Prophecy
13 Jun, 2013
200 Religion
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the meaning and significance of prophecy in the Abrahamic religions. Prophets, those with the ability to convey divinely-inspired revelation, are significant figures in the Hebrew Bible and later became important not just to Judaism but also to Christianity and Islam. Although these three religions share many of the same prophets, their interpretation of the nature of prophecy often differs.
Guests
- Mona Siddiqui
2 episodes
Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at the University of Edinburgh -
Justin Meggitt No other episodes
University Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion and the Origins of Christianity at the University of Cambridge -
Jonathan Stokl No other episodes
Post-Doctoral Researcher at Leiden University
Reading list
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Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World
David E. Aune (William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1998) Google Books → -
A History of Prophecy in Israel
Joseph Blenkinsopp (Westminster John Knox Press, 1996) Google Books → -
The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings
Bart D. Ehrman (Oxford University Press, 2011) Google Books → -
Prophets, Prophecy, and Prophetic Texts in Second Temple Judaism
Michael H. Floyd and Robert D. Haak (eds.) (T & T Clark International, 2006) Google Books → -
The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism
Alan T. Levenson (ed.) (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012) Google Books → -
'An Ecstasy of Folly': Prophecy and Authority in Early Christianity
Laura Nasrallah (Harvard University Press, 2004) Google Books → -
Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation
Elaine Pagels (Viking, 2012) Google Books → -
Prophecy and the Biblical Prophets
John F. A. Sawyer (Oxford University Press, 1993) Google Books → -
Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel
Robert R. Wilson (Fortress Press, 1980) Google Books →
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