Shouters

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Shouters is the literal translation of the Hebrew term Neb'im. The term appears in the Books of Samuel where it describes a group of individuals who roam around playing music and acting ecstatically. In many English translations of the Bible they are simply described as prophets. Samuel is identified as their leader by one passage in the text, though some textual scholars considers this passage as having originated in a separate source (the monarchial source) to another in which they are seemingly fairly independent from Samuel (the republican source). The hypthesis goes as to say in the monarchial source, the expression Is Saul among the Prophets? is explained as having originated when Saul met the Neb'im, and joined in their activities (the republican source gives a different explanation for the phrase). taken'^[1].

1. ^ This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.