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<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>It is hard to get a sense of what the prophets of ancient Israel might have sounded like or seemed like when delivering their messages. Scholars often make comparisons to poets. The above video seems to me to catch something of their spirit in an actual live poetic performance in the present day \u2013 the anger, the condemnation of hypocrisy, the poetic form. What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2012\/07\/23\/amazing-slam-poetry-blasting-pat-robertson\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hemant Mehta<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to get a sense of what the prophets of ancient Israel might have sounded like or seemed like when delivering their messages. Scholars often make comparisons to poets. 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