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100 1 $aNissinen, Martti.
245 10 $aProphets and prophecy in the ancient Near East /$cby Martti Nissinen with contributions by C.L. Seow and Robert K. Ritner ; edited by Peter Machinist.
260 $aAtlanta :$bSociety of Biblical Literature,$cc2003.
300 $axxi, 273 p. :$bmaps ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aWritings from the ancient world ;$vno. 12
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-260) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Translations -- Other documents from Mari -- Esnunna Oracles -- Ninevah Oracles -- Other neo-assyrian documents -- Miscellaneous cuneiform sources -- West Semitic sources -- Report of Wenamon.
520 $aProphecy was a widespread phenomenon, not only in ancient Israel but in the ancient Near East as a whole. This is the first book to gather the available ancient Near Eastern, extra-biblical sources containing prophetic words or references to prophetic activities. Among the 140 texts included in this volume are oracles of prophets, personal letters, formal inscriptions, and administrative documents from ancient Mesopotamia and Levant from the second and first millennia B.C.E. Most of the texts come from Mari and Assyria. In addition, the volume provides new translations of the relevant section of the Egyptian Report of Wenamon, by Robert K. Ritner, and of various texts from Syria-Palestine containing allusions to prophets and prophetic activities, by C.L. Seow. By collecting and presenting evidence of the activities of prophets and the phenomenon of prophecy from all over the ancient Near East, the volume illumines the cultural background of biblical prophecy and its parallels. It provides scholars of the history, religions, and cultural traditions of the ancient Near East with important information about different types and forms of transmissions of divine words, and makes these valuable primary source materials accessible to students and general readers in contemporary English along with transcriptions of the original languages, indexes, and extensive bibliography.
650 0 $aMiddle Eastern literature.
650 0 $aProphets$zMiddle East$xHistory.
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700 1 $aRitner, Robert Kriech,$d1953-
700 1 $aSeow, C. L.$q(Choon Leong)
700 1 $aMachinist, Peter.
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