Edward Elliott expected a polluted moral atmosphere to corrupt normal society but admitted this figure of speech to be unusual in prophetic writing.
There are also references to the Flood myth in Hebrew poetry and in the prophetic writings.
To interpret his significance they turned to the Hebrew sacred books, the Mosaic law as well as the prophetic writings.
The text is an example of the popular prophetic writings attributed to the sage Merlin, which ascribe to the early bard prophesies relevant to the author's time.
Victor Houteff continued to publish additional volumes of his prophetic writings until his death in 1955.
This question shows quite clearly that Schell is engaged in a dialectic peculiar to all prophetic writing.
Bajoran history was full of prophets and prophetic writings, most notoriously contradictory, but even the best of them had only been correct part of the time.
And I have to say, compared to some of what you consider to be legitimate prophetic writings, it's more accurate and a lot more complete.
Dr. Snobelen's main scholarly area of interest is Isaac Newton's theological and prophetic writings.
Dissatisfied with its original form, Wells, who was an outspoken socialist and author of prophetic writings, rewrote it in 1910.