The Importance of Information

The Prophets main goal is to give the reader information. Abraham J. Heschel gives information not only about the prophets themselves but information about other cultures and religions. This is given so that the reader has all the facts. Heschel also gives information from other sources. Heschel is described as one of the foremost Jewish theologians of his time.

In The Prophets there are many terms that the reader may be unfamiliar with. There are times when the reader will have the terms explained but there are other times when the terms have been created by Heschel himself to explain his own thoughts. In these moments the reader will have to follow Heschel's thought process to understand what the explanation is. Heschel gives as much information as he can about the prophets that he discusses in the book and their lives surrounding their call to...