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Nissinen, Martti,

Ancient prophecy [electronic resource] : Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek perspectives / Martti Nissinen. - First edition. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2017. - ix, 469 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-421) and indexes.

Constructing prophetic divination -- Ancient Near Eastern sources -- Greek sources -- Hebrew Bible -- Prophecy and ecstasy -- Prophets and temples -- Prophets and kings -- Prophecy and gender -- Keyholes for comparative reconstruction -- Gender of prophets and deities in ancient Near eastern sources -- Catalogue of ancient Near Eastern documents of prophecy.

Ancient Prophecy: Near Eastern, Biblical, and Greek Perspectives' is the first monograph-length comparative study on prophetic divination in ancient Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek sources. Prophecy is one of the ways humans have believed to become conversant with what is believed to be superhuman knowledge. The prophetic process of communication involves the prophet, her/his audience, and the deity from whom the message allegedly comes from. Martti Nissinen introduces a wealth of ancient sources documenting the prophetic phenomenon around the ancient Eastern Mediterranean, whether cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia, the Hebrew Bible, Greek inscriptions, or ancient historians.

ISBN: 9780198808558 0198808550

LCCN: 2017941120

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB7I5845 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 018541645 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prophecy--History.
Prophets--Middle East.
Prophets--Greece.
Prophecy.
Prophets.
Prophetie
Religion

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Greece.
Middle East.
Alter Orient

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Electronic books