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Priestly Order and Prophetic Disruption
The TaNaKh’s (Hebrew Bible’s) prophetic tradition was unapologetically disruptive, from Moses’s confrontations with the Pharaoh, to Abraham’s confrontation with the God of Israel over the future of Sodom. The Book of Amos exemplifies this aspect of biblical prophecy, characterized by many biblical scholars as a “prophet vs. priest” dynamic.
In this series we begin with Amos, and then briefly explore other historical examples of figures who adopted this aspect of the prophetic legacy. In each case we are challenged to weigh the price of ignoring the stability these figures disrupted, as compared to the price paid for sanctifying it.
