Prophets and prophecy in the ancient Near East

Introduction -- Mari letters -- Other documents from Mari -- Texts from Ešnunna -- Ninevah Oracles -- Other neo-Assyrian documents -- Miscellaneous cuneiform sources -- West Semitic sources / edited and introduced by C.L. Seow -- Report of Wenamon / edited and introduced by Robert K. Ritner -- Luwia...

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Main Author: Nissinen, Martti 1959- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Atlanta SBL Press [2019]
In: Writings from the ancient world (number 41)
Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: Nissinen, Martti, 1959-, Prophets and prophecy in the ancient Near East] (2020) (Hilber, John W.)
[Rezension von: Nissinen, Martti, 1959-, Prophets and prophecy in the ancient Near East] (2021) (Comte, Cyprien)
[Rezension von: Nissinen, Martti, 1959-, Prophets and prophecy in the ancient Near East] (2020) (Kelle, Brad E., 1973 -)
Edition:Second edition
Series/Journal:Writings from the ancient world number 41
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ancient Orient / Prophecy / Old Testament
Further subjects:B Middle East
B Prophets (Middle East) History
B Middle Eastern literature
B Prophets
B Bible
B Prophecy History
B History
B Prophecy
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:Introduction -- Mari letters -- Other documents from Mari -- Texts from Ešnunna -- Ninevah Oracles -- Other neo-Assyrian documents -- Miscellaneous cuneiform sources -- West Semitic sources / edited and introduced by C.L. Seow -- Report of Wenamon / edited and introduced by Robert K. Ritner -- Luwian Stela / edited and introduced by H. Craig Melchert.
This volume of more than 170 documents of prophecy from the ancient Near East brings together a representative sample of written documents from Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Egypt dating to the second and first millennia BCE. Nissinen's collection provides nonspecialist readers clear translations, transliterations, and discussions of oracles reports and collections, quotations of prophetic messages in letters and literature, and texts that reference persons with prophetic titles. This second edition includes thirty-four new texts
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 283-328 und Indexe
ISBN:1628372281