Prophecy and Hermeneutics: Toward a New Introduction to the Prophets
"It is rare when reviewing a book to recognize that a profound paradigm shift is being proposed that deeply affects how the Old Testament prophets are to be understood. Building on over two decades of probing, critical exegesis, Christopher Seitz now offers a magisterial overview of the entire field and outlines a new and brilliant hermeneutical synthesis of biblical prophecy that restores the centrality of the canonical Scriptures to the church."--Brevard S. Childs, Yale University Divinity...
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A fresh wave of studies on the prophets has appeared in recent years. Old Testament scholar Christopher R. Seitz has written Prophecy and Hermeneutics as a way of revisiting, from the ground floor up, what gave rise to studies of the prophets in our modern period. In addition, Seitz clearly shows that a new conceptuality of prophecy, hermeneutics, history, and time is needed--one that is appropriate to current views on Isaiah and the Twelve. Scholars, students, professors, and theological libraries will find this an essential foundational resource.
Preface: Explanation and Orientation 7Introduction: Prophecy Reconfigured 15What Is an Introduction to the Prophets? 27The Overreach of History-Figuring the Prophets OutThe Prophets as a Discrete Phenomenon 55The Eclipse of Biblical Prophecy 75Prophetic Associations in the Canonical Form 93The Prophets Reconfigured 113Time in Association-Reading the TwelveProphecy and Tradition-History: The Achievement of Gerhard von Rad 155Prophecy and History: The Book of the Twelve as History 189Prophecy and Hermeneutics: Canonical Reading and Hermeneutical Reflections 221Conclusion 247Scripture Index 255Name Index 257Subject Index 261
