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The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness - by Andrew T Abernethy & William R Osborne & Paul D Wegner (Paperback)
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Highlights
- How should Christians read prophetic literature?
- About the Author: Paul D. Wegner is Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Gateway Seminary, Ontario, California, with a specialty in the study of Isaiah.
- 352 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation
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About the Book
How should Christians read prophetic literature? This collaborative endeavor identifies the interpretive methods used throughout history and constructs a way forward for our own approach to reading the Major Prophets, offering fresh and helpful insights to scholars, students, and pastors as they engage with the text.
Book Synopsis
How should Christians read prophetic literature? Questions abound both in the academy and the church as to how to engage the prophets, particularly in light of the New Testament. The Gospel writers and the church fathers all read and appealed to the Old Testament, but are we as modern-day readers supposed to take the same approach? The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness is a dialogue among scholars that identifies the interpretive methods used throughout history while also charting a constructive way forward for our own approach to reading the Major Prophets.
This comprehensive volume brings together experts on Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel to illuminate the following topics:
- How the Apostles Read the Major Prophets as Christian Scripture
- Limits on Reading the Major Prophets as Christian Scripture
- Reading the Major Prophets in the Footsteps of the Apostles
- The History of Interpretation of the Major Prophets as Christian Scripture
- Preaching the Major Prophets as Christian Scripture
This collaborative endeavor offers fresh and helpful insights to scholars, students, and pastors alike as they engage with the text of the Major Prophets.
Review Quotes
"The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness is a real treat of a book. It wrestles in healthy dialogue with the content and relevance of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. It examines questions about how they work canonically as well. The book shows we should not ignore these prophetic voices, and it makes us think carefully about how to do that well."
--Darrell Bock, senior research professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological SeminaryAbout the Author
Paul D. Wegner is Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Gateway Seminary, Ontario, California, with a specialty in the study of Isaiah. Previously he taught at Phoenix Seminary and Moody Bible Institute. His books include A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible and the Tyndale Old Testament Commentary on Isaiah.
Andrew T. Abernethy (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College. He has written several books, including Eating in Isaiah (Brill, 2014), The Book of Isaiah and God's Kingdom (IVP, 2016), God's Messiah in the Old Testament, with Greg Goswell (Baker, 2020), Discovering Isaiah (Eerdmans, 2021), and Savoring Scripture (IVP, 2022).
William R. Osborne (PhD, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri. He is the author of Trees and Kings (Eisenbrauns/PSU, 2018), Divine Blessing and the Fullness of Life in the Presence of God (Crossway, 2020), and co-edited with Mark Boda and Russell Meek Riddles and Revelations (T and T Clark, 2018).