The prophets of Israel /
Reinhard G. Kratz ; translated by Anselm C. Hagedorn and Nathan MacDonald.
- 1 online resource (178 pages)
- Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible ; number 2 .
- Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible ; number 2. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"The book offers an up-to-date and readable introduction to the manifold literary and historical problems of biblical prophecy. Reinhard Gregor Kratz provides the reader with a clear analysis of the development of the institution of prophecy in ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism. Through a close reading of the prophetic corpus he demonstrates that in biblical tradition we have to distinguish between the historical and the literary prophet"--