prophet

prophet

from the Greek, "one who speaks for someone else;" refers primarily to the Hebrew literary tradition of the prophetic figures who were called by God to "remind" Israel of the expectations of the covenant. The prophets addressed the behavior of individual kings as well as the social fabric of Israel as a whole. 


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