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READING THE PROPHETS AS CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURE A Literary, Canonical, and Theological Introduction Eric J. Tully READING CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURE This survey textbook is grounded in the view that the prophetic books of the Old Testament should be read as Christian Scripture. Although it covers critical issues such as authorship, background, and history, its primary focus is on the message and theology of the prophetic books and the contribution they make to the Christian canon. The prophetic books covered are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. “This volume provides a helpful introduction to prophecy in ancient Israel and to the prophetic books of the Old Testament. Well organized, with maps, informative sidebars, and thoughtful questions, Reading the Prophets as Christian Scripture will be a useful textbook and reference book.” —M. DANIEL CARROLL R., Wheaton College and Graduate School “The deceptive simplicity of the prose makes this book suitable for first-year seminary students, while the patient unpacking of structural and theological themes proves wonderfully stimulating for more advanced readers.” —D. A. CARSON, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (emeritus) “A user-friendly introduction to the Old Testament prophetic books. Great charts, time lines, maps, and pictures add to the book’s value. Also appealing is Tully’s modeling of how to read individual prophetic books as Christian Scripture.” —MARION TAYLOR, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto “If the Prophets are to be read, understood, and pro- claimed as Scripture for the people of God, then Tully has done the church a great service by writing this book. Tully takes a conservative approach to matters of authorship and date and writes to evangelical audiences, all the while interacting with critical scholarship and explaining his in- terpretive decisions.” —BO H. LIM, Seattle Pacific University “It is rare to find a volume on the prophetic books that merges the literary, canonical, and theological aspects of the Prophets in such a lucid way. Tully serves visual learners especially well. I will use this as a textbook in the classes I teach on the Prophets.” —DONNA PETTER, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
MARCH 2022 • 432 pp. • cloth • $49.99 • 9780801099731
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Eric J. Tully (PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison) is associate professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages and director of the PhD (Theological Studies) program at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of The Translation and Translator of the Peshitta of Hosea and coauthor of Old Testa- ment Textual Criticism .
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