The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness: Reading Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel as Christian Scripture

How should Christians read prophetic literature? Questions abound both in the academy and the church as to how to engage the prophets, particularly in light of the New Testament. The Gospel writers and the church fathers all read and appealed to the Old Testament, but are we as modern-day readers supposed to take the same approach? The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness is a dialogue among scholars that identifies the interpretive methods used throughout history while also charting a constructive way forward for our own approach to reading the Major Prophets.

This comprehensive volume brings together experts on Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel to illuminate the following topics:

• How the Apostles Read the Major Prophets as Christian Scripture
• Limits on Reading the Major Prophets as Christian Scripture
• Reading the Major Prophets in the Footsteps of the Apostles
• The History of Interpretation of the Major Prophets as Christian Scripture
• Preaching the Major Prophets as Christian Scripture

This collaborative endeavor offers fresh and helpful insights to scholars, students, and pastors alike as they engage with the text of the Major Prophets.

William R. Osborne (PhD, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri. He is the author of Trees and Kings (Eisenbrauns/PSU, 2018), Divine Blessing and the Fullness of Life in the Presence of God (Crossway, 2020), and co-edited with Mark Boda and Russell Meek Riddles and Revelations (T and T Clark, 2018).

Andrew T. Abernethy (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College. He has written several books, including Eating in Isaiah (Brill, 2014), The Book of Isaiah and God's Kingdom (IVP, 2016), God's Messiah in the Old Testament, with Greg Goswell (Baker, 2020), Discovering Isaiah (Eerdmans, 2021), and Savoring Scripture (IVP, 2022).

Paul D. Wegner is Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Gateway Seminary, Ontario, California, with a specialty in the study of Isaiah. Previously he taught at Phoenix Seminary and Moody Bible Institute. His books include A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible and the Tyndale Old Testament Commentary on Isaiah.