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Prophetic Divination

Essays in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy
  • Martti Nissinen
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2019
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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.

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Martti Nissinen, University of Helsinki, Finland.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Preface

    VII
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    List of Original Publications

    IX
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    List of Abbreviations

    XIII
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    Table of Contents

    XXI
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  • Part One: Prophecy in Theory
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    Prophecy as Construct, Ancient and Modern

    3
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    Reflections on the “Historical-Critical” Method: Historical Criticism and Critical Historicism

    29
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    What is Prophecy? An Ancient Near Eastern Perspective

    53
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    Prophecy and Omen Divination: Two Sides of the Same Coin

    75
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    Neither Prophecies nor Apocalypses: The Akkadian Literary Predictive Texts

    87
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  • Part Two: Prophecy in the Ancient Near East
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    The Socioreligious Role of the Neo-Assyrian Prophets

    103
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    Non-Male Prophets in Ancient Near Eastern Sources

    127
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    The Prophet and the Augur at Tušḫan, 611 BCE

    153
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    Das kritische Potential in der altorientalischen Prophetie

    163
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    Fear Not: A Study on an Ancient Near Eastern Phrase

    195
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    The Exiled Gods of Babylon in Neo-Assyrian Prophecy

    233
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    Marduk’s Return and Reconciliation in a Prophetic Letter from Arbela (with Simo Parpola)

    245
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    City as Lofty as Heaven: Arbela and Other Cities in Neo-Assyrian Prophecy

    267
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    A Prophetic Riot in Babylonia, 133 BCE

    301
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  • Part Three: Biblical Prophecy in Ancient Near Eastern Context
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    Die Relevanz der neuassyrischen Prophetie für die alttestamentliche Forschung

    315
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    Biblical Prophecy from a Near Eastern Perspective: The Cases of Kingship and Divine Possession

    351
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    Comparing Prophetic Sources: Principles and a Test Case

    377
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    From Holy War to Holy Peace: Biblical Alternatives to Belligerent Rhetoric

    397
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    Falsche Prophetie in neuassyrischer und deuteronomistischer Darstellung

    419
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    Sacred Springs and Liminal Rivers: Water and Prophecy in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean

    441
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    Prophets and the Divine Council

    461
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    Wisdom as Mediatrix in Sirach 24: Ben Sira, Love Lyrics, and Prophecy

    479
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  • Part Four: Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible
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    The Historical Dilemma of Biblical Prophetic Studies

    499
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    Since When Do Prophets Write?

    517
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    Prophets and Prophecy in Joshua–Kings: A Near Eastern Perspective

    539
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    Das Problem der Prophetenschüler

    563
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    The Dubious Image of Prophecy

    577
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    (How) Does the Book of Ezekiel Reveal Its Babylonian Context?

    597
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    The Book of Hosea and the Last Days of the Northern Kingdom: The Methodological Problem

    613
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  • Part Five: Prophecy in the Dead Sea Scrolls
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    Transmitting Divine Mysteries: The Prophetic Role of Wisdom Teachers in the Dead Sea Scrolls

    631
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    Oracles at Qumran? Traces of Inspired Speakers in the Dead Sea Scrolls

    651
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    Pesharim as Divination: Qumran Exegesis, Omen Interpretation and Literary Prophecy

    663
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    Bibliography

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    Index of Names

    751
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    Index of modern authors

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    Index of Ancient Near Eastern Sources

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    Index of Biblical References

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eBook published on:
October 8, 2019
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9783110467765
Hardcover published on:
October 8, 2019
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110466546
Paperback published on:
September 20, 2021
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9783110764130
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780
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110467765
eBook ISBN: 9783110467765
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110466546
Paperback ISBN: 9783110764130
Keywords for this book
Prophecy; History of Religion; Divination; Hebrew Bible
Audience(s) for this book
Assyriologists; scholars of the Hebrew Bible, the ancient Near East, and the Dead Sea Scrolls
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