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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 | |