John Day is Professor of Old Testament Studies in the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

• PrefaceList of ContributorsAbbreviationsPart IThe Ancient Near Eastern Context of ProphecyMartti Nissinen COMPARING PROPHETIC SOURCES: PRINCIPLES AND A TEST CASE Stuart Weeks PREDICTIVE AND PROPHETIC LITERATURE: CAN NEFERTI HELP US READ THE BIBLE?Jonathan Stökl PROPHETESSES IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTPart IISpecific ThemesH.G.M. WilliamsonPROPHETESSES IN THE HEBREW BIBLEDavid Reimer INTERPERSONAL FORGIVENESS AND THE HEBREW PROPHETSPart IIISociological, Anthropological and Psychological PerspectivesWalter J. Houston EXIT THE OPPRESSED PEASANT? RETHINKING THE BACKGROUND OF SOCIAL CRITICISM IN THE PROPHETSLester L. Grabbe SHAMAN PREACHER OR SPIRIT MEDIUM? THE ISRAELITE PROPHET IN THE LIGHT OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL MODELSPaul M. Joyce THE PROPHETS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONPart IVProphecy and the Prophets in Specific Biblical BooksErnest Nicholson DEUTERONOMY 18.9-22, THE PROPHETS AND SCRIPTUREDavid Lamb 'A PROPHET INSTEAD OF YOU' (1 KINGS 19.16.): ELIJAH, ELISHA AND PROPHETIC SUCCESSIONJohn Barton THE THEOLOGY OF AMOSJohn Day HOSEA AND THE BAAL CULTJohn J. Collins THE SIGN OF IMMANUELReinhard G. Kratz REWRITING ISAIAH: THE CASE OF ISAIAH 28-31Hywel Clifford DEUTERO-ISAIAH AND MONOTHEISMPhilip S. Johnston 'NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T!' JEREMIAH AND GODJill Middlemas EXCLUSIVELY YAHWEH: ANICONISM AND ANTHROPOMORPHISM IN EZEKIELTchavdar Hadjiev ZEPHANIAH AND THE 'BOOK OF THE TWELVE' HYPOTHESIS Kevin J. Cathcart 'LAW IS PARALYSED' (HAB. 1.4). HABAKKUK'S DIALOGUE WITH GOD AND THE LANGUAGE OF LEGAL DISPUTATIONElie Assis STRUCTURE AND MEANING IN THE BOOK OF MALACHI Susan Gillingham NEW WINE AND OLD WINESKINS: THREE APPROACHES TO PROPHECY AND PSALMODY. Gary Knoppers DEMOCRATIZING REVELATION? PROPHETS, SEERS AND VISIONARIES IN CHRONICLESChristopher Rowland PROPHECY AND THE NEW TESTAMENTIndex of ReferencesIndex of Authors

Reviewed in Revue de Theologie et de Philosophie.