Prophecy and Discernment
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Prophecy and Discernment

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Prophecy and Discernment

About this book

If people claim to speak for God, what enables us to know when to credit or discredit the claim? This book analyses the criteria for discernment of prophetic authenticity in the Old Testament, and for discernment of apostolic authenticity in the New Testament; and also considers their validity and viability in a contemporary context. After explaining the biblical concept of prophetic and apostolic speech on God's behalf, Moberly offers close readings of the biblical text so as to bring to life the distinctive voices, especially those of Jeremiah and St Paul, which speak of critical discernment. He addresses contemporary difficulties with the whole idea that humans might speak for God and analyses the nature of authentic spirituality. Throughout the discussion the premise is that the biblical treatment of discernment illuminates the fundamental human issue of the need to know who may be trusted and why.

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Yes, you can access Prophecy and Discernment by R. W. L. Moberly in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Theology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
Print ISBN
9780521859929
eBook ISBN
9780511838767
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. List of abbreviations
  7. 1 What is prophecy, and can it be validated?
  8. 2 Jeremiah: the formulation of criteria for discernment
  9. 3 Micaiah ben Imlah: the costs of authenticity and discernment
  10. 4 Elisha and Balaam: the enabling and disabling of discernment
  11. 5 John: God’s incarnate love as the key to discernment
  12. 6 Paul: cruciformity and the discernment of apostolic authenticity
  13. 7 Prophecy and discernment today?
  14. List of references
  15. Index of authors cited
  16. Index of scriptural references
  17. Index of subjects