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The roles of Israel's prophets /

This book offers a new and fruitful approach to a major area of Old Testament study. Expressing dissatisfaction with current critical theories of Israelite prophecy, which have regularly depended on the categories of office and charisma to designate essential features, Petersen looks instead to mode...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Petersen, David L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, 1981.
Colección:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 17.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Beyond "charisma" and "office"
  • 2. Role theory and the study of prophecy
  • General considerations
  • Role enactment
  • Ecstasy
  • Prophetic role enactment
  • 3. Role labels: Theoretical considerations, the role labels
  • 4. Two role labels and one role
  • 5. Role rationale: Distinguishing between
  • Role label
  • social context
  • Ancient near Eastern parallels
  • Divine commission form
  • Conception of prophetic function and constitutive traditions
  • Mode of divine-human communication
  • International orientation
  • Role rationale and conclusions
  • 6. The stuffy of prophetic roles: further issues
  • Role skills
  • Role expectation
  • Complex role phenomena
  • 7. Conclusions.