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Book: If I Forget You, Jerusalem!

Chapter: 8. Sociology and Prophetical Literature

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.44799

Blurb:

Sociology helps to create a sociological type of a prophet which differs totally from the prophetical figures which we encounter in the Old Testament. The material from the Ancient Near East – not least Mari – describes a prophet as a religious specialist not very highly regarded by the religious establishment. The biblical prophets are preachers, not really prophets. They are the creation of literary imagination.

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