“Among all the nations of the Oriental world, only Israel developed an eschatology . . .”

Hans K. LaRondelle, The Israel of God in Prophecy: Principles of Prophetic Interpretation (Berrien Springs: Andrews University Press, 1983), 35; citing H. D. Preuss, Jahweglaube und Zukunftserwartung, BEANT 7 (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag, 1964).