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“POST-EXILIC
PROPHETS”
By Eileen Schuller
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I. INTRODUCTION
based upon the writing of the prophets after the Babylonian exile (c.
writings, to seek out how it speaks to its audience, both in the original
mentioning that the book does not only speak in a language designed
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these prophets but also for those who are interested with the context
A. Clear Objective
read. At the same time, I find her book quite interesting. She also
important tool in coming up with this particular work. With that, I was
B. Historical Backgrounds
From what I read, this chapter gives first the situationer, albeit
(Israel) destruction in 722 BC, also known as the Fall of Samaria, until
586 BC, during the reign of the Babylonian tyrant Nebuchadnezzar and
why Second Isaiah used wonderful consoling words, why Haggai and
of the experience of the exile that they were very much fired up to say
to rebuild their nation and Temple worship, and to usher in a new era
of Judaism.
He loved, the prophets can only utter words that they chose to be in
Isaiah calls God the “go ‘el” of the people. Likewise, third Isaiah uses
such divine Image. This image of God as such came from their
experience of being drawn out from exile in foreign land back to their
original land. It is safe to say that the Jews couldn’t have discovered
such use of imagery for God if they did not experience a compelling
Christians when they pray to God the Father. This calling of God as
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Father, which Jesus taught to his listeners some five to four hundred
is also the side of calling Him as father to express trust and confidence
them. After all, who could have invented such an address if not those
dominant gender of the world, plainly because God is male himself. For
extreme.
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then, who was considered the provider or one who is the head of the
family and takes care of his own household. He is the giver of life and
interpret this in the negative extreme, that is, in the context of present
day feminism? I don’t think so. That’s why I appreciate this book when
D. Thematic presentation
For the theme of the Day of the Lord, which is not uncommon in
the prophetic corpus, the book presents initially that of Joel 2:31,
got to do with eschatology. For Joel, it does not end purely as a terrible
day of wrath and judgment, it does not completely end there. It goes
wish to point out that the book doesn’t contain a good bibliography at
the end. Although there scriptural index, and the bibliographical detail
author placed the bibliography at the last part of the book. But this is
only in the accidents, not primarily on the substance of the book itself,
which I find a serious food for thought. I also suggest that while
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reading this book, one should have the Bible beside him or he for
IV. CONCLUSION
the Bible—it is a good reading, though not too extensive and scholarly.
exilic prophets and some of their wonderful themes, I believe this book
Bibliography
1988.