Excerpt from The Prophets of the Old Testament The first clear instance of prophetic inspiration is found in Deborah, who roused the people of Jahweh to the great battle for independence by the waters of Megiddo.' In her case prophecy is self-forgetful enthusiasm for Jahweh expressing itself in warlike passions - a holy hatred against His enemies that could not be sated till all of them had perished like the arch - foe Sisera, celebrated in a Song of glowing exultation, in which is crystallized the fiery patriotism of the age (judg. But the typical prophets of this early period appear in the bands of religious ecstatics who cross the stage during the stress of the Philistine peril, lashing up their frenzy by the help of music and dance, pouring forth excited sounds, and by the sheer force of spiritual contagion drawing within the circle of their influence a man so sane and prosperous as Saul (1 Sam. X. 5 and in later crises of history sweep through the land on Jahweh's errands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.