prophets
not to be confused with the writers of horoscopes. They are best known and represented by the Jewish teachers who challenged the established social and religious order of the day as having lost its theological vision and because of this, fallen into injustice and hypocrisy. The Old Testament books of Amos, Hosea and Isaiah, originating 2800 years ago, convey the vitality of a tradition, which continued into Christianity with John the Baptist and Jesus himself, and into Islam with Mohammad. Its force is perhaps most tangible when whole sections are read out loud. The challenge to interpreters of any of these prophets, as to any would be prophets today, is simultaneously to understand society, as it really is, whilst also knowing the heart of God.