Hardback book by Bruce Vawter, C.M. Over 305 pages © SHEED AND WARD, INC., 1961 IMPRIMI POTEST: JAMES W. STAKELUM, C.M. FEBRUARY 28, 1961 NIHIL OBSTAT: JOHN R. READY CENSOR LIBRORUM APRIL 15, 1961 IMPRIMATUR: ROBERT F. JOYCE BISHOP OF BURLINGTON APRIL 17, 1961 Contents includes: " INTRODUCTION: PROPHECY IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS PART ONE: PROPHECY AND THE PROPHETS CHAPTER ONE: THE PROPHET IN ISRAEL 1. The Prophetic Conscience 2. The Prophet's Status 3. "True" and "False" Prophets CHAPTER TWO: THE PROPHET IN THE NEAR EAST 1. The Mother Soil 2. Evolution of the nabi 3. The Dimensions of Prophecy CHAPTER THREE: THE VISION OF THE PROPHET 1. The Vision Received 2. The Vision Communicated 3. The Limits of Vision PART TWO: THE PROPHETS OF THE EIGHTH CENTURY CHAPTER FOUR: AMOS OF TEKOA 1. The Time of the Prophet 2. The Prophet Taken From Judah 3. Israel and the Nations 4. The Varieties of Injustice 5. The Nature of Religion 6. Election and Universalism CHAPTER FIVE: HOSEA BEN BEERI 1. Hosea in His Age 2. Gomer and Israel 3. Ignorance of God 4. The Covenant 5. Hosea the Theologian CHAPTER SIX: MICAH OF MORESHETH 1. The Man of the Book 2. The Rise of Judahite Capitalism 3. Devourers of the Land 4. What Yahweh Requires 5. Yahweh the Savior CHAPTER SEVEN: ISAIAH BEN AMOZ 1. The Isaian Age 2. The Corruption of Judah 3. The Failure of the Kings 4. The Seeds of Evil 5. Justice and Holiness PART THREE: THE PROPHETS OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY CHAPTER EIGHT: THREE MINOR PROPHETS 1. Judah from Manasseh to Josiah 2. Nahum of Elkosh 3. Zephaniah ben Cushi 4. Habakkuk CHAPTER NINE: JEREMIAH BEN HILKIAH 1. The Last Days of Judah 2. The Reluctant Prophet 3. Jeremiah and the Reform 4. Jeremiah and Jehoiakim 5. Jeremiah and Zedekiah 6. The New Covenant CONCLUSION: THE ENDURANCE OF PROPHECY 1. The Prophetic Tradition 2. The Trancendence of Prophetism 3. Fragmentary and Varying Utterances APPENDIX: KINGS AND PROPHETS IN APPROXIMATE RELATION INDEX THE PALESTINE OF THE PROPHETS ( MAP ) THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST ( MAP ) " This book is in nice condition with some normal edgewear to the cover. No torn or ripped pages. There is a church name and address stamp and some writing by the previous owner on the first blank page. |