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Message of the Prophets: A Survey of the Prophetic and Apocalyptic Books of the Old Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

Christians sometimes approach the Old Testament with a mixture of awe and bewilderment, knowing that it contains pearls of wisdom, but unsure how to dive for them—especially when it comes to the Prophets. In The Message of the Prophets, author J. Daniel Hays offers a scholarly, yet readable and student-friendly survey of the Old Testament prophetic literature that presents the message of each...

There are three major terms used in the Old Testament to refer to those special people who speak and transmit the word of Yahweh. The most common Hebrew term for such a person is nabi’ (prophet). Two other terms, “seer” and “man of God,” are also used. First Samuel 9:8–10 uses all three terms, indicating that they were nearly synonymous. “Seer” is used in several places throughout 1–2 Samuel as well as in 1–2 Chronicles. As in 1 Samuel 9:8–10,
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