G. Brooke Lester is assistant professor of Hebrew Scriptures and director for emerging pedagogies, at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.
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Contents:; Introduction: Through the Eyes of the Seer; 1. The Beginning of the Word; 2. Keepers of the Flame: The Early Israelite Prophetic Experience; 3. Courting the Prophets: Prophets and the Early Monarchy; 4. Prophets of Holy Writ: From Amos to the Exile; 5. Exilic Dreams of Grandeur; 6. Vital Visions or the Dying of the Light?; 7. Apocalypse-Then; 8. Jesus the Seer; 9. Prophets, Seers, and Dreamers at the Dawn of the Christian Era; 10. Profile of a Prophet and His Movement: Jesus and His Followers in the Greco-Roman World; 11. From the Seer to the Shepherd: Apocalyptic at the End of the New Testament Era; 12. From Mari to Montanus; 13. The Progress of Prophecy: Conclusions; Bibliography; Indexes.