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An introduction to the basic principles of prophecy in the Old Testament, the background against which the prophets worked and their underlying ideals. An introduction to Old Testament prophecy offering an understanding of its basic principles, the background against which the prophets worked and the underlying ideal they took for granted. Mowvley explains the significance of the Word, the place of symbolic action and the meaning of such prophetic ideas as holiness and righteousness. The relationships between priest and prophet and between prophetic utterance and Wisdom literature are also brought out, so as to provide one of the best guides available to contemporary Biblical scholarship on prophecy and the prophets in the Old Testament.

Harry Mowvley trained for the Baptist ministry at Bristol Baptist College and Regent's Park College, Oxford. After serving as pastor in several congregations, he taught at Bristol Baptist College, where he became Vice-Principal. He was also Special Lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at the University of Bristol. He is also the author of: The Psalms: Introduced and Newly Translated for Today's Readers (1989), The Books of Amos and Hosea (1991) and 1 and 2 Samuel (1998).