Thinking abou TThe ProPheTs Universiy of Nebraska Press Lincoln Thinking about the Prophets A Philosopher Reads the Bible k e n n e T hs e e s k i n The Jewish Publication Sociey Philadelphia © 2020 by Kenneth Seeskin All rights reserved. Published by the Universiy of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Sociey book. Manufactured in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Seeskin, Kenneth, 1947– author. Title: Thinking about the prophets: a philosopher reads the Bible / Kenneth Seeskin, The Jewish Publication Sociey, Philadelphia. Description: Lincoln: Universiy of Nebraska Press, 2020. | Series: JPS essential Judaism | Includes bibliographical references. Identiiers: LCCn 2020004127 isbn 9780827615052 (paperback) isbn 9780827618527 (epub) isbn 9780827618534 (mobi) isbn 9780827618541 (pdf ) Subjects: LCsh: Bible. Prophets—Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Bible. Job—Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Bible. Prophets—Inluence. | Bible. Job—Inluence. | Spiritual life—Judaism. | Spiritual life—Christianiy. Classiication: LCC bs1286 .s44 2020 | DDC 224/.06—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020004127 Set in Merope by Mikala R. Kolander. To the memory of Sherry Wasserman Acknowledgments Contents Preface: Children of Prophets Introduction: What Is a Prophet? 1. Amos:Moral Idealism 2. Hosea:Divine Pathos 3. FirstIsaiah, Part 1: War and Peace 4.
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