D.L. PETERSEN, Israelite prophecy: change versus continuity

Rûaḥ in the Hebrew Bible: A Survey of Past Scholarship

“…Scholars arguing for the latter have seen the evidence for ecstasy in biblical literature as minimal, relegating those texts to the fringes of the biblical timeline, either as especially early or especially late or by attributing them to foreign influences in biblical tradition (e.g., Heschel 1962;S. B. Parker 1978;Petersen 1981Petersen , 1995André 1982; but see counter arguments in Schmid 1974;and Kapelrud 1977). The most recent scholar to embody this position has been Levison who has argued that 'there are but slivers of ecstasy, if any at all, embedded in Israel's corporate memory' : 219, 2019cf.…”

Historical Overview of the Old Testament Prophecy and Prophetism: Its Application to the 21st Century Church

“…Petersen asserts that it may be better to ask why the tremendous classical pre-exilic prophets avoid reference to the Spirit of Yahweh when both their predecessors and successors seem to take it for granted that this is the best language to use in the explanation of prophetic gifts. 48 A more significant shift may lie behind the increased interest in visions and dreams in post-exilic prophetic books. The passage from Joel just cited glosses the extension of prophetic gifts to all by saying,-Your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.…”