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A HISTORY OF PROPHECY IN ISRAEL A HISTORY OF PROPHECY IN ISRAEL Joseph Blenkinsopp IB THE WESTMINSTER PRESS Philadelphia Copyright © 1983 Joseph Blenkinsopp All rights reserved—no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review in magazine or newspaper. ' Scripture quotations from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible are copyrighted 1946,1952, © 1971,1973 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. Book Design by Alice Derr First edition Published by The Westminster Press« Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 987654321 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Blenkinsopp, Joseph, 1927- A history of prophecy in Israel. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Prophets. 2. Bible. O.T.—Prophecies—History. I. Title. BS1198.B53 1983 224'.06 83-10178 ISBN 0-664-24479-3 (pbk.) In memory of my father Joseph William Blenkinsopp 1897—1931 CONTENTS Abbreviations 9 Introduction 13 I. Prolegomena: Defining the Object of Study 19 1. The Prophets in the Canon 19 2. Modem Critical Study of Prophecy 26 3. Words and Meanings 35 4. The Social Location of the Prophet 38 Notes 46 II. From the Beginnings to Amos 53 1. Near Eastern Prophecy and the Problem of Origins 53 2. War Prophecy and the Passage to Monarchy 61 3. Prophecy in the Northern Kingdom: Elijah and Elisha 68 Notes 77 III. The Period of Assyrian Expansion 80 1. The International Situation 80 2. Amos 86 3. Hosea 96 4. Isaiah of Jerusalem 106 5. Micah 118 Notes 125 IV. The End of National Independence 138 1. The Last Attempt at Emancipation and Reform 138 2. The Perspective of Cult Prophecy on International Affairs: Nahum and Habakkuk 146 3. Jeremiah 153 Notes 169 V. Between the Old Order and the New 177 1. Prophecy in Crisis 177 2. The Exilic-Deuteronomic Response 188 3. Ezekiel 193 4. Second Isaiah and the Revival of Prophecy 207 Notes 218 VI. Prophets and Prophecy in the Second Commonwealth 225 1. Palestinian Judaism in the Early Persian Period 225 2. Messianic Movements in the Early Persian Period: ' Third Isaiah 242 3. Temple Prophecy 251 4. The Eschatological Reinterpretation of Prophecy 255 5. Jonah 268 Notes 273 Index of Selected Biblical References 281 ABBREVIATIONS AcOr Acta Orientalia AJO Archiv für Orientforschung AJ SL American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, Chicago ALUOS Annual of the Leeds University Oriental Society ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, J, B. Pritchard, ed. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950, 19552, 1969s) ASTI Annual of the Swedish Theological Institute, Jerusalem/Lei- den BA The Biblical Archaeologist, Cambridge, Mass. BDB F. Brown, S. R. Driver, and C. A. Briggs, eds., A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Oxford University Press, 1906; rev. ed. 1957) Bib Biblica, Rome BibOr Bibliotheca Orientalis, Leiden BJÆL Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Manchester BWANT Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament (Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer) BZ Biblische Zeitschrift, Paderborn BZAW Beiheft zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Berlin CAH The Cambridge Ancient History CBQ The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Washington ETL Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, Louvain EvQ Evangelical Quarterly EvTh Evangelische Theologie, Munich ExpT The Expository Times, Edinburgh HeyJ Heythrop Journal 10 Abbreviations HTR Harvard Theological Review, Cambridge, Mass. HUCA The Hebrew Union College Annual, Cincinnati IB The Interpreter's Bible, G. A. Buttrick, ed. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1951-57) IDB The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, G. A. Buttrick, ed. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1962) IDBS The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Supplementary Volume, K. Crim, ed. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1976) IEJ Israel Exploration Journal, Jerusalem Int Interpretation, Richmond, Va. J AAR Journal of the American Academy of Religion JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JJS Journal of Jewish Studies, London JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Chicago JNSL Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages JQR Jewish Quarterly Review, Philadelphia J RE Journal of Religious Ethics J SOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament JSS Journal of Semitic Studies, Manchester JTS Journal of Theological Studies, Oxford LXX Septuagint MT Masoretic text NEB New English Bible (1970) NTT Nieuw theologisch Tijdschrift, Haarlem OA Oriens Antiquus, Rome OTS Oudtestamentische Studien, Leiden PJB Palästina Jahrbuch, Berlin RA Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, Paris RB Revue Biblique, Paris RHPR Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, Strasbourg RSR Recherches de science religieuse, Paris RTP Revue de théologie et de philosophie, Lausanne SBL Society of Biblical Literature SDB Supplément au Dictionnaire de la Bible, L. Pirot, A. Robert, H. Gazelles, eds. (Paris, 1928-) SEÂ Svensk Exegetisk Ârsbok, Lund SJT Scottish Journal of Theology StTh Studia Theologien, Lund SVT Supplements to Vêtus Testamentum, Leiden TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, G. Kittel and G. Friedrich, eds. (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1964-76)
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