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Aaron Chalmers is a biblical scholar determined to help preachers interpret the prophetic books with depth integrity. To accomplish his goal he organizes the text into logical, easy-to-understand chapters that provide readers with knowledge that will help them in their task. Chalmers begins the book by comparing and contrasting definitions of prophets in our contemporary contexts with definitions of prophets in the biblical world. By making this distinction, he sets the tone for the rest of the work. Throughout the book he continually highlights the importance of context for all biblical interpretation but especially for the unique compositions known as prophetic books. For our world, the word prophet is used to designate someone who predicts the future, is a social reformer, or is a herald. In the world of the Hebrew Bible, prophets were: members of the divine council (place filled with the presence of God and inhabited by supernatural creatures), called by God, communicators of the word of God, intercessors on behalf of the people, and sentinels. Having defined " prophet, " he then moves in the second chapter to help readers understand the complexities of the biblical world of the prophets. For example, he explains why the practice of deportation was used by both the Assyrians and the Babylonians: It separated the conquered people from their homelands, provided ready-made labor forces for the conquerors as they built new cities and rebuilt ruined ones, replenished armies that may have suffered losses during the war, and provided the empire with skilled laborers such as farmers to help cultivate undeveloped regions of their territories. He provides historical time lines of the rise and reign of various kings of the Northern and Southern kingdoms that parallel time lines of the rise and fall of the empires that conquered or otherwise impacted them. He provides archaeological insights such as the centrality and significance of the masonry construction of Hezekiah's altar at Beer-sheba. In the third chapter Chalmers highlights the significance of Mt. Sinai and Mt. Zion for understanding the theology of the prophets. It was at Sinai that God began God's work and relationship with the people of Israel. The Covenant is made up of stipulations, blessings, and curses that serve as the foundation of the relationship between the people and Yahweh. It is the stipulations, blessings, and curses of the Covenant to which the prophets are repeatedly referring when they proclaim God's …

Aaron Chalmers, Interpreting the Prophets: Reading, Understanding and Preaching from the Worlds of the Prophets