Texts · 20 · Jonah

The oldest prophetic layers

Scholars can isolate older material: oracles of deliverance, laments, polemics about corruption, and announcements of punishment for elites.

Building blocks of prophetic books.

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Examples appear in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, Amos, Micah, and Zephaniah.

Bible reference: Amos 5:18–19; Micah 1:10–15

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 320

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