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Why prophetic books start near the end
Israel and Judah always had injustice. So why are the earliest prophetic books set near their downfall? Because catastrophe gave old oracles new purpose.
Crisis creates literature.
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What a prophet said in a particular moment was irrelevant to later generations, until defeat demanded explanation.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 319–320
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