Oracles of God: Preceptions of Ancient Prophecy in Isreal After the Exile

by John Barton

Book Overview

Oracles of God is a study of ideas about ancient prophecy current in Judaism and Christianity from the Exile to the end of the New Testament period. It examines the prophetic section of the Old Testament canon in both Hebrew and Greek traditions, the various pictures of prophets, their role and message, and looks at the various ways in which prophetic scripture were read in the period.

Source material discussed includes much apocryphal and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195334353
• ISBN13: 9780195334357
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 8.4"