The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets: Imagining the Minor Prophets' World
By (Author) Dr. John Goldingay
Zondervan
Zondervan Academic
18th May 2023
United States
Adult Education
Non Fiction
Old Testaments
Bibles
Bible readings, selections and meditations
History of religion
224.906
Paperback
256
Width 139mm, Height 213mm, Spine 22mm
240g
Understand the Prophets Like Never Before with Amazing Insights from One of Today's Foremost Old Testament Scholars
For many Christians reading the Old Testament, trying to understand Israel's prophets is like listening to just one side of a phone conversation--you only get half the idea of it. You hear the answer, but how do you know what question the prophet is answering
In The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets, John Goldingay uncovers the questions behind the prophets' answers that make their meaning and relevance intelligible to us. Written as a series of imaginary letters to the twelve Minor Prophets, The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets asks the kinds of questions that Hosea, Micah, Zechariah, and others were answering. The letters make clear the issues these prophets of Israel were dealing with or deliver the news they were responding to in their Old Testament writings. For example,
These and other questions help readers peer behind the veil of Minor Prophets' utterances and unlock their significance for today's Christians. Each chapter:
The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets offers an imaginative, fun, and engaging way for students, pastors, and all serious Bible readers get a better grip on what is happening in these often misunderstood biblical books and get more out of their Bible reading and study.
John Goldingay is the David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Old Testament Theology vol. 1 (2003), Walk On (2002), Men Behaving Badly (2000), To the Usual Suspects (1998), After Eating the Apricot (1996), Models for Interpretation of Scripture (1995), and Model for Scripture (1994), as well as commentaries on Daniel and Isaiah.