sharp focus. Or, it might as accurately be said that the literary prophets bring three historical centers into sharp focus. The first category includes those of the Neo-Assyrian period, whose attention fell upon the circumstances leading up to and the conditions following the fall of the Northern Kingdom (Israel) in 722 B.C. The constellation of prophets who assessed the moral and theological climate that led to the end of Israel was constituted by Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah. In varying ways but with