Introduction
The traditions of the prophets
The prophets' call and reception of revelation
The prophets' freedom
The prophets' conception of the word of God
The origins of Hebrew thought about history
History related to eschatology in the prophets
The day of Yahweh
'The message' of the prophets
Amos
Hosea
Isaiah and Micah
The new element in eighth-century prophecy
The transition to the Babylonian era: Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Deutero-Isaiah
The new elements in prophecy in the Babylonian and early Persian period
The prophets of the later Persian period: Trito-Isaiah, Haggi, Zechariah, Malachi and Jonah
The prophecies of the New Jerusalem
The prophetic word and history: retrospect
Apocalyptic
Daniel
The book of expectation

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