah and its message ; The protection of Zion ; The message of the prophet Isaiah ; Holy God and sinful people ; Faith and royal policy in Judah ; Excursus on the meaning prophetic sings ; Two more signs for Ahaz -- Isaiah 1-39,
PART II: The deal ruler ; Assyria, Rod of YHWH's anger ; A prophetic montage ; Zion ; Wayward children: Isaiah 1 ; Injustice and worship in Zion ; The day of wrath ; Isaiah 13-23 ; Isaiah 24-25 ; The last word in first Isaiah ; From first to second Isaiah -- Isaiah 40-55: Second Isaiah: Idolatry and faith ; The former things and the new things ; The reversal of fortunes ; Israel, servant of YHWH ; The trial of the nations and the first servant song ; The second servant song ; Israel and the servant ; The third and fourth servant songs ; The death of the servant ; Seeking YHWH ; Second Isaiah and worship ; Jerusalem/Zion -- Isaiah 56-66: Third Isaiah: Redemption and responsibility ; Two communal complaints -- Jeremiah: The poetic tradition: Introduction to the book of Jeremiah ; The fluid text of Jeremiah ; Oracles of judgment concerning Judah and Jerusalem ; Wayward acts and wayward hearts ; Divine passion ; Jeremiah's complaints ; Apostasy and repentance ; Promises of restoration ; Oracles on foreign nations.
Jeremiah: The prose tradition: The call narrative ; Signs, omens, and parables ; Good and bad figs ; False prophecy ; The biographical narratives ; The letter to the exiles ; The purpose of the prose writers ; Ritual and prophetic intercession ; The covenant, old and new -- Ezekiel: Divine rage ; the crisis of the absence of YHWH's glory ; The crisis of moral responsibility ; The crisis of leadership ; Shepherds and he good shepherd ; Authorization of Ezekiel as the prophet of YHWH ; Ezekiel's prophetic signs ; The future of Israel ; The visions of Israel restored ; Oracles on foreign nations -- Amos: God's justice for the nations ; Amos's call and confrontation with Amaziah ; Social justice ; The providence of God ; Worship ; The Day of YHWH ; Amos 9:8b, 11-15 -- Hosea: The pattern of Israel's history ; Parables of YHWH and Israel ; Hoseas's symbolic acts ; Ransoming an adulterous wife ; YHWH as husband and parent ; Worship as resource and stumbling block ; The burden of kings ; The dynamics of faith ; Inward disposition and outward act ; Knowledge, love, and obedience.
Micah: The sin of the House of Judah ; The expanded message of the book ; Micah 4-5 ; Micah 6-7 ; A last lament and confession of faith -- Joel, Obadiah, and Jonah: Joel ; The day of YHWH ; Joel and the cult ; Obadiah ; Jonah ; Interpreting Jonah ; The primary theological question ; Mercy and justice -- Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah: Nahum, Habakkuk ; The oracles of woe ; Zephaniah -- Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: Haggai ; Zechariah 1-8 ; Authenticating the prophet ; Vindicating God's justice ; Building the city of God ; Zechariah 9-14 ; Malachi ; Love and hatred ; God as father ; Criticism of priests and husbands ; The justice of God ; The scroll of the twelve prophets -- The god of the prophets.
Summary: Interpretive study of the prophetic tradition of ancient Israel.
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Includes bibliographical references.

The context of the prophetic message: The historical and social context ; The social role of the prophets ; The purpose of prophecy ; Prophets and kings ; The theological context ; The name of God ; The living God ; God and Israel ; The word of God -- Isaiah 1-39, PART I: Introduction tot eh book of Isaiah ; The structure of the book and its interpretation ; An outline of first Isaiah 1-39 ; The redaction of first Isaiah and its message ; The protection of Zion ; The message of the prophet Isaiah ; Holy God and sinful people ; Faith and royal policy in Judah ; Excursus on the meaning prophetic sings ; Two more signs for Ahaz -- Isaiah 1-39,

PART II: The deal ruler ; Assyria, Rod of YHWH's anger ; A prophetic montage ; Zion ; Wayward children: Isaiah 1 ; Injustice and worship in Zion ; The day of wrath ; Isaiah 13-23 ; Isaiah 24-25 ; The last word in first Isaiah ; From first to second Isaiah -- Isaiah 40-55: Second Isaiah: Idolatry and faith ; The former things and the new things ; The reversal of fortunes ; Israel, servant of YHWH ; The trial of the nations and the first servant song ; The second servant song ; Israel and the servant ; The third and fourth servant songs ; The death of the servant ; Seeking YHWH ; Second Isaiah and worship ; Jerusalem/Zion -- Isaiah 56-66: Third Isaiah: Redemption and responsibility ; Two communal complaints -- Jeremiah: The poetic tradition: Introduction to the book of Jeremiah ; The fluid text of Jeremiah ; Oracles of judgment concerning Judah and Jerusalem ; Wayward acts and wayward hearts ; Divine passion ; Jeremiah's complaints ; Apostasy and repentance ; Promises of restoration ; Oracles on foreign nations.

Jeremiah: The prose tradition: The call narrative ; Signs, omens, and parables ; Good and bad figs ; False prophecy ; The biographical narratives ; The letter to the exiles ; The purpose of the prose writers ; Ritual and prophetic intercession ; The covenant, old and new -- Ezekiel: Divine rage ; the crisis of the absence of YHWH's glory ; The crisis of moral responsibility ; The crisis of leadership ; Shepherds and he good shepherd ; Authorization of Ezekiel as the prophet of YHWH ; Ezekiel's prophetic signs ; The future of Israel ; The visions of Israel restored ; Oracles on foreign nations -- Amos: God's justice for the nations ; Amos's call and confrontation with Amaziah ; Social justice ; The providence of God ; Worship ; The Day of YHWH ; Amos 9:8b, 11-15 -- Hosea: The pattern of Israel's history ; Parables of YHWH and Israel ; Hoseas's symbolic acts ; Ransoming an adulterous wife ; YHWH as husband and parent ; Worship as resource and stumbling block ; The burden of kings ; The dynamics of faith ; Inward disposition and outward act ; Knowledge, love, and obedience.

Micah: The sin of the House of Judah ; The expanded message of the book ; Micah 4-5 ; Micah 6-7 ; A last lament and confession of faith -- Joel, Obadiah, and Jonah: Joel ; The day of YHWH ; Joel and the cult ; Obadiah ; Jonah ; Interpreting Jonah ; The primary theological question ; Mercy and justice -- Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah: Nahum, Habakkuk ; The oracles of woe ; Zephaniah -- Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi: Haggai ; Zechariah 1-8 ; Authenticating the prophet ; Vindicating God's justice ; Building the city of God ; Zechariah 9-14 ; Malachi ; Love and hatred ; God as father ; Criticism of priests and husbands ; The justice of God ; The scroll of the twelve prophets -- The god of the prophets.

Interpretive study of the prophetic tradition of ancient Israel.

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