Guide to Old Testament Prophecy - Softcover

Mowvley, Harry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718891376 ISBN 13: 9780718891374

Publisher: Lutterworth Press, 2003

Synopsis

An introduction to the basic principles of prophecy in the Old Testament, the background against which the prophets worked and their underlying ideals. An introduction to Old Testament prophecy offering an understanding of its basic principles, the background against which the prophets worked and the underlying ideal they took for granted. Mowvley explains the significance of the Word, the place of symbolic action and the meaning of such prophetic ideas as holiness and righteousness. The relationships between priest and prophet and between prophetic utterance and Wisdom literature are also brought out, so as to provide one of the best guides available to contemporary Biblical scholarship on prophecy and the prophets in the Old Testament.

About this title

About the Author

Harry Mowvley trained for the Baptist ministry at Bristol Baptist College and Regent's Park College, Oxford. After serving as pastor in several congregations, he taught at Bristol Baptist College, where he became Vice-Principal. He was also Special Lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at the University of Bristol.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718891376
• ISBN 13: 9780718891374
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160