I. Written Form

The great riddle of Old Testament prophecy (Prophets and prophecy: II) is its written form. While the phenomenon of prophecy in all its diversity has a wealth of parallels in the ancient Near East (M. Weippert, NBL III, 2001, 196–200; cf. in the OT 1 Kgs 18:19 and Jer 27:9), there are very few written records of prophetic utterances. Before these were discovered early in…