An introduction to Old Testament prophecy offering an understanding of itsbasic principles the background against which the prophets worked and theunderlying id... » 

An introduction to Old Testament prophecy offering an understanding of itsbasic principles the background against which the prophets worked and theunderlying ideal they took for granted. Mowvley explains the significance ofthe Word the place of symbolic action and the meaning of such prophetic ideasas holiness and righteousness. The relationships between priest and prophet andbetween prophetic utterance and Wisdom literature are also brought out so asto provide one of the best guides available to contemporary Biblicalscholarship on prophecy and the prophets in the Old Testament. «