The Book entitled AM YAHWEH: The Life and Witness of God’s People in the Old Testament is a Two Volume publication consisting of two Subjects in each volume. These are the Senate of Serampore College compulsory subjects required for BD students. Volume consists of (1) The Life and Faith of the People of God, and (2) The Liberation and Formation of the People of God - A Study of the Pentateuch. Volume II consists of (1) Prophetic Responses to the Struggles of the People of God and (2) Hope in Suffering and Joy in Liberation - A Study of Hebrew Poetry and Wisdom Literatures. The subjects are entitled according to the nomenclatures given by the Senate of Serampore College. Contents Preface Part I Propehtic Responses to the Struggles of God's People Chapter 1. Prophecy in Ancient West Asia 1. Terminology 2. The Phenomena of Prophecy Outside Israel 2.1. Biblical Sources 2.2. Outside Biblical Sources 3. Comparison of Ancient Israelite Prophecy with that of Ancient West Asia Chapter 2. Origin of Prophecy in Ancient Israel 1. Introduction 2. Scholars’ Views 3. Biblical Tradition 4. Evaluation Chapter 3. Non-Literary Prophets (The Former Prophets) 1. Introduction 2. Prophetic Guilds 3. Individual/Court Prophets 4. Individual Prophets 5. Nature and Characteristics of Early Prophecy in Ancient Israel 6. Lifestyle of Early Prophets 7. Popular Attitude Towards Ecstatic Prophecy Chapter 4. Classical / The Writing Prophets 1. Introduction 2. Conditions of Israel the 8th Century BCE 2.1. Political Condition 2.2. Socio – Economic Condition 2.3. Religious Condition 3. Prophets of the 8th Century BCE Chapter 5. Prophetic Call and Inspiration 1. The Call 2. Prophetic Inspiration 3. Prophetic Ways of Communication 4. Forms of Prophetic Speech Chapter 6. Role of Prophets in Ancient Israel 1. In Political Life 2. In Religious Life (Worship) 3. Failure of Worship 39 4. Prophetic Attitudes Towards the Worship and Its Practices 4.1. Amos’ Attitude Towards Worship 4.2. Hosea’s Attitude Towards Worship 4.3. Micah’s Attitude Towards Worship 4.4. Isaiah’s Attitude Towards Worship 4.5. Jeremiah’s Attitude Towards the Cult 5. Conclusion Chapter 7. The 7th Century BCE Prophets 1. The Events at the End of the 7th Century BCE 2. Prophets of the 7th Century BCE Prophets 3. Condition of the People of Israel in Exile: People’s Response to the Fall of Jerusalem and Exile 4. Prophets in the Exilic and Post-Exilic Periods 4.1. Ezekiel 4.2. Jeremiah 4.3. Deutero Isaiah 4.4. Haggai 4.5. Zechariah Chapter 8. Important Themes in the Message of the Prophets 1. Election 2. Covenant 3. Justice and Righteousness 4. Zion Tradition/Zion Theology 5. Yahweh, the God of all Nations 6. Prophetic Understanding of History 7. The Day of Yahweh Chapter 9. Detailed Study of Deutero Isaiah 1. Authorship 2. Reasons for Separating Chapters 40-55 2.1. Historical Reason 2.2. Literary Reason 3. Message of Deutero Isaiah 3.1. The Sovereignty of God 3.2. New Creation 3.3. New Exodus 3.4. Monotheism 3.5. Deutero Isaiah’s Attitude Towards Idols 10. The Servent Songs 1. Introduction 2. Identity of the Servant 3. Mission of the Servant 11. Exegesis on Selected Texts