Prophecy in the Ancient Near East

Biographical note Readership Table of contents

Publication Type:

Book

Pages, Illustrations:

xvi, 298 pp.

Imprint:

BRILL

Language:

English

Biographical note

Jonathan Stökl, DPhil (2009) in Oriental Studies, Oxford University is a post-doctoral researcher on the ERC project ‘By the Rivers of Babylon: New Perspectives on Second Temple Judaism from Cuneiform Texts’ at University College London.

Readership

Any scholar working on ancient Near East and biblical prophecy and divination.

Chapter 1. Introduction
PART I. PROPHECY IN OLD BABYLONIAN SOURCES
Chapter 2. Introduction to Old Babylonian Prophecy
Chapter 3. Old Babylonian Prophets
Chapter 4. The Prophetic Message
Chapter 5. Further Aspects of Old Babylonian Prophecy
Chapter 6. Conclusions
PART II. PROPHECY IN NEO-ASSYRIAN SOURCES
Chapter 7. Introduction to Neo-Assyrian Prophecy
Chapter 8. Neo-Assyrian Prophets
Chapter 9. The Message
Chapter 10. Other Aspects of Neo-Assyrian Prophecy
Chapter 11. Conclusions
PART III. PROPHECY IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
Chapter 12. Introduction to Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible
Chapter 13. The Messengers
Chapter 14. Conclusions
PART IV. COMPARISON AND CONCLUSION
Chapter 15. Comparison of Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian and Biblical Prophecy
Chapter 16. Conclusions
Bibliography
Indices

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