2.5 Prophets And Empires
Last modified 07/01/2008
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As we begin to see the Old Testament in the light of the eonic effect, its
emergentist core suddenly stands out in its spectacular effects, not least among
the way in which the era of the Prophets stands out as both a religious and a
geopolitical phenomenon. Our fixation on the religious cast of emerging
monotheism tends to blind us to the larger and equal significance of the drama
of empires and one kingdom that both challenged and survived them. And here the
era of the Prophets is an especially compelling prophecy of the emerging
dynamics of civilizations and states, and of an almost revolutionary impetus
behind their visions. The drama of the State, born at the dawn
of higher civilization, is given a secondary response as the evolution of
culture reacts to express the individuality of the 'persons' of those States,
and the element of religion gives expression to that duality of State and
Individual.
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