Ancient prophecy : Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek perspectives / Martti Nissinen.

By:

Nissinen, Martti

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford scholarship onlinePublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (448 p.)ISBN:

9780191846083 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:

133.309394 23

LOC classification:

BF1762

Online resources:

Oxford scholarship online

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Elektronička knjiga	Open Acess (Otvoreni pristup)	OAB133.309394NISan (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Otvoreni pristup		6170762

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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.

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