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Prophetic message and outbiblical prophetism
Stipe Jurič
Abstract
The subject under discussion in this article is about the relation and
the influence o f diviiner-prophets o f the great religious in the Ancient
Near East on the prophetism in the OT. The existence of texts from
the second millenium B. C. by Israels’s neighbours, which tell of prophetic activity, is a fact. The relation of these texts to the Izrael is
obvious. The phenomenon of »inspired« men by other peoples in the
Ancient East is explained by having in common cultural and religious
patrimony. But the possibility of the influence of this prophecy on the
Israel’s prophetism is not as profound as might have been expected.
The parallels and similaritys which may be found by a more attentive
analysis are general and relative to the prehistory of Israel’s prophecy,
namely to the premonarchic prophets, who under the influence of
music experienced extatic trances and acted as the spontaneous, mouthpieces of Yahweh. However, in the sens of the classical prophetism, that is the great Israelite prophets, the conclusion is rather negative.
The peculiarity of Israel’s prophets lies into nature of Israel’s existence
— as a chosen people elected by Yahweh to be the mediators o f his
salvation to the rest of the world. The prophet is one who is called
and chosen by God to be his own instrument for the guidance of his
chosen people. He is God’s mouth and intermediary. It involves choice
to strove to keep the nation faithful to the true religion of Yahweh —
monotheism. The motivation and sens of the prophetic ethic is consequently election and covenant.
Keywords
profecy; outbiblical prophetism
Hrčak ID:
86153
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Publication date:
15.9.1986.
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