Thus says the Lord : essays on the Former and Latter Prophets in honor of Robert R. Wilson /

This work assembles contributions from North America''s leading Hebrew Bible/Old Testament scholars in honor of a highly respected biblical scholar, whose work on biblical prophets has been especially influential. Within the list are former teachers, current colleagues, and former students...

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Other Authors: Wilson, Robert R., 1942-, Ahn, John J., Cook, Stephen L., 1962-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : T & T Clark, ©2009.
Series:Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 502.
T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=378312
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory celebration of Robert R. Wilson / John Ahn and Stephen L. Cook
  • Joshua son of Nun : presentation of a prophet / Stephen B. Chapman
  • Religion in the heroic spirit : themes in the Book of Judges / Baruch A. Levine
  • What is prologue is past : composing Israelite identity in Judges 5 / Mark S. Smith
  • Judges, kingship, and political ethics : a challenge to the conventional wisdom / Susan Niditch
  • Prophecy and theodicy / John Barton
  • Authority to edify : verification of biblical truth in William Robertson Smith's Prophets of Israel / Warner M. Bailey
  • The poetics of biblical prophecy : point of view and point of standing in the prophetic books / Harry P. Nasuti
  • The poetry of creation / Robert B. Robinson
  • "Daughter Zion" / F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp
  • The beginning of the end of the world in the Hebrew Bible / John J. Collins
  • Prophetic associations / Christopher R. Seitz
  • (Re)inscribing power through Torah teaching : rhetorical pedagogy in the Servant Songs of Deutero-Isaiah / Carolyn J. Sharp
  • Jeremiah and the Levitical priests of Anathoth / S. Dean McBride, Jr.
  • Remembering the prophets / David L. Petersen
  • Putting the mother back in the center : metaphor and multivalence in Ezekiel 19 / Corrine Carvalho
  • The speechless suppression of grief in Ezekiel 24:15-27 : the death of Ezekiel's wife and the prophet's abnormal response / Stephen L. Cook
  • Portraying prophetic experience and tradition in Ezekiel / D. Nathan Phinney
  • "But if not--" what? : the speech of the youths in Daniel 3 and a (theo)logical problem / Roy L. Heller
  • Myth and truth in socio-historical reconstruction of ancient societies : Hosea 4:11-14 as a test case / Christl M. Maier
  • The social location(s) of Amos : Amos 1:3-2:16 / Gene M. Tucker
  • Jonah and the uses of parody / William W. Hallo
  • Zephaniah, a disciple of Isaiah? / John Ahn.