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1. Forms of Prophetic SpeechThe literature of the prophets contains a variety of types of speaking, including third-person narratives about the prophets, autobiographical sketches by the prophets themselves, poetically framed statements of salvation, laments, trust songs, praise songs, covenant lawsuits, and more. As we come across distinctive genres we will explain them. Form criticism has been especially effective in investigating the forms of prophetic speech and reconstructing early social settings out of which those ways of speaking make the most sense. The works of Westermann (1967, 1991) are pioneering and especially valuable in this regard. Also, the series published by Eerdmans titled The Forms of the Old Testament Literature has volumes covering the prophetic books.
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