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History glossary

Prophetic

connected with inspired warning, teaching or expectation about divine action.

Category
Religious language
Region
Ancient Near East and Mediterranean
Date range
Ancient world onward

What it means

Prophetic language is connected with inspired warning, teaching or expectation about divine action. In Jewish and Christian history it often evokes figures who challenged injustice, called people to repentance and spoke of God's purposes in history.

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