The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HOSEA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result HOSEA
- Book house overlooking ocean
- Spray water on a book
- Prophet’s house on the shore?
- Prophet in OT book has house overlooking Galilee, say
- Man with unfaithful wife among those admired
- Socks on top of a book
- Book from those academics
- I’m surprised about the main biblical figure
- Author of book one found under drawers
- I’m surprised about the main part of scripture
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The straight part
We know that "book of prophecy" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case book of prophecy = hosea.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.