The monarchs of ancient Israel and Judah surrounded themselves by prophetic guilds that rubber-stamped royal policy. Some of those who are accredited with nay-saying royal decisions were subsequently designated as true prophets.
Christine Hayes is Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, she was Assistant Professor of Hebrew Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University for three years. A specialist in talmudic-midrashic studies, Hayes offers undergraduate courses on the literature and history of the biblical and talmudic periods (including Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and Introduction to Judaism).
Yes, yes, yes
heterodoxism9 1 year ago