[Propertalk] Quote - re OT

[Robert P Morrison]

This came to me via Christian Quotation of the Day - 

It ties in with tomorrow's OT lesson. 
 
Hitting a hot button must be an interesting past-time! 

Bob 

 
    Elijah stood in the direct line of this tradition [of prophets].  The prophet 
of Yahweh was still an inspired seer, whose oracles followed the ecstatic model 
and were seldom remembered long; the time had not come for marvelous  
poetic sermons, composed in advance, delivered orally and written down later by 
enthralled listeners or recited from generation to generation until collected 
into anthologies by later scholars. Pious Israelites were not far wrong in 
distinguishing between true prophets and false prophets of Yahweh by the impact 
of their words on the privileged classes; if the latter were pleased the prophet 
was false; if they were displeased the prophet was true. 

    ... William Foxwell Albright (1891-1971), The Biblical period from Abraham 
to Ezra, Harper  Row, 1963, p. 65

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Robert P. Morrison
Interim Vicar
The Episcopal Church of St Alban,
P.O. Box 1556,
Albany, Oregon, 97321

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