Oracles of God: Preceptions of Ancient Prophecy in Isreal After the Exile (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195334357)

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 pseudepigraphical writing, documents from Qumran, the works of Philo and Josephus, the New Testament and some rabbinic literature. The book is essential reading for all students of Old and New Testament ideas about prophecy.

Author: John Barton
ISBN-10: 0195334353
ISBN-13: 9780195334357
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.36h x 6.67w x 1.01d