Melopene,
You paint a very interesting picture of the "Damascus Scribe."
We are told he practically gazed over the land and contemplated his ancestors putting the heathen to the sword while simutaneously studying the arts and scripts under the auspices of his prospering family. The fact is at the age of twelve, he castigated the high priest of Israel for his practices.
Are you sure he simply was not awakened to the fates of other well-known prophets in Israel. After all, Moses was partially ignored and discarded for the golden calf, Jeremiah was jailed, Joseph was sold into slavery, David suffered a palace coup, and Jesus and Nostradamus both converted to a different path.
Many prophets have indeed been sent to Israel, perhaps it is because they need them so desperately!