Nissinen, Martti, <br/><br/>
Prophetic divination :  essays in Ancient Near Eastern prophecy / 
Martti Nissinen. 
 - Berlin :  De Gruyter,  (c)2019. 
 - 1 online resource (xxiii, 780 pages) :  color illustrations. 
 - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft,  volume 494 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Part One: Prophecy in Theory --  Prophecy as construct, ancient and modern --  Reflections on the "Historical-Critical" method: Historical criticism and critical historicism --  What is prophecy? An Ancient Near Eastern perspective --  Prophecy and omen divination: Two sides of the same coin --  Neither prophecies nor apocalypses: The Akkadian literary predictive texts --  Part Two: Prophecy in the Ancient Near East --  The Socioreligious role of the Neo-Assyrian prophets --  Non-male prophets in Ancient Near Eastern sources --  The prophet and the augur at Tus̆ḫan, 611 BCE --  Das kritische Potential in der altorientalischen Prophetie --  Fear not: A study on an Ancient Near Eastern phrase --  The exiled Gods of Babylon in Neo-Assyrian prophecy --  Marduk's return and reconciliation in a prophetic letter from Arbela (with Simo Parpola) --  City as lofty as heaven: Arbela and other cities in Neo-Assyrian prophecy --  Part Three: Biblical Prophecy in Ancient Near Eastern Context --  Die Relevanz der neuassyrischen Prophetie für die altestamentliche Forschung --  Biblical prophecy from a Near Eastern perspective: The cases of kingship and divine possession --  Comparing prophetic sources: Principles and a test case --  From holy war to holy peace: Biblical alternatives to belligerent rhetoric --  Falsche Prophetie in neuassyrischer und deuteronomistischer Darstellung --  Sacred springs and liminal rivers: Water and prophecy in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean --  Prophets and the divine council --  Wisdom as mediatrix in Sirach 24: Ben Sira, love lyrics, and prophecy --  Part Four: Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible: The historical dilemma of biblical prophetic studies --  Since when do prophets write? --  Prophets and prophecy in Joshua-Kings: A Near Eastern perspective --  Das Problem der Prophetenschüler --  The dubious image of prophecy --  (How) does the Book of Ezekiel reveal its Babylonian context? --  The Book of Hosea and the last days of the Northern Kingdom: The methodological problem --  Part Five: Prophecy in the Dead Sea Scrolls --  Transmitting the divine mysteries: The prophetic role of wisdom teachers in the Dead Sea Scrolls --  Oracles at Qumran? Traces of inspired speakers in the Dead Sea Scrolls --  Pesharim as divination: Qumran exegesis, omen interpretation and literary prophecy. 
<br/><br/> Martti Nissinen's research has had a formative influence on the study of prophecy for more than two decades. The 32 essays selected for this volume offer a wide-ranging view of prophetic divination. Some essays discuss prophecy from theoretical perspectives, while others contain detailed studies on prophecy in cuneiform sources, in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, as well as in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Altogether, this volume offers a ready starting point for many new and fruitful explorations of prophecy in the Anceint Near Eastern world. -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783110467666 3110467666 9783110467765 3110467763 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Prophecies.<br/>Dead Sea scrolls.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Prophecy--History.<br/>Semites--Religion.<br/>Prophets--History.--Middle East<br/>Prophecy--Comparative studies.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL1605  / .P767 2019