'n Verkenning van tendense in profetenavorsing

 

 

Wilhelm J. Wessels

Unisa

Correspondence

 

 

---

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to obtain a general idea of research that was done in recent years on Old Testament prophets and prophetic literature. Due to the vast amounts of material available, the decision was made to rather look at some tendencies and approaches which underlie the research on the prophets than provide an overview of the field. This was done by observing research done by a few prominent scholars in this field of Old Testament prophetic literature, but also to look at some compilations of articles published in book format. This article not only aims at highlighting current tendencies which surface in prophetic research, but also to point to future tendencies that need to be researched with regards to Old Testament prophets and prophecy.

---

 

 

“Full text available only in PDF format”

 

 

BIBLIOGRAFIE

Auld, A. G. "Prophets through the Looking Glass: Between Writings and Moses." Bladsye 22-42 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Baker, D. W. "Israelite Prophets and Prophecy." Bladsye 266-294 in The Face of Old Testament Studies. A Survey of Comtemporary Approaches. Saamgestel deur Baker, D. W. en Arnold, B. T. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1999.         [ Links ]

Barrick, W. D. "Review of The Face of Old Testament Studies. A Survey of Comtemporary Approaches, by Baker, D. W. en Arnold, B. T. (eds.)." TMSJ 11/2(2000): 239-242.         [ Links ]

Barstad, H. M. "No prophets? Recent Developments in Biblical Prophetic Research and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy." Bladsye 106-126 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Barton, J. "Jeremiah in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha." Bladsye 306-317 in Troubling Jeremiah. Saamgestel deur Diamond, A. R., O'Connor, K. M. & Stulman, L. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.         [ Links ]

Bauer, A. "Dressed to Be Killed: Jeremiah 4.29-31 as an Example for the Functions of Female Imagery in Jeremiah." Bladsye 293-305 in Troubling Jeremiah. Saamgestel deur Diamond, A. R., O'Connor, K. M. & Stulman, L. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.         [ Links ]

Blenkinsopp, J. A History of Prophecy in Ancient Israel. London: SPCK, 1983.         [ Links ]

_____ A History of Prophecy in Ancient Israel. London: SPCK, 1996.         [ Links ]

_____ "Second Isaiah-Prophet of Universalism." Bladsye 186-206 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Boshoff, W. S. "The female imagery in the book of Hosea. Considering the marriage metaphor in Hosea 1-2 by listening to female voices." OTE 15/1) 2002): 23-41.         [ Links ]

Bosman, J. P. "The good, the bad and the Belial: Traces of wisdom in the prophetic rhetoric of Nahum." OTE 15/3(2002): 589-599.         [ Links ]

Botha, P. J. red. Old Testament Essays: Index Volume, 1983-2002. OTE. Pretoria: OTWSA, 2003 .         [ Links ]

Brenner, A. "Pornoprophets Revisited: Some Additional Reflections." Bladsye 252-275 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996. Brueggemann, W. Theology of the Old Testament: testimony, dispute, advocacy. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.         [ Links ]

Brueggemann, W. "Next Steps in Jeremiah Studies." Saamgestel deur Diamond, A. R., O'Connor, K. M. & Stulman, L. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.         [ Links ]

Carr, D. "Reaching for Unity in Isaiah." Bladsye 164-183 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Carroll, R. P. Jeremiah. A commentary (OTL). London: SCM, 1986.         [ Links ]

_____ "The book of J: Intertextuality and Ideological Criticism." Bladsye 220-243 in Troubling Jeremiah. 220-243. Saamgestel deur Diamond, A. R., O'Connor, K. M. & Stulman, L. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.         [ Links ]

_____ "Something Rich and Strange: Imagining a Future for Jeremiah Studies." Bladsye 423-443 in Troubling Jeremiah. Saamgestel deur Diamond, A. R., O'Connor, K. M. & Stulman, L. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.         [ Links ]

_____ When Prophecy Failed. Reactions and responses to failure in the Old Testament prophetic traditions. London: SCM, 1979.         [ Links ]

_____ "Review of A History of Prophecy in Israel, by Blenkinsopp, J. 1983." JSOT 34(1986): 119-122.         [ Links ]

_____ "Poets Not Prophets: A Response to 'Prophets through the Looking Glass'." Bladsye 43-49 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Chalcraft, D. J. ed. Social-Scientific Old Testament Criticism: A Sheffield Reader. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.         [ Links ]

Crenshaw, J. L. Prophets, Sages, & Poets. St. Louis, Missouri: Chalice Press, 2006.         [ Links ]

_____ "Transmitting Prophecy across Generations." Bladsye 31-44 in Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. Saamgestel deur Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. reds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.         [ Links ]

Clements, R E. "The Prophet as an Author: The Case of the Isaiah Memoir." Bladsye 89-101 in Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. Saamgestel deur Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. reds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.         [ Links ]

_____ "Prophecy Interpreted: Intertextuality and Theodicy - A Case Study of Jeremiah 26:16-24." Bladsye 32-44 in Uprooting and Planting. Essays on Jeremiah for Leslie Ellen. Saamgestel deur Goldingay, J. New York: T. & T. Clark, 2007.         [ Links ]

Culley, R. C. "Orality and Writtenness in the Propehtic Texts." Bladsye 45-64 in Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. Saamgestel deur Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. reds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.         [ Links ]

Davies, P. R. red. The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

_____ "Pen of iron, point of diamond" (Jer 17:1): Prophecy as Writing." Bladsye 65-81 in Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. Saamgestel deur Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. reds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.         [ Links ]

Dearman, J. A. "Review of The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader, by Davies, P. R. 1996." CBQ 60(1998): 600-601.         [ Links ]

Dempsey, C. J. The Prophets: A Liberation-Critical Reading. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000.         [ Links ]

Diamond, A. R. P. "Portraying Prophecy: Of Doublets, Variants and Analogies in the Narrative Representation of Jeremiah's Oracles-Reconstructing the Hermeneutics of Prophecy." Bladsye 313-333 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Diamond, A. R. P.; O'Connor, K. M.; en Stulman, L. reds. Troubling Jeremiah. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.         [ Links ]

Doan, W. en Giles, T. Prophets, Performance and Power: Performance Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. New York: T. & T. Clark, 2005.         [ Links ]

Domeris, W. R. "When Metaphor Becomes Myth: A Socio-linguistic Reading of Jeremiah." Bladsye 244-262 in Troubling Jeremiah. Saamgestel deur Diamond, A. R., O'Connor, K. M. & Stulman, L. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.         [ Links ]

Eades, K. L. "Review of Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy, by Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. (eds)." Review of Biblical Literature 4(2002): 200-203.         [ Links ]

Floyd, M. "Write the revelation!" (Hab 2:2): Re-imagining the Cultural History of Prophecy." Bladsye 103-143 in Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. Saamgestel deur Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. reds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.         [ Links ]

Friebel, K. G. "Review of Troubling Jeremiah, by Diamond, A R P, O'Connor, K M, en Stulman, L (eds)." CBQ 62(2000): 774-776.         [ Links ]

Goldingay, J. red. Uprooting and Planting. Essays on Jeremiah for Leslie Ellen. New York: T. & T. Clark, 2007.         [ Links ]

Grabbe, L. L. Priests, Prophets, Diviners, Sages: A Socio-historical Study of Religious Specialists in Ancient Israel. Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1995.         [ Links ]

Houston, W. J. Contending forJustice. Ideologies and Theologies of Social Justice in the Old Testament. London: T. & T. Clark, 2006.         [ Links ]

Holt, E. K. "Review of Thematic Threads in the Book of the Twelve, by Redditt, P. L. and Schart, A. (eds)." Review of Biblical Literature 6 f2004): 256-260.         [ Links ]

Hubbard, R. L. "Review of The Face of Old Testament Studies. A Survey of Comtemporary Approaches, by Baker, D. W. and Arnold, B. T. (eds)." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 44/2(2001): 323-325.         [ Links ]

Jenson, P. Review of The Face of Old Testament Studies. A Survey of Comtemporary Approaches, by Baker, D. W. and Arnold, B. T. (eds)." EQ 74/4(2002): 353-354.         [ Links ]

Johnson, D. H. Nuer Prophets: A history of Prophecy from the Upper Nile in the 19th and 20th centuries. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995.         [ Links ]

Kselman, J. S. "Review of A History of Prophecy in Israel, by Blenkinsopp, J 1983." CBQ 47/4(1985): 693-695.         [ Links ]

Lalleman - de Winkel, H. Jeremiah in Prophetic Tradition. An examination of the Book of Jeremiah in the Light of Israel's Prophetic Traditions. Leuven: Peeters, 2000.         [ Links ]

Lee, N. C. "Prophet and Singer in the Fray: The book of Jeremiah." Bladsye 190-209 in Uprooting and Planting. Essays on Jeremiah for Leslie Ellen. Saamgestel deur Goldingay, J. New York: T. & T. Clark, 2007.         [ Links ]

Lessing, R. Orality in the Prophets. Concordia Journal 29/2 (2003): 152-165.         [ Links ]

Lessing, R. R. "Review of Thematic Threads in the Book of the Twelve by Redditt, P. L. and Schart, A. (eds)." CBQ 66(2004): 340-341.         [ Links ]

Lindblom, J. Prophecy in Ancient Israel. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1963.         [ Links ]

Mays, J. L. "Review of A History of Prophecy in Israel, by Blenkinsopp, J 1996." Interpretation 39/4(1985): 414-416.         [ Links ]

Nissinen, M. "Spoken, Written, Quoted, and Invented: Orality and Writtenness in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy." Bladsye 235-271 in Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. Saamgestel deur Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. reds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.         [ Links ]

Overholt, T. W. "Seeing is Believing: The Social Setting of Prophetic Act of Power." Bladsye 314-340 in Social-Scientific Old Testament Criticism: A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Chalcraft, D. J. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.         [ Links ]

_____ "Prophecy in History: The Social Reality of Interpretation." Bladsye 61-84 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

_____ Prophecy in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1986.         [ Links ]

_____ Channels of Prophecy: The Social Dynamics of Prophetic Activity. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989.         [ Links ]

Perdue, L. G. The collapse of History: Reconstructing Old Testament Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994.         [ Links ]

Petersen, D. L. "Review of A History of Prophecy in Israel, by Blenkinsopp, J 1983." JBL 4(1985): 689-691.         [ Links ]

Pilkington, C. M. "Review of The Face of Old Testament Studies. A Survey of Comtemporary Approaches, by Baker, D. W. and Arnold, B. T. (eds)." JSOT 94(2001): 3.         [ Links ]

Pleins, J. D. The Social Visions of the Hebrew Bible. A Theological Introduction. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001.         [ Links ]

Prinsloo, G. T. M. Yahweh the warrior: An intertextual reading of Habakuk 3. OTE 12/3(1999): 515-535.         [ Links ]

Redditt, P. L. en Schart, A. reds. Thematic Threads in the Book of the Twelve. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2003.         [ Links ]

Redford, D. B "Scribe and Speaker." Bladsye 145-218 in Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. Saamgestel deur Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. reds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.         [ Links ]

Rehm, M. D. "Review of A History of Prophecy in Israel, by Blenkinsopp, J 1996." Concordia Journal 26/2(2000): 111-112.         [ Links ]

Reimer, D. J. "Review of Troubling Jeremiah, by Diamond, A R P, O'Connor, K M, en Stulman, L (eds)." JSOT 89(2000): 73-74.         [ Links ]

Sawyer, J. F. A. "Daughter of Zion and Servant of the Lord in Isaiah: A Comparison." Bladsye 233- 251 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Scharper, J. "Exilic and Post-Exilic Prophecy and the Orality/Literacy Problem." Vetus Testamentum LV/3(2005): 324-342.         [ Links ]

Smith, D. L. "Jeremiah as Prophet of Nonviolent Resistance." Bladsye 207-218 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Stiebert, J. "The woman metaphor of Ezekiel 16 and 23: A victim of violence, or a symbol of subversion?" OTE 15, 1(2002): 200-208.         [ Links ]

Stone, B. W. "Second Isaiah: Prophet to Patriachy." Bladsye 219-232 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Stulman, L. "Insiders and Outsiders in the Book of Jeremiah: Shifts in Symbolic Arrangements." Bladsye 292-312 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Sweeney, M. A. Form and Intertextuality in the Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2005.         [ Links ]

Terblanche, M. D. "'Rosen und Lavendel nach Blut und Eisen': Intertextuality in the book of Amos." OTE 10/2(1997): 312-321.         [ Links ]

Tomasino, A. J. "Isaiah 1.1-2.4 and 63-66, and the Composition of the Isaianic Composition." Bladsye 147-163 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Van der Toorn, K. "From the Oral to the Written: The Case of Old Babylonian Prophecy." Bladsye 219-234 in Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. Saamgestel deur Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. reds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.         [ Links ]

Van Dijk-Hemmes, F. "The Imagination of Power and the Power of Imagination An Intertextual Analysis of Two Biblical Love Songs: The Song of Songs and Hosea 2." Bladsye 278-291 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Van Seters, J. "Prophetic Orality in the Context of the Ancient Near East: A Response to Culley, Crenshaw, and Davies." Bladsye 83-88 in Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. Saamgestel deur Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. reds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.         [ Links ]

Von Rad, G. Old Testament Theology, vol 2. Vertaal deur D. M. G. Stalker. London: SCM, 1965.         [ Links ]

Wendland, E. R. "What's the 'Good News' - Check out 'the feet'! Prophetic rhetoric and the salvific centre of Nahum's 'vision'". OTE 11/1(1998): 154-181.         [ Links ]

Whitelam, K. W. "The social world of the Bible." Bladsye 35-49 in The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation. Saamegestel deur Barton, J. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998.         [ Links ]

Williamson, H. G. M. "A Response to A. Greame Auld." Bladsye 50-56 in The Prophets. A Sheffield Reader. Saamgestel deur Davies, P. R. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.         [ Links ]

Wilson, R. R. Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel. Philadelphia: Fortess Press, 1980.         [ Links ]

Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. reds. Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.         [ Links ]

Zvi, E. B. "Introduction: Writings, Speeches, and the Propehtic Books- Setting an Agenda." Bladsye 1-29 in Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy. Saamgestel deur Zvi, E. B. en Floyd, M. H. reds. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.         [ Links ]

 

 

Correspondence:
Wilhelm J. Wessels
Professor of Old Testament
Department of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
University of South Africa
PO Box 392, Pretoria, 0003, South Africa
E-mail: wessewi@unisa.ac.za