Edgar W. Conrad is Director of Postgraduate Studies, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland. This book further develops Conrad's approach to reading prophetic books in his earlier research on Isaiah and the Twelve.

• Preface; Introduction; 1 Prophetic books: toward a semiotics of reading; 2 Texts and history; 3 Ordering Prophetic books; 4 Opening Prophetic books; 5 The Words of Amos and Jeremiah: reading Jeremiah in the light of Amos; 6 'And it happened to Jonah and Ezekiel': reading Ezekiel in the light of Jonah; 7 The 'Vision' of Isaiah: Reading Isaiah in the light of the other prophets of vision; 8 '[The] beginning of Yahweh spoke [was] with Hosea': reading the twelve in the light of the major prophets; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of references; Index of authors

"Conrad's book is original and offers new insights on the prophets and the prophetic books....few interpreters of Scripture go so quickly and reflectively to the heart of a text as does F. If one wants to hear the word of Yhwh afresh in the study of Jeremiah, this commentary gives the reader a whole new set of ears for careful listening." -The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 67, 2005

Edgar W. Conrad is Director of Postgraduate Studies, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland. This book further develops Conrad's approach to reading prophetic books in his earlier research on Isaiah and the Twelve.

• Preface; Introduction; 1 Prophetic books: toward a semiotics of reading; 2 Texts and history; 3 Ordering Prophetic books; 4 Opening Prophetic books; 5 The Words of Amos and Jeremiah: reading Jeremiah in the light of Amos; 6 'And it happened to Jonah and Ezekiel': reading Ezekiel in the light of Jonah; 7 The 'Vision' of Isaiah: Reading Isaiah in the light of the other prophets of vision; 8 '[The] beginning of Yahweh spoke [was] with Hosea': reading the twelve in the light of the major prophets; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of references; Index of authors

"Conrad's book is original and offers new insights on the prophets and the prophetic books....few interpreters of Scripture go so quickly and reflectively to the heart of a text as does F. If one wants to hear the word of Yhwh afresh in the study of Jeremiah, this commentary gives the reader a whole new set of ears for careful listening." -The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 67, 2005

Edgar W. Conrad is Director of Postgraduate Studies, School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland. This book further develops Conrad's approach to reading prophetic books in his earlier research on Isaiah and the Twelve.

• Preface; Introduction; 1 Prophetic books: toward a semiotics of reading; 2 Texts and history; 3 Ordering Prophetic books; 4 Opening Prophetic books; 5 The Words of Amos and Jeremiah: reading Jeremiah in the light of Amos; 6 'And it happened to Jonah and Ezekiel': reading Ezekiel in the light of Jonah; 7 The 'Vision' of Isaiah: Reading Isaiah in the light of the other prophets of vision; 8 '[The] beginning of Yahweh spoke [was] with Hosea': reading the twelve in the light of the major prophets; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of references; Index of authors

"Conrad's book is original and offers new insights on the prophets and the prophetic books....few interpreters of Scripture go so quickly and reflectively to the heart of a text as does F. If one wants to hear the word of Yhwh afresh in the study of Jeremiah, this commentary gives the reader a whole new set of ears for careful listening." -The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 67, 2005