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Although Nabion refers to the books, teaching on Nabion will remained based on the Tanakh. Nevertheless, the books require a bit of an introduction for clarity sake.
All are written by John ben Kathryn, who is clearly using a shem kodesh, a matronymic identifying him as John the son of Kathryn. The major, if not only, prophetic book is the Book of ben Kathryn, containing prophecies that, though they may be in order as they were received, are not necessarily detailing events in chronological order, although the first 17 chapters seem largely chronological. The books are highly Jewish, and parts of them may not always be understandable to non Jews.
Nabion, like Proverbs, is written as wisdom literature but with a specific target in instructing a prophet in his manner and duties.
Psalms are self explanatory: modern Jewish religious psalms.
The books are written in the “classical style,” rendered in “Old” or “Familiar” English. A Jewish prophet, whether the classical prophets or modern prophets, will record their prophecies in the most poetic or
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