Part 1: Ancient Near East

Proposition 1: Prophecy Is a Subset of Divination

Proposition 2: Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East Manifest Similarities and Differences When Compared to Israel

Part 2: Institution

Proposition 3: A Prophet Is a Spokesperson for God, Not a Predictor of the Future

Proposition 4: Prophecy in the Old Testament Is Not Monolithic but Developing

Proposition 5: The Classical Prophets Are Champions of the Covenant in Times of Crisis

Proposition 6: Prophecy Takes a Variety of Different Shapes After the Old Testament

Part 3: Literature

Proposition 7: Recognition of the Categories of Prophetic Message Help Us to Be More Informed Readers

Proposition 8: Prophets Were Typically Not Authors

Proposition 9: The Implied Audience of the Prophetic Books Is Not Necessarily the Audience of the Prophet

Part 4: Methodological and Interpretive Issues

Proposition 10: Distinction Between Message and Fulfillment Provides Clear Understanding of Prophetic Literature

Proposition 11: Fulfillment Follows Oblique Trajectories

Proposition 12: The New Testament Use of Old Testament Prophecy Focuses on Fulfillment, Not Message

Proposition 13: Prophecy Carries Important Implications for Understanding God and the Future, but Our Ability to Forge a Detailed Eschatology with Confidence Is Limited

Part 5: Apocalyptic

Proposition 14: Apocalyptic Should Be Differentiated from Classical Prophecy

Proposition 15: In Apocalyptic Literature, Visions Are Not the Message but the Occasion for the Message

Proposition 16: New Testament Apocalyptic Operates by the Same Principles as Old Testament Apocalyptic

Concluding Thoughts: A Reading Strategy.