Willem A. Vangemeren

“Literary prophecies were rare in the ancient Near East. The intuitive prophets gave isolated oracles, unlike Israel's prophets. In this regard the…

— Willem A. Vangemeren

“In spite of the variety of prophetic phenomenon in space (north, south, exile) and in time (premonarchial, monarchial, exilic, and postexilic), the…

— Willem A. Vangemeren

“The false prophets belonged to the socially and religiously acceptable institution of “professional” prophets who responded to the needs of their time.…

— Willem A. Vangemeren

“The postexilic people were no saints, but they did respond to the challenges of the prophets and the theocratic leaders. The prophetic…

— Willem A. Vangemeren

“If Moses is the fountainhead and Samuel the rapids of the prophetic stream, then Elijah shaped the course of the classical prophets.”

— Willem A. Vangemeren

“The Mosaic revelation embodied within it the hope that the Lord would raise up an eschatological prophet like Moses.70 The final epitaph…

— Willem A. Vangemeren