Thoughts on Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 1.2D2

[“Idolatry” matches “thinkgroup“.  “Sinful attitudes” matches “consciencelacking“.  The prophets stood in the place of the suprasovereign religion.   They placed the sovereigninfra into context.  They criticized thinkpro-object and were accused of thinkanti-object.

However, the prophets of old turned out to be correct.  Their correct predictions were thus recorded, incorporated into the Torah, when the exiles returned.  On this slippery foundation, the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes stood.]