Oracles of God: Perceptions of Ancient Prophecy in Israel After the Exile

Oracles of God is a study of ideas about ancient prophecy current in Judaism and Christianity from the Exile to the end of the New Testament period. It examines the prophetic section of the Old Testament canon in both Hebrew and Greek traditions, the various pictures of prophets, their role and message, in Judaism and early Christianity, and looks at the various ways in which prophetic scriptures were read in the period.