The Petersen, David L. creator text Sheffield, UK JSOT Press 1981 monographic

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131 p. ; hbk ; 22 cm. This book offers a new and fruitful approach to a major area of Old Testament study. Expressing dissatisfaction with current critical theories of Israelite prophecy, which have regularly depended on the categories of office and charisma to designate essential features, Petersen looks instead to modern 'role theory' for a conceptual apparatus which can take account not only of what prophets regularly did in common but also of the significant variety apparent in Israelite prophetic performance. Preface -- 1. Introduction: Beyond "Charisma" and "Office" -- 2. Role Theory and the Study of Prophecy -- 3. Role Labels: Theoretical Considerations, the Role Labels ro'eh and 'îs (ha)'elohîm; Chapter Four: Two Role Labels -- 4. Two Role Labels - hozeh and nabî' - and One Role -- 5.Role Rationale: Distinguishing between the hozeh and the nabî' -- 6. The Study of Prophetic Roles: Further Issues -- 7. Conclusions. David L. Petersen. Includes bibliography and index. Criticism, interpretation, etc Prophets 221.922 0905774345 UKLU 910325 20150827161217.0 0905774329