Description
The Latter Prophets–Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Book of the Twelve–comprise a captivating number of prophetic oracles, narratives, and vision reports from ancient Israel and Judah. Spanning centuries and showing evidence of compositional growth and editorial elaboration through the years, these prophetic books offer an unparalleled view into the cultural norms, theological convictions, and political disputes of Israelite communities caught within the maelstrom of militarized conflicts with the empires of ancient Egypt, Babylonia, and Persia. Instructive for scholar and student alike, The Oxford Handbook of the Prophets features wide-ranging discussion of ancient Close to Eastern social and cultic contexts; exploration of focused topics such as the persona of the prophet and the issue of violence in prophetic rhetoric; sophisticated historical and literary analysis of key prophetic texts; issues in reception history, from these texts’ earliest reinterpretations at Qumran to Christian appropriations in up to date homiletics; feminist, materialist, and postcolonial readings engaging the insights of influential up to date theorists; and more. The range of interpretive approaches, clarity of presentation, and breadth of experience represented here will make this Handbook indispensable for research and teaching at the Latter Prophets.