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