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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford scholarship onlinePublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (448 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780191846083 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 133.309394 23
LOC classification:
  • BF1762
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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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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.

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