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Preface | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Introduction | |
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Marks, Messages, and Measures of Authenticity in the Hebrew Prophets | |
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To Be a Prophet... | |
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The Divine Call | |
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The Divine Word | |
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The Divine Vision | |
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Mighty Works | |
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The Divine Spirit | |
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Prayer | |
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The Prophetic Message-What Is It? | |
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Foretelling and Forthtelling | |
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Corrective Speech | |
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Covenant Disobedience | |
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Social Injustice | |
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Censure of Other Nations | |
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Authentic Messages | |
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Messages of the Prophets | |
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Early Messengers of Yahweh | |
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Samuel: Prophet of Obedience | |
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Nathan: Prophet of the Covenants | |
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Gad: Prophet to David about the Census | |
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Elijah: Prophet of Yahweh Alone | |
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Elisha: Prophet against Moab and Syria | |
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Amos: Prophet of Justice and Righteousness | |
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Second Moses: Prophet of the Song | |
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Hosea: Prophet of Divine Compassion | |
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Micah: Prophet against Urban Oppression | |
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Isaiah: Prophet of Holiness and the Holy One | |
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Zephaniah: Prophet of the Day of Yahweh | |
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Habakkuk: Prophet at the Watchtower | |
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Huldah: Prophetess of the Temple Scroll | |
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Joel: Prophet of the Outpouring Spirit | |
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Nahum: Prophet against Assyria | |
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Feremiah: Prophet of the New Covenant | |
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Obadiah: Prophet against Edom | |
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Ezekiel: Prophet of Yahweh's Glory | |
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Second Isaiah: Prophet of the Incomparability of Yahweh | |
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Jonah: The Reluctant Prophet | |
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Haggai: Prophet for Rebuilding the Temple | |
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Zechariah: Prophet of the Branch | |
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Second Zechariah: Prophet of Yahweh's Coming King | |
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Malachi: Prophet of Yahweh's Messenger | |
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Measures of Authenticity | |
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The Locus of Authenticity | |
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The Inspirational Event | |
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The Prophetic Act | |
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The Dynamic Message | |
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The Believing Community | |
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Tests for Authenticity | |
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Visions and Signs | |
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The Way of Yahweh | |
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Fulfillment of Yahweh's Word | |
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Prophetic Integrity | |
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Moral Behavior | |
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Poetry, Prose, Rhetoric, and Symbolism in the Herbrew Prophets | |
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Prophetic Discourse in Poetry and Prose | |
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Hebrew Poetry | |
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Poetry in the Hebrew Prophets | |
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Prophetic Oracles in Prose | |
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Rhetorical Discourse in the Prophets | |
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Rhetoric in the Ancient Near East | |
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Hebrew Rhetoric | |
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Prophetic Rhetoric | |
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Repetition | |
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Accumulation | |
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Tropes | |
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Comparison | |
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Contrast | |
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Argument | |
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Humor and Irony | |
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Drama | |
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Prophetic Signs, Wonders, and Symbolic Behavior | |
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Signs and Wonders | |
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Symbolic Acts | |
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Ahijah the Shilonite | |
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Alijah and Elisha | |
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Amos | |
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Isaiah | |
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Jeremiah | |
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Ezekiel | |
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The Prophet as Symbol | |
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Conclusion | |
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Notes | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index of Passages | |
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Index of Subjects | |