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Author Seeskin, Kenneth, 1947- author.

Title Thinking about the prophets : a philosopher reads the Bible / Kenneth Seeskin, the Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society ; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 137 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series JPS essential Judaism series
JPS essential Judaism series.
Note "Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book."--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents 1. Amos: moral idealism -- 2. Hosea: divine pathos -- 3. First Isaiah, Part 1 : War and peace -- 4. First Isaiah, Part 2 : The coming of the Messiah -- 5. Jeremiah: suffering for the sake of God -- 6. Ezekiel: freedom and responsibility -- 7. Second Isaiah: monotheism takes hold -- 8. Job: innocent suffering.
Summary "Rethinking the great literary prophets whose ministry ran from the eighth to the sixth centuries BCE- Amos, Hosea, First Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Second Isaiah, and Job-Thinking about the Prophets examines their often-shocking teachings in light of their times, their influence upon later Western and Jewish thinkers, and their enduring lessons for us"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Bible. Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Prophets.
Bible. Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Job.
Bible. Prophets -- Influence.
Bible. Job -- Influence.
Bible. Job.
Bible. Prophets.
Spiritual life -- Judaism.
Spiritual life -- Christianity.
Spiritual life -- Judaism.
Spiritual life -- Christianity.
PHILOSOPHY -- Religious.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Seeskin, Kenneth, 1947- Thinking about the prophets. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2020 9780827615052 (DLC) 2020004127 (OCoLC)1145106358
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9780827615052 (paperback)
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