Prophetic Divination : Essays in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy / Martti Nissinen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nissinen, Martti, Author.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 494.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 494

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Prophecies.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Bible. Old Testament.

Bible. Prophets.

Prophecy--History.

Prophecy.

Middle East--History--To 622.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 780 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Prophecy was a wide-spread phenomenon in the ancient world - not only in ancient Israel but in the whole Eastern Mediterranean cultural sphere. This is demonstrated by documents from the ancient Near East, that have been the object of Martti Nissinen's research for more than twenty years. Nissinen's studies have had a formative influence on the study of the prophetic phenomenon. The present volume presents a selection of thirty-one essays, bringing together essential aspects of prophetic divination in the ancient Near East. The first section of the volume discusses prophecy from theoretical perspectives. The second sections contains studies on prophecy in texts from Mari and Assyria and other cuneiform sources. The third section discusses biblical prophecy in its ancient Near Eastern context, while the fourth section focuses on prophets and prophecy in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Even prophecy in the Dead Sea Scrolls is discussed in the fifth section. The articles are essential reading for anyone studying ancient prophetic phenomenon.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

List of Original Publications

List of Abbreviations

Table of Contents

Prophecy as Construct, Ancient and Modern

Reflections on the "Historical-Critical" Method: Historical Criticism and Critical Historicism

What is Prophecy? An Ancient Near Eastern Perspective

Prophecy and Omen Divination: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Neither Prophecies nor Apocalypses: The Akkadian Literary Predictive Texts

The Socioreligious Role of the Neo-Assyrian Prophets

Non-Male Prophets in Ancient Near Eastern Sources

The Prophet and the Augur at Tušḫan, 611 BCE

Das kritische Potential in der altorientalischen Prophetie

Fear Not: A Study on an Ancient Near Eastern Phrase

The Exiled Gods of Babylon in Neo-Assyrian Prophecy

Marduk's Return and Reconciliation in a Prophetic Letter from Arbela (with Simo Parpola)

City as Lofty as Heaven: Arbela and Other Cities in Neo-Assyrian Prophecy

A Prophetic Riot in Babylonia, 133 BCE

Die Relevanz der neuassyrischen Prophetie für die alttestamentliche Forschung

Biblical Prophecy from a Near Eastern Perspective: The Cases of Kingship and Divine Possession

Comparing Prophetic Sources: Principles and a Test Case

From Holy War to Holy Peace: Biblical Alternatives to Belligerent Rhetoric

Falsche Prophetie in neuassyrischer und deuteronomistischer Darstellung

Sacred Springs and Liminal Rivers: Water and Prophecy in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean

Prophets and the Divine Council

Wisdom as Mediatrix in Sirach 24: Ben Sira, Love Lyrics, and Prophecy

The Historical Dilemma of Biblical Prophetic Studies

Since When Do Prophets Write?

Prophets and Prophecy in Joshua-Kings: A Near Eastern Perspective

Das Problem der Prophetenschüler

The Dubious Image of Prophecy

(How) Does the Book of Ezekiel Reveal Its Babylonian Context?

The Book of Hosea and the Last Days of the Northern Kingdom: The Methodological Problem

Transmitting Divine Mysteries: The Prophetic Role of Wisdom Teachers in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Oracles at Qumran? Traces of Inspired Speakers in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Pesharim as Divination: Qumran Exegesis, Omen Interpretation and Literary Prophecy

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of modern authors

Index of Ancient Near Eastern Sources

Index of Biblical References

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 681-750) and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110467666

3110467666

9783110467765

3110467763

OCLC:

1125187468

Publisher Number:

9783110466546