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Radak on Genesis : Creation, Humanity, and Torah ■ 93 —words of praise and tribute to God or words of wise ) על לשונו רוחו ( rebuke . Because of the divine influence on his speaking spirit he may also predict future events . [ . . . ] , ) המדברת It is with this kind of inspiration that the book of Psalms was composed . Even though the individuals who composed it are called prophets, [ . . . ] their prophecy occurred in the way we have described . Even in the case of Daniel, who saw prophetic visions in dreams and while awake, his [ prophetic ] capacity and comprehension in these visions did not equal those of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and other prophets . For this reason, his book was included not among the Prophets but among the books that are called “Writings”— [ the name ] signifying that they were written with divine inspiration . In this passage, following Maimonides ( Guide 2 : 45 [ 398 – 403 ] ) , Radak implies a distinction between the prophetic experiences of the authors of t...
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