Why Are Prophets Reluctant?
The reluctant prophet is common trope in the Bible. Moses, Jeremiah, and Jonah all express a desire not to be leaders. Homer’s Iliad centers around Achilles’s refusal to fight. Melville’s Bartleby is a copyist who refuses to work.
Why are so many prophets reluctant, not just in the Bible, but cross-culturally?
Take Jonah—who is commanded to proclaim again…
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