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Meet the prophets : a beginner's guide to the books of the biblical prophets, their meaning then and now /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Paulist Press ©1987Description: viii, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0809128993
  • 9780809128990
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 224/.061 19
LOC classification:
  • BS1505.2 .M55 1987
Contents:
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.
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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.

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