Literary Prophecy

The Prophet Amos, Gustave Doré (1832-1883).
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The Prophet Amos, Gustave Doré (1832-1883).

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The Prophet Isaiah, Raffaello Sanzio, Church of Sant’Agostino, Rome.
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The Prophet Isaiah, Raffaello Sanzio, Church of Sant’Agostino, Rome.

On the scroll in Isaiah’s hand is a quote from Isaiah 26-2-3- 2Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. 3You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.

The Isaiah Wall at the United Nations, New York
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The Isaiah Wall at the United Nations, New York

Photo by Ardon Bar Hama “…they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks- Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” (Isaiah 2-4)

Cry of Prophet Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem, Ilya Yefimovich Repin, 1870.
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Cry of Prophet Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem, Ilya Yefimovich Repin, 1870.

 

Perspectives on the Exile (Jeremiah, Ezekiel and 2nd Isaiah), Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006.
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Perspectives on the Exile (Jeremiah, Ezekiel and 2nd Isaiah), Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006.

I’m going to go ahead now and get started with some sixth-century material which–prophetic literature–which confronts the issues that were raised by the final destruction of Jerusalem. What was the meaning of this event and how could it be reconciled with the concept of Israel as God’s elect? How could such tremendous evil and suffering […]

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Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum and Habbakuk, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006.
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Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum and Habbakuk, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006.

We were talking last time about prophets of the Assyrian crisis. We’ve talked about two of the northern prophets, Amos and Hosea, and we started talking about Isaiah who was a southern prophet, a prophet in Judah; and we’ll be talking now about the second southern prophet of the Assyrian crisis. That is Micah, or […]

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The Prophet Jeremiah and the Exile to Babylonia, Bryna Jochebed Levy, COJS.
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The Prophet Jeremiah and the Exile to Babylonia, Bryna Jochebed Levy, COJS.

The biblical prophet Jeremiah is perhaps best remembered for his doomsday prophecies. He criticized his generation for their wayward behavior, and then watched them fall at the hands of their geopolitical enemies. Needless to say, Jeremiah lived through a tumultuous time in world history. He begins prophesying during the rule of Josiah, King of Judea, […]

Hosea and Isaiah, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006.
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Hosea and Isaiah, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006.

We’re going to move on now to our second literary prophet and this is the prophet Hosea. He was a native of the northern kingdom. So Amos and Hosea you’re going to associate with the Assyrian crisis and they are prophets of the northern kingdom of Israel. He’s prophesying in the time of Jeroboam II. […]

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Amos, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006.
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Amos, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006.

Let me just briefly recap as we are moving into the literary prophets, or the classical prophets, they are sometimes called. It is easiest to think of them as being associated with particular crises in the nation’s history. We are not going to be looking at them all, and I have picked out some of […]

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Commentary on Isaiah Chapters 13-27, Tziporah Levine, COJS.
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Commentary on Isaiah Chapters 13-27, Tziporah Levine, COJS.

The Dead Sea Scrolls Ch. 13-23- Oracles Concerning the Nations The three major later prophets—Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel—all devote considerable attention to the nations surrounding Israel, chastising them and prophesying their doom. Prophecies about the nations serve various functions in the different prophetic books. Amos uses such prophecies as a foil, lulling the Jewish people […]

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