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Noting that the legacy of the prophets remains a powerful element in contemporary society, Jack R. Lundbom explores the contours of prophetic speech in ancient Israel. He surveys the elements of each prophet’s message, describes the characteristics of prophetic rhetoric and symbolic behavior, and discusses the problem of authenticity: how did individuals make the claim to speak as prophets, and...

Isa 42:14: Now I will cry out like a woman in travail; I will gasp and pant. Abusio. One of the harsher tropes is the abusio, which is an implied metaphor. This type of metaphor behaves somewhat extravagantly, in that a word is taken from one usage and put to another. Abusios can be made from either nouns or verbs. This abusio occurs in both Amos and Joel: Amos 1:2: Yahweh roars from Zion. Joel 3:16: Yahweh roars from Zion. In Hosea are these abusios: Hos 8:7: They sow the wind, and they shall
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