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by Bernhard W. Anderson (Author), Foster R. McCurley (Editor)
Bernhard Anderson has written a commentary that gives new perspective and clarity to the prophetic tradition and demonstrates the timely nature of the prophets' messages for today. 'The Eighth Century Prophets' treats the four Old Testament figures as a 'prophetic quartet' that produced a powerful and startling consensus about Israel's relationship to God and the world. The core of the prophetic message is shown to be both religious and political as Anderson describes and explains the great themes of Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, and Micah: divine judgment, the present and the future, justice and mercy, the covenant, walking humbly with God, and waiting for God. Included is a bibliography and time chart of Eighth Century Israel.
Author Biography
Bernhard W. Anderson is Professor of Old Testament Theology Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary and author of many popular books including the best selling 'Understanding the Old Testament.'
Foster R. McCurley, editor of this series, is former Dean of the Faculty Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Lutheran Theological Seminary. McCurley is also the author of 'Wrestling with the Word Christian' and 'Preaching from the Hebrew Bible.'
