Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents VII
3. List of Tables XI
4. List of Abbreviations XI
5. Acknowledgements XIII
6. Chapter 1 Introduction: The Origins of (Scribal) Oracles 1
7. Chapter 2 Religion, Magic, and Comparison in the Study of Ancient Israelite Oracle Giving 23
8. Chapter 3 “I Asked for Signs”: Oracular Consultations in the Kingdom of Mari 57
9. Chapter 4 “Hear Me, O Aššur!”: Oracular Consultations in Iron Age West Asia 100
10. Chapter 5 “Let Us Go to the Seer”: Oracular Consultations in Ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible 138
11. Chapter 6 “The Word of Yahweh Came to Me”: Spontaneity and the Scribal Construction of Biblical Prophecy 198
12. Chapter 7 Conclusion: The “End of (Spontaneous) Prophecy” and the Beginning of Scripture 244
13. Bibliography 257
14. Index 284