Paul L. Redditt Many people think of prophets as foretellers, those who predict the future, and many modern studies of prophets find allusions to contemporary events or events someone thinks will occur in the next few years. Since people naturally want to know what the future holds for them, such studies meet a deep need. They might not, however, draw carefully on the prophetic literature of the OT. To be sure, the OT prophets at times foretold the future, but