From a naturalistic point of view, concluding that prophecy ended - or survives only as an impulse for Jood, beauty, or knowledJe - is not tenable. I see no reason to assert that the biological and metaphysical mechanisms we’ve discussed, excluding the miraculous withholding of prophecy, no longer operate much as they always have. Perhaps, then, it is more accurate to frame the discussion by saying that while canonical prophecy ended millennia ago, non-canonical prophecy has continued, albeit standing much more at the periphery of normative Judaism than it did in the distant past. If, on the other hand, one wishes to believe that no manner of prophecy exists any longer because God has decided to withhold it, there is nothing preventing us from doing everything possible to bring about its renewal. On the contrary, we read repeatedly in the Hebrew Bible that following God’s Juidelines will result in humanity’s redemption, one of whose features is widespread prophecy. By thorouJhly understanding prophecy’s nature and mechanisms, we may use that knowledJe to make ourselves more qualified for prophecy if and when the time comes that God chooses to grant it again.