$8.16
Details
Understanding the Old Testament Prophets
Author: Prof. Carol J. Dempsey, O.P., Ph.D.
Series: Learn25: Religion
Narrator: Prof. Carol J. Dempsey, O.P., Ph.D.
Unabridged: 7 hr 21 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 07/29/2010
Genre: Religion - Biblical Commentary - Old Testament
Includes:
Bonus PDF 
Synopsis
Some of the Old Testament's most powerful language and vision comes from Israel's great prophets. Prophetic texts present timeless challenges to men and women down through the ages. They continue to evoke powerful responses from contemporary readers and listeners. This course explores the worldviews and theologies of the ancient Near Eastern world to highlight how they influenced the message and mission of Israel's ancient prophets, and how these shaped written prophetic texts as they appear in the biblical canon today, and how they influenced Jesus' gospel message. You will consider the prophetic call, vocation, charism, persona, mission, and experience. Through other topics, you'll explore the role of imagination in prophetic proclamations, metaphor and symbolic action, the prophets' portrayal of God, the prophets' vision for worship and cosmic redemption, and discuss the violence embedded within prophetic texts. Two clusters of texts, the laments of Jeremiah and the servant songs of Isaiah are explored in detail. Throughout the course, Israel's transgressions are exposed, and disturbing images are held up for hermeneutical and critical theological reflection. The final portion of the course explores the life and mission of Jesus within the prophetic tradition.
by Alec Motyer
Many of us know and love the stories and characters of the Old Testament such as Joseph, Moses and Jonah. But how do we view its importance in relation to New Testament teaching and our 21st century experiences? This accessible yet powerful addition...
Published: 09/01/2017
by Skip Heitzig
Genesis means origin, source, or beginning. In this series Skip Heitzig takes us on a fast-paced journey from creation and the beginning of man to the origin of sin and God's wonderful plan to rescue mankind from sin through the promised Messiah. ...
Published: 03/24/1983
by Nicholas Ayo
Join celebrated Great Books professor Fr. Nicholas Ayo in exploring one of the Bible’s most unusual books.At once sensual and sacred, the Song of Songs, sometimes known as the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, contains some of the ...
Published: 12/30/2009
by Kameel Majdali
"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever" &m...
Published: 05/16/2022
by Stephen Kaung
Why do the righteous suffer? This is an age long dilemma. The human soul agitates over it. Man's wisdom endeavors to solve it. But God alone has the right answer. In the book of Job, God reveals the hidden purpose behind the suffering of the righteo...
Published: 01/29/2019
by Stephen Kaung
"Long ago, a remnant of the children of Israel returned to Jerusalem. Through great difficulties, the temple was rebuilt. However, the complete restoration of the testimony of God also included the rebuilding of the city and its wall. From the first...
Published: 08/31/2020
by Jared Byas
Jonah’s encounter with a big fish is one of the most widely recognised—and misunderstood—stories in the Bible. In this highly accessible guide to the book of Jonah, Jared Byas invites modern-day readers to explore the context behin...
Published: 06/08/2022
by Russell M Stendal
This is an in-depth look at practical and prophetic meanings in the book of Esther. Esther, representing the morning star, is part of a symbolic story of how the people of God triumph after an evil force (Haman) obtains the ring of power and sets a ...
Published: 02/11/2020
by Enoch
The narrative of the Book of the Watchers is told from the point of view of Enoch and not surprisingly focuses on a class of angels known as the Watchers. Watchers are featured in the Book of Daniel as well as some of the other apocryphal books of t...
Published: 09/07/2022