Prophecy in the ancient Near East: a philological and sociological comparison

by Stökl, Jonathan

Type Book

Rate 0.0 /5

Details

Files

Reviews

Download

Title Statements

Full title :Prophecy in the ancient Near East : a philological and sociological comparison / by Jonathan Stökl.

Summary

"Since the 1990s there has been an emphasis on the study of ancient Israelite prophecy in its ancient Near East context. Prophecy in the Ancient Near East is the first book-length study that compares prophecy in the ancient Near East by focusing on texts from Mari, the Neo-Assyrian State Archives, and the Hebrew Bible. The author analyzes prophecy in each culture independently before comparisons are made. This method demonstrates how prophecy is a part of the wider system of divination, but also shows where scholarship has unduly imported concepts found in one corpus to the other two. This method, for example, calls into question the supposed link between music and prophecy from the Hebrew Bible to the ancient Near East. This work provides an up-to-date analysis of ancient Near Eastern, including Israelite and Judean, prophecy to scholars and students alike."--Publisher's website.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 297 p. ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789004229921, 9004229922
oclc:ocn986627692

Sumari: Introduction. -- Part 1: Prophecy in old Babylonian sources. Introduction to Old Babylonian Prophecy ; Old Babylonian Prophets ; The Prophetic Message ; Further Aspects of Old Babylonian Prophecy ; Conclusions. -- Part 2: Prophecy in neo-assyrian sources. Introduction to Neo-Assyrian Prophecy ; Neo-Assyrian Prophets ; The Message ; Other Aspects of Neo-Assyrian Prophecy ; Conclusions. -- Part 3: Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible. Introduction to Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible ; The Messengers ; Conclusions. -- Part 4: Comparison and conclusion. Comparison of Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian and Biblical Prophecy ; Conclusions.