Ancient prophecy : Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek perspectives /
Nissinen, Martti.
Ancient prophecy : Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek perspectives / Martti Nissinen. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017. - 1 online resource (448 p.) - Oxford scholarship online. .
Online access provided by Oxford scholarship online. This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Theory -- 1.Constructing Prophetic Divination. Part II. Sources -- 2. Ancient Near Eastern Sources -- 3. Greek Sources -- 4. Hebrew Bible. Part III. Comparative Essays -- 5.Prophecy and Ecstasy -- 6.Prophecy and Temples -- 7.Prophets and Kings -- 8.Prophecy and Gender -- 9. Keyholes for Comparative Reconstruction -- Appendix 1 : Gender of Prophets and Deities in Ancient Near Eastern Sources -- Appendix 2 : Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Documents of Prophecy.
A study of the phenomenon of prophecy as documented in ancient Near Eastern texts and the Hebrew Bible as well as Greek sources, from the twenty-first century BCE to the second century CE.
Specialized.
9780191846083 (ebook) : No price
Prophecy--History.
Proroštvo--Povijest.
Prophets--Middle East.
Proroštvo--Bliski istok.
Prophets--Greece.
Proroštvo--Grčka.
BF1762
133.309394
Ancient prophecy : Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek perspectives / Martti Nissinen. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017. - 1 online resource (448 p.) - Oxford scholarship online. .
Online access provided by Oxford scholarship online. This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Theory -- 1.Constructing Prophetic Divination. Part II. Sources -- 2. Ancient Near Eastern Sources -- 3. Greek Sources -- 4. Hebrew Bible. Part III. Comparative Essays -- 5.Prophecy and Ecstasy -- 6.Prophecy and Temples -- 7.Prophets and Kings -- 8.Prophecy and Gender -- 9. Keyholes for Comparative Reconstruction -- Appendix 1 : Gender of Prophets and Deities in Ancient Near Eastern Sources -- Appendix 2 : Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Documents of Prophecy.
A study of the phenomenon of prophecy as documented in ancient Near Eastern texts and the Hebrew Bible as well as Greek sources, from the twenty-first century BCE to the second century CE.
Specialized.
9780191846083 (ebook) : No price
Prophecy--History.
Proroštvo--Povijest.
Prophets--Middle East.
Proroštvo--Bliski istok.
Prophets--Greece.
Proroštvo--Grčka.
BF1762
133.309394