Devarim 18 both prohibits turning to the necromancer or soothsayer and commands listening to the prophet. Does this contrast portray the prophet as superior to the soothsayer as a source of information or does it depict prophecy as a qualitatively different endeavor altogether? Utilizing traditional commentaries and surveying the prophetic role in Tanakh, we will explore three approaches to this question.

Yemei Iyun be-Tanakh - תשע"ג