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Download a zip file of commentaries on Jewish Prophecy (100 KB) (Note: if your browser does not have a plug in to handle zip files, using your mouse 'right click' on the link and from the pop down menu choose 'save link as' or 'save target as' to save the file to your computer... The following pages reference Jewish prophecy in general: A short history of forgery and heresy in the Bible Faith, a manifesto : Part 1 : Jewish prophecy as Failed mysticism Fatalistic Prophets and the Rapture A California Earthquake : A Prophetic Exegesis The land of milk and honey Revolutionary Christianity Editing in the prophets - Evidence that fragments of prophecy were edited into finished manuscripts. Chiasm as the editorial technique in the Bible. Sources in the prophets - Evidence for different schools of thought in the works of individual prophets. The fragmentary nature of the editing techinique of the Bible allowed diverse sources to be spun into composite works. The poets of Israel - Prophecy as a form of poetic expression of faith and understanding of God, rather than as simple fortune telling. False prophecy - both the editing technique (employing fragments of traditions) and the inclusison of multiple sources in the end produced manuscripts including inconsistencies in ideology. The Holy War school of the prophets seem to have been responsible for most of the false prophecies found in the Bible. The Anti-war source in the prophets - This source can be contrasted with the Holy War Ideology of certain false prophets described on the page above. Controversy over Torah reform and the prophets in the Gospel of Matthew. Dueling Prophets - When prophets disagree - Now in this case one prophet is a Holy War prophet and wants a lot of people killed, you know, for God (that War God usually seeming to be do to busy to do its own warring or stoning or any other disgusting thing that always seems to get assigned as some sorry human beings job instead). Now the second prophet is dead set against the whole thing. Now let me give you a hint. When prophets disagree like that, well the one that was against the Holy War was a prophet of Yahweh, alright. Well its to easy really .... The War at Gibeah - The same prophet (Hosea) critiques Biblical manuscripts - once again damning the Holy War ideology - no big surprise there... Ten lost tribes? - What happened to the ten tribes of Israel according to Jewish prophecy? Protest writings against the misuse of Jewish prophecy Prophecy of the Babylonian exile - a tool being used to oppress the Palestinians Horse whipped Palestinians What informed the angry protest writings of the prophets? Some personal reflections... The Rosy Scenario Hopelessly Idealistic Fallen from Glory YAHWEH's savage hungers Just how savagely hungry could George Bush and the leaders of the religious right become? Hunger for righteousness Collections of quotations... Open the doors to Eden The Great Day of Yahweh. The blooming of the desert in Jewish prophecy. The return of Yahweh in Jewish prophecy. |