The source and authority of prophecy in the Old Testament period

Our thesis is that the prophet in the Old Testament period was an ordinary man with a specific ministry. His ministry was both to communicate the word of God to man and also to be consulted by man about the hidden things of life. We consider some of the many factors which went to constitute the prophet the man he was and thus enable him to have that assurance of being God's spokesman. These factors are both the religious experiences to which he laid claim, and the many human influences that derived from his family life, the accumulating tradition which he inherited and upon which he was nurtured, and the varied experiences that cmne his way in his personel life.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Religious Studies

Year dc:date.issued

1979

Author dc:creator

• Rayner, Paul Anthony George

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Cumpsty, John S

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12569

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12569