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Forming Prophetic Literature: Essays on Isaiah and the Twelve in Honor of John D.W. Watts

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Main Details

Title Forming Prophetic Literature: Essays on Isaiah and the Twelve in Honor of John D.W. Watts
Authors and Contributors      Edited by James W. Watts
Edited by Paul R. House
SeriesThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:330
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781850756415
ClassificationsDewey:224.106
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Sheffield Academic Press
Publication Date 1 October 1996
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

These essays are written in honour of John D.W. Watts, formerly Professor of Old Testament at Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky and Old Testament editor of the Word Biblical Commentary, well known for his contributions, especially to scholarship on the prophetic books. Accordingly, the essays here address the literary, redactional and canonical questions posed by the Hebrew Bible's prophetic literature. The prophetic books have defied easy classification according to genre or facile explanation of their historical development. With a special focus on the books of Isaiah and of the Twelve Prophets, the nature and formation of prophecy as literature is probed from a variety of methodological standpoints, including textual criticism, synchronic literary analysis, tradition history and redaction criticism.

Author Biography

James Watts is Associate Professor of Religion at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA. Paul House is Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. Paul House is Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.