Interpreting the Prophetic Books: An Exegetical Handbook (Biblia.com)

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Preaching from a prophetic text can be daunting because it can be difficult to place these prophecies in their proper historical setting. The prophets used different literary genres and they often wrote using metaphorical poetry that is unfamiliar to the modern reader. This handbook offers an organized method of approaching a prophecy and preparing a persuasive, biblically based sermon that will...

Judah demonstrated that the prophets who were making these hopeful statements were not speaking what God said. Archaeologists have found two main groups of ancient Near Eastern prophetic texts outside of Israel, the Mari prophecies (eighteenth century BC) and Neo-Assyrian prophecies (seventh century BC). The messages from the Mari prophets were primarily concerned with having the king support activities at a temple, or they prophesied victory in some military action.5 Since these Mari prophecies

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