Ancient prophecy was not confined to Israel, yet the phenomenon of
prophetic poetry as it developed there was unique. The impact of
this poetry on civilization is incalculable, though its origins and
motives largely remain mysterious. This book shows that this poetry
is inseparable from the empires which determined the history of the
ancient Near East and the fate of Israel and Judah from the
late-8th century to the end of the 6th century BC - first Assyria,
then Babylonia, and finally Persia. Each empire had its own
characters and motives, and stimulated a distinct wave of prophecy,
led in turn by Isaiah Ben Amos, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, and the
second Isaiah. The book is an historical interpretation and an
anthology of prophetic poetry which uses recent research on
imperialism and creativity to produce a radically new
interpretation of the biblical prophets. More than three dozen
outstanding poems and fragments in new translation from the Hebrew
Bible are arranged in a running narrative, from the late-8th
century BC until the late-6th century BC.
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