RT Article
T1 The end of prophecy and the appearance of angels/messengers in the Book of the Twelve
JF Journal for the study of the Old Testament
VO 21
IS 73
SP 65
OP 79
A1 Conrad, Edgar W. 1942-
LA English
YR 1997
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1641852437
AB In this article I offer a reading of the Book of the Twelve as a literary collage. As such the Twelve does not contain data for constructing a prophetic past but is itself a construction of prophecy from Assyrian to Persian times. Recognizing the composite character of the text, my reading acknowledges the role of the reader in configuring it. The individuals from Hosea through Zephaniah can only be recognized as prophets from the later time of Zechariah, depicted in the book as the Persian period. Furthermore, in this configuration prophecy is replaced by the restoration of a messenger/angelic presence as in the days of the ancestor Jacob.
K1 Bibel : Zwölfprophetenbuch
K1 Prophetie
K1 Bote
K1 Schutzengel