The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
51. Were the Biblical Prophets Diviners?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Philippe Guillaume [+]
University of Berne
Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne. His latest publications are A History of Biblical Israel co-authored with Ernst Axel Knauf (Equinox, 2016) and Deuteronomy in the Making, Studies in the Production of Debarim, edited with Diana Edelman, Benedetta Rossi and Kåre Berge (De Gruyter, 2021).
Description
Like everyone else, the Israelites sought guidance from God before making major decisions. The biblical prophets differ from the seers, visionaries, and ecstatics known from neighboring cultures by the way their words were turned into books.