Top Two Books on Old Testament Prophets
Carmen Joy Imes
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4 November 2025
10 November 2025
Top Two is a new weekly video series with me, Dr. Carmen Joy Imes, where I talk about influential books in biblical scholarship. In this video, I discuss the best resources on understanding biblical prophecy. If you have any topics you would like to cover, please comment below!
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Brueggemann, Walter. The Prophetic Imagination. Second. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001.
Chalmers, Aaron. Interpreting the Prophets: Reading, Understanding and Preaching from the Worlds of the Prophets. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015.
Hays, J. Daniel. The Message of the Prophets: A Survey of the Prophetic and Apocalyptic Books of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010.
VanGemeren, Willem. Interpreting the Prophetic Word: An Introduction to the Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.
Blenkinsopp, Joseph. A History of Prophecy in Israel. Rev. and enl. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1996.
Heschel, Abraham J. The Prophets. 2 vols. New York: Harper & Row, 1969.
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