Provides an introduction to the Old Testament prophetic books, considering their historical and social setting while surveying theological themes.

Combining a remarkable degree of scholarship, theological depth, and readability, these essays from the journal Interpretation will be an up-to-date and valuable resource for teaching and preaching the prophets.

PROPHECY IN ANCIENT ISRAEL by Johannes Lindblom (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1962/1973) is the culmination of nearly forty years of study in the field of Old Testament prophecy and is a veritable treasure trove concerning the gift of prophecy as seen in ancient Israel and beyond. Despite its character as a work of high scholarship, readers will not find an overly technical writing style or a cumbersome apparatus within the narrative line. Intriguing illustrations and quotations from both biblical and little-known, non-biblical sources are abundant and artfully placed throughout a very accessible text with numerous technical aspects examined with consummate skill.

Old Testament scholar Ronald E. Clements covers many aspects of research on the forms, structure, and theological message of the prophetic writings of the Old Testament.

The church fathers mined the Old Testament throughout for prophetic utterances regarding the Messiah, but few books yielded as much messianic ore as the Twelve Prophets, sometimes known as the Minor Prophets, not because of their relative importance but because of the relative brevity of their writings.

The books of the minor prophets - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Johan, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi - go to make up this volume of the Navarre Bible.

v. 1. Hosea, Joel, and Amos --
v. 2. Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, and Habakkuk --
v. 3. Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.