The Prophets
Overview
Featuring essays from Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, this volume gathers the thought of an array of scholars on the Prophets. Under four headings, “What are the Prophets?,” “The Composition of Prophetic Books,” “Prophetic Ideology,” and “Reading Prophecy,” the volume covers a wide variety of essays on the topic. Contributors include A. Graeme Auld (“Prophets Through the Looking Glass: Between Writings and Moses”), J. Blenkinsopp (“Second Isaiah–Prophet of Universalism”), Fokkelien Van Duk-Hemmes (“The Imagination of Power and the Power of Imagination, an Intertextual Analysis of Two Biblical Love Songs: The Song of Songs and Hosea 2”), amongst others.
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- Title: The Prophets
- Author: Philip R. Davies
- Series: Sheffield Reader Collection
- Volume: 42
- Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
- Print Publication Date: 1996
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Pages: 388
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Prophets › Criticism, interpretation, etc
- ISBNs: 9781850757887, 1850757887
- Resource ID: LLS:PROPHETSDAVIES
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:25:03Z
Philip R. Davies (1945–) is a biblical scholar with interests in early Judaism, ancient Israel, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. He earned degrees from Oxford University and the University of St. Andrews.
In 1974, Davies began teaching at the University of Sheffield, where he is now the Research Professor of Biblical Studies. He served as a co-founder of Sheffield Academic Press, the academic imprint based at the University of Sheffield.
Davies contributed volumes in several different collections including the Sheffield Reader Collection, Studies on the Prophets, and the Studies on Genesis. He has authored and edited several books and essays like First Person: Essays in Biblical Autobiography and The Bible in Human Society: Essays in Honor of John Rogerson.