Hello,
I'm doing a study on "the prophets" as in the law, the prophets and the writings (the 3 sections of the Old Testament. Does anybody know of some good stuffin the Logos 4 library where I could find some factual information? Thanks Bern
Hi Bern - and welcome.
I don't know anything about the books at http://www.logos.com/search?q=prophets but it could be a good place to start.
Hope this helps
Graham
The answer is somewhat dependent on what base package your have and what you have in mind for "factual information"... Here are some initial thoughts.
Hi Bernard,
Welcome to the forums. Kevin's questions are some good ones that might help us give you a better answer. But in addition to answering Kevin's questions I would suggest you check out reading lists. You can open a reading list from the tools menu as per the picture below:
Once the reading lists tool opens you can run a search on the prophet by entering it in the search dialog (see yellow highlight) and then clicking on the blue arrow at the end of the search box.
It will bring back a set of results which you can see below. Notice the blue more link (yellow highlight) at the bottom of the page, click on that to bring up more search results:
You now have all of the available reading lists that include the keyword prophet. I suggest starting with the last one title The Prophets. Click on it to open that particular reading list:
This will now show a list of suggested resources under various categories. To open a resource click on the title. Notice on the left hand side of each title is a small check box you can use to mark off each resource as you read it. Also please note the green circled one, with a padlock instead of a check box. This indicates I don't have the license to that particular resource and I would need to purchase the license if I wanted to read it. For your library the resource you can read immediately will depend upon what resources you have license either through a base package or as add-on purchases.
May the Lord richly bless you as you study His Word.
Andrew
Create a collection of Bible dictionaries and search for Jewish divisions of scripture, Latter and Former prophets etc. You should be able to find some good overviews of the prophetic books
Searching for the Latter and Former Prophets was what I thought of first, too. Just searching for "prophets" wouldn't get all the desired results, because the Former Prophets are books that we (or at least, I) usually think of as "historical books."
I also did a quick search for "Nevi'im" (the transliteration of the Hebrew word for "prophets") and got a few results that way.
R.K. Harrison's Introduction to the Old Testament discusses the OT according to the traditional Jewish divisions:
Create a collection of Bible dictionaries and search for Jewish divisions of scripture, Latter and Former prophets etc. You should be able to find some good overviews of the prophetic books Searching for the Latter and Former Prophets was what I thought of first, too. Just searching for "prophets" wouldn't get all the desired results, because the Former Prophets are books that we (or at least, I) usually think of as "historical books." I also did a quick search for "Nevi'im" (the transliteration of the Hebrew word for "prophets") and got a few results that way.
Yes these are some good points to consider Kevin and Elliot.
Another general purpose resource to consider for background information is:
An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible http://www.logos.com/products/details/5097 . You can check out some samples pages including the first chapter using the following links:
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1
You've already got several good answers, so here's some further suggestions.
What the Hebrews meant by "the prophets" included several of the books we call the History section of our English Bible (the "former prophets") as well as most of what we call major and minor prophets (the "latter prophets".) Therefore, you might like to search your Bible dictionaries for these phrases. You may also find references to Nebiim (or nebim) -- the Hebrew for Prophets. Articles on Tanakh (or similar spellings such as Tanak), or even on "Old Testament" may also help with the basic concepts. If you don't have a collection of your Bible dictionaries, try: (type:dictionary) AND (lang:English) ANDNOT "semantic domain*"
Bible handbooks/introductions/surveys will probably provide an explanation too. Here's what I use to create a collection of those:(title:(introduction,survey,history,background,archaeology,antiquities) OR subject:(survey,history,background,archaeology,antiquities) OR (subject:Bible AND subject:introduction)) ANDNOT (title:church OR type:(harmony,commentary) OR subject:philosophy)
If you have James E. Smith, The Major Prophets.(Joplin, Mo.: College Press, 1992), the introduction includes a summary: logosres:ots-mjpr;art=maj-pre
As well as your Bible dictionaries, the introduction to some of the commentaries may also provide background also.
In terms of understanding the foundation for prophecy in Hebrew thought, it is crucial to grasp that the perceived of Moses at the prophet (i.e. the one who brought the words from Yahweh to Israel.) One day, I'm looking forward to doing a serious study one day on how Deut 33 has a foundational influence for OT prophecy.
In terms of interpreting the prophets, there's a chapter in Gordon D. Fee & Douglas K. Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1993) dealing with the prophets (as well as a chapter on the OT narratives.) Their emphasis is good (though perhaps a little narrow in focusing on the prophets as covenant enforcers.)
Hope some of that helps.
You might also check out http://topics.logos.com/The_Prophets for links posted by Logos users.
