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Alternatively, social commentators who suggest escalating crisis in environment and society due to a lack or failure of due care are often referred to as 'prophets of doom.'
Alternatively, social commentators who suggest escalating crisis in environment and society due to a lack or failure of due care are often referred to as 'prophets of doom.'
==Judaism==
==Judaism==
{{main | Tanakh}}
{{main | Tanakh}}
In [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], the word traditionally translated as ''prophet'' is נְבִיא (''navi''), which likely means "proclaimer". This forms the second of the three letters of TaNaKh, derived from Torah, Navim, Ketuvim. The meaning of ''navi'' is perhaps described in [[Deuteronomy]] 18:18, where [[God]] said, "I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them all that I command him." Thus, the ''navi'' was thought to be the "mouth" of God. The root nun-bet-alef ("navi") is based on the two-letter root nun-bet which denotes hollowness or openness; to receive transcendental wisdom, one must make oneself “open”. Cf. [[Rashbam]]'s comment to [[Genesis]] 20:7.
In [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], the word traditionally translated as ''prophet'' is נְבִיא (''navi''), which likely means "proclaimer". This forms the second of the three letters of TaNaKh, derived from Torah, Navim, Ketuvim. The meaning of ''navi'' is perhaps od. The root nun-bet-alef ("navi") is based on the two-letter root nun-bet which denotes hollowness or openness; to receive transcendental wisdom, one must make oneself “open”. Cf. [[Rashbam]]'s comment to [[Genesis]] 20:7.
Fully a third of the TaNaKh is devoted to books about prophetic experience including a separate book of ‘minor’ prophets known as The Twelve Prophets (Trei-Assar) .
Fully a third of the TaNaKh is devoted to books about prophetic experience including a separate book of ‘minor’ prophets known as The Twelve Prophets (Trei-Assar) .
*[[Koenraad Elst|Elst, Koenraad]]: ''Psychology of Prophetism - A Secular Look at the Bible'' (1993) [http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/books/pp/index.htm ] ISBN 81-85990-00-X
*[[Koenraad Elst|Elst, Koenraad]]: ''Psychology of Prophetism - A Secular Look at the Bible'' (1993) [http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/books/pp/index.htm ] ISBN 81-85990-00-X
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I admonish you to give up the practice of always quoting the prophets of old and praising the heroes of Israel, and instead aspire to become living prophets of the Most High and spiritual heroes of the coming kingdom. To honor the God-knowing leaders of the past may indeed be worth while, but why, in so doing, should you sacrifice the supreme experience of human existence: finding God for yourselves and knowing him in your own souls?[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper155.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper155.html&line=111#mfs]
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