The Prophets: A Liberation-Critical Reading

by Carol J. Dempsey

Overview

This is the third volume (of a four-volume set) of readings of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament from the perspective of Liberation Theology and feminist criticism. In it Dempsey provides both overviews and discussions of specific passages. Her approach allows her to provide critique and to plumb the depths of the texts' potential for liberation.

Part 1: Power and DominationPart 2: From Power and Domination to Power and LiberationPart 3: From "Power Over" to "Power With"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800631161
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	03/27/2000
Series:	Liberation-Critical Reading of the Old T
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Carol J. Dempsey is Associate Professor of Old Testament at the University of Portland, Oregon. She is a regular participant in working groups on the prophets in both the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART 1: POWER AND DOMINATION

Amos: "You Have Turned Justice into Poison"

Micah: "You Tear the Skin off My People"

Jeremiah: "You Have Polluted the Land"

Baruch abnd Lamentations: "Women Are Raped in Zion"

Habakkuk and Zephaniah: "You Have Devised Shame for Your House"

Ezekiel: "I Will Put an End to the Arrogant and the Strong"

PART 2: SHIFTING FROM POWER AND DOMINATION TO POWER AND LIBERATION

DanieL: "Deliver Us in Accordance with Your Marvelous Works"

Jonah: "Out of the Belly of Sheol I Cried, and You Heard My Voice"

Haggai and Zechariah: "I Am About to Destroy the Strength of the Kingdom of Nations"

Obadiah and Malachi: "The Arrogant and the Evildoers Will Be Stubble"

Nahum and Joel: "Do Not Fear, O Soil...For God Has Done Great Things!"

PART 3: SHIFTING FROM "POWER OVER" TO "POWER WITH" HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIPS

Hosea: "I Will Make You a Covenant on That Day with the Wild Animals"

Isaiah 1-39: "My People Will Abide in a Peacefulul Habitation"

Isaiah 40-66: "I Am about to Create New Heavens and a New Earth"

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography