RethinkingthegreatliteraryprophetswhoseministryranfromtheeighthtothesixthcenturiesBCE--Amos,Hosea,FirstIsaiah,Jeremiah,Ezekiel,SecondIsaiah,andJob--ThinkingabouttheProphetsexaminestheiroften-shockingteachingsinlightoftheirtimes,theirinfluenceonlaterWesternandJewishthinkers,andtheirenduringlessonsforallofus.AsanotedscholarofJewishphilosophy,KennethSeeskinteasesoutphilosophical,ethical,andtheologicalquestionsinthewritings,suchasthenatureofmoralreasoning,thedivinepersona,divineprovidence,thesufferingoftheinnocent,thepowerofrepentance,andwhatitmeanstobelieveinamonotheisticconceptionofGod.Seeskindemonstratesthatgreatideasarenotlimitedbytimeorplace,butratheronceputforth,takeonalifeoftheirown.ThusheinterweavesthemedievalandmodernphilosophersMaimonides,Kant,Cohen,Buber,Levinas,Heschel,andSoloveitchik,allofwhomreadtheprophetsandhadimportantthingstosayasaresult.Wecometoseetheprophetsperhapsinequalmeasureasdivinelyauthorizedwhistle-blowersandprofoundthinkersofthehumancondition.Readersofalllevelswillfindthisvolumeanaccessibleandprovokingintroductiontotheenduringsignificanceofbiblicalprophecy.
