Gunnel André

Ecstatic prophecy in the Old Testament

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis January 16, 2019 Gunnel André

When speaking of prophets in our culture, we usually have the Old Testament classical prophets in mind. At the mention of prophetic ecstasy the immediate reaction is often, "That would be Saul and the asses or Elijah and the prophets of Baal". A sharp distinction is often made between the so-called primitive prophets and the classical prophets. Bearing in mind that the Chronicles mention...