Poetry and Prophecy: The Beginnings of a Literary Tradition

Abraham ancient Apollo apparently Arabic become Bible biblical called century certainly Christian claim classical concerning connection considered course criticism David described discourse discussion divine earlier early especially essay example fact figure given God's Greek Hebrew human idea imagination important inspiration interpretation Islam Israel Italy Jewish kind known later least literary Literature Lord mantic meaning medieval Merlin messengers Moses Muḥammad nature oracles original passage perhaps period person poem poet poetic poetry present proem prophecy prophet Psalms question Qur'an reason reference religious revelation role scholars Scripture seems sense sent song speaks Spirit story structure Studies suggests sūra Tasso Testament theory tion tradition trans translation true turn typology verse vision writings York