TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,John W.
TI  - Meet the prophets: a beginner's guide to the books of the biblical prophets, their meaning then and now 
SN  - 0809128993
AV  - BS1505.2 .M55 1987
U1  - 224/.061 19
PY  - 1987///
CY  - New York
PB  - Paulist Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Prophets
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - Einführung
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-243) and index; Section I: Getting acquainted with the prophets and their books -- Chapter 1: What prophetic books? What prophets? -- A. opening questions -- B. a provisional list -- C. the list we will study -- 1. locale and date of each prophet -- 2. summary sketch of prophets as a group -- Chapter 2. Historical setting of the prophets -- A. the importance of historical setting -- B. the Deuteronomic histories -- C. the story they tell -- D. the place of the prophets in this story -- Chapter 3: What is prophecy? -- A. inductive divinizing -- B. intuitive divinizing -- C. Israelite prophecy -- D. the God of the prophets -- 1. name -- 2. Character -- Chapter 4: A prophetic book: how to study it and why -- A. what is a prophetic book -- B. How to study these books -- C. Why study them? -- Section II: The prophets of the Assyrian period
ER  -