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Top Two Books on Old Testament Prophets

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Carmen Joy Imes


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4 November 2025

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10 November 2025


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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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