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Behind the Scenes of the Old Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts is unavailable, but you can change that!

This authoritative volume brings together a team of world-class scholars to cover the full range of Old Testament backgrounds studies in a concise, up-to-date, and comprehensive manner. With expertise in various subdisciplines of Old Testament backgrounds, the authors illuminate the cultural, social, and historical contexts of the world behind the Old Testament. They introduce readers to a wide...

In the history of Old Testament studies there has traditionally been a clear differentiation between “prophecy” and “divination.” This followed the distinction expressed in Deuteronomy 18:9–22. Prophecy referred to the proclamations of charismatic preachers who spoke for God, whereas divination was characterized as the illegitimate practices of those who invoked the gods to reveal their will through observation
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