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.
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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