The Conscience of Israel Author:Bruce Vawter The Conscience of Israel is concerned with the prophets of the eighth and seventh centuries B. C.--the prophets of the period before the Babylonian exile of the people of Judah: Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, as well as Nahum, Zephaniah, and Habakkuk. In the introductory section of the book, the role of prophetism in the history of Israe... more »l is set forth and the relationship of prophetism to similar institutions in the ancient civilizations of the Near East is analyzed. After presenting this background for the prophets of Israel, the author takes up in turn the lives and message of the pre-exilic prophets. Throughout, special emphasis is placed on the social and political circumstances of the times in which the prophets gave their messages to the people of Israel and Judah.« less