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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Prophecy and the biblical prophets</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Sawyer, John F. A.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Oxford University Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1993</dateIssued>
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    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xii, 180 p. ;  21 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Part 1 The phenomenon of prophecy: the prophetic experience; divine posession; prophetic symbolism and second sight; miracle-working; predicting the future; the role of the prophet in society. Part 2 The prophetic literature: the oracle; messenger speech; otherliterary types; editorial arrangement. Part 3 The message of the prophets: social justice; the God of the prophets; the city of David; the day of the Lord. Part 4 The prophets (I) - Moses to Huldah: the five books of Moses; the former prophets. Part 5 The prophets (II) - Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel: Isaiah; Jeremiah; Ezekiel. Part 6 The prophets (III) - Daniel to Malachi: Daniel; the twelve minor prophets. Part 7 Prophesy and interpretation: prophecy and fulfilment in the Bible and early Church; the prophets in ancient Judaism; biblical prophecy in the history of religion.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">John F. A. Sawyer</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Prophets.Bible. Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">BS1505.2  .S28 1993</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">97801982620910198262094</identifier>
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