mg01

In the early books of the Hebrew Bible, there are instances of prophecies fulfilled within the text. At the most basic level, there are things like the announcecements of the birth of the patriarchs in Genesis and proclamations of various messengers of YHWH of upcomming immediate events. In Kings, Josiah is post-hoc predicted to destory the temple at Dan(?) which occurs later under his reign. There is also the famous example in Issiah 7 and the birth of Emanuel, born several paragraphs later.

At what point though do we begin to see more "open ended" prophecies (those not fulfilled several paragraphs later) such as the much anticipated "day of YHWH"?

It seems that by the time of Daniel the process was in full swing, and that following Daniel, the apocalyptic/revelation works such as Enoch begin to appear (transforming the "day of YHWH" from restoration theology to an eschalogical one).

What about within Ezra, Neimiah, Jerimiah, Ezikiel? (Assuming 3rd/4th centuries and pre-Daniel and ignoring any Christian reintreptations.) What about in Maccabees?

Additionally, what are the earliest indications of re-interpretaion of scripture (containing these prophecies) in search of hidden, alternative, or even alegorical meanings? I would include within this category Josephus and Philo. How much of this do we see in the Dead Sea scrolls or earlier writers?

Thanks in advance.

bacht

It shall come to pass in the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the LORD
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be raised up above the hills;
and peoples shall flow to it,
and many nations shall come, and say:
"Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of the God of Jacob;
that he may teach us his ways
and we may walk in his paths."

For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall decide for strong nations afar off;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more;
but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree,
and none shall make them afraid;
for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.
Micah 4

I think Micah is dated to the mid-8th C BC, unless this section was interpolated.