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Title: Social World of the Hebrew Prophets by Victor Harold Matthews, Victor H. Matthew ISBN: 1-56563-417-9 Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: Weak on Delivery
Comment: The promising title of Victor Matthew's book leads this reader to disappointment. There has been a good deal of sociological and social-world research on the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the last 25 years; precious little of it shows up in this book on the Israelite and Judean prophets.
After the requisite introductory materials on the definition of "prophet" and the like, the book settles in to offer primarily thematic treatment of the individual prophetic books, with occasional light excursions into history, historical geography, archaeology and the prominently-promised social world of these writers and rhetors of ancient Israel. Social world topics include very brief treatments of cognitive dissonance theory, the "egalitarian" ideal found in many prophetic books, and a somewhat more developed treatment of "enacted prophecy."
The topical treatment prevails. The Isaiah chapter, for example, offers section-headings like "Isaiah's Call," "Oracles of Warning," "Political Message," and "The Remnant." The "Oracles of Warning" section does contain a helpful discussion of the geographical and agricultural background to the famous "Song of the Vineyard" (Is a 5:1-7). This is one of the more interesting sections of the book.
Often the treatment is quite brief: Haggai and Zechariah together get four pages; Joel gets about 2.
The book seems to be intended for the lay-level or freshmen-level audience, but the title probably finds little appeal within that audience. Theologically, the book seeks a middle ground between historical-critical skepticism and conservative Protestant faith.
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Title: Theology of the Prophetic Books: The Death and Resurrection of Israel by Donald E. Gowan ISBN: 0664256899 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Brief History of Ancient Israel by Victor H. Matthews ISBN: 0664224369 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann ISBN: 0800632877 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Creed : What Christians Believe and Why it Matters by LUKE TIMOTHY JOHNSON ISBN: 0385502478 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Jewish Study Bible: Tanakh Translation, Torah, Nevi'Im, Kethuvim by Adele Berlin, Marc Zvi Brettler, Michael Fishbane ISBN: 0195297512 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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