Paul L. Redditt
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Grand Rapids, Michigan / Cambridge, U.K.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Redditt, Paul L.
Introduction to the Prophets / Paul L. Redditt.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-0-8028-2896-5 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Bible. O.T. Prophets—Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Title.
BS1505.52.R43 2008
224´.061—dc22
2008016713
2. Approach to the Major Prophets
6. Lamentations and Other Deutero-Jeremianic Literature
12. Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah
13. Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Selected Biblical and Ancient Author References
Books and Periodicals
AB Anchor Bible
ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, ed. James B. Pritchard, 3rd ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969.
AOTC Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries
ATD Das Alte Testament Deutsch
AUSS Andrews University Seminary Studies
BDB Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford, 1907.
BEATAJ Beiträge zur Erforschung des Alten Testaments und des Antiken Judentum
BHK Biblia Hebraica, ed. Rudolf Kittel. 3rd ed. Stuttgart, 1937.
BHS Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
BKAT Biblischer Kommentar, Altes Testament
BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CC Continental Commentaries
CurBS Currents in Research: Biblical Studies
DDD Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, ed. Karel van der Toorn, Bob Becking, and Pieter W. Van der Horst. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1999.
EDB Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, ed. David Noel Freedman, Allen C. Myers, and Astrid B. Beck. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2000.
FOTL The Forms of the Old Testament Literature
FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments
GBS Guides to Biblical Scholarship
HAR Hebrew Annual Review
HDR Harvard Dissertations in Religion
IB The Interpreter’s Bible, ed. George Arthur Buttrick. 12 vols. New York: Abingdon, 1951–57.
ISBE International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, ed. Geoffrey W. Bromiley. 4 vols. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1979–1988....
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About Introduction to the ProphetsWriting in a conversational rather than a scholarly tone, Paul Redditt assumes little or no prior knowledge of the Old Testament as he presents and introduces the Major and Minor Prophets in the canonical order of the English Bible. The chapters of Redditt’s Introduction to the Prophets discuss the place of each book in the canon; the literary setting of each book; their structure, integrity, and authorship; the main genre(s) in each; special features of each book; basic emphases of each book; and problems—theological, literary, or historical—raised by a study of the book. Among other things, Redditt demonstrates that the prophets were both “foretellers” and “forthtellers,” and he argues that the Old Testament prophets developed the concept of monotheism. Each chapter ends with questions for further reflection. Concluding the volume are a helpful glossary and several indexes. |
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