Inspired Speech Prophecy in the Ancient Near East: Essays in Honor of Herbert B.Huffmon

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Part 1 INTRODUCTORY/BACKGROUND ESSAYS SUZANNE RICHARD Herbert Bardwell Huffmon: A Reflection FRANK MOORE CROSS Introduction to the Study of the History of the Religion of Israel GEORGE E. MENDENHALL The Amorite Heritage in the West MARTTI NISSINEN What is Prophecy? An Ancient Near Eastern Perspective ROBERT R. WILSON Current Issues in the Study of Old Testament Prophecy Part II PROPHECY IN THE HEBREW BIBLE AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST MARY CHILTON CALLAWAY The Lamenting Prophet and the Modern Self: On the Origins of Contemporary Readings of Jeremiah PEGGY L. DAY Metaphor and Social Reality: Isaiah 23.17-18, Ezekiel 16.35-37 and Hosea 2.4-5 DANIEL E. FLEMING Southern Mesopotamian Titles for Temple Personnel in the Mari Archives DAVID NOEL FREEDMAN AND REBECCA FREY False Prophecy is True ALBERTO R. GREEN Esarhaddon, Sanduarri, and the Adon Papyrus EDWARD L. GREENSTEIN Jeremiah as an Inspiration to the Poet of Job BARUCH A. LEVINE When the God of Israel `Acts-Out` His Anger: On the Language of Divine Rejection in Biblical Literature DAVID MARCUS Recovering an Ancient Paronomasia in Zechariah 14.5 HARRY P. NASUTI The Once and Future Lament: Micah 2.1-5 and the Prophetic Persona J.J.M. ROBERTS The Context, Text, and Logic of Isaiah 7.7-9 JACK M. SASSON The Eyes of Eli: An Essay in Motif Accretion KAREL VAN DER TOORN From the Mouth of the Prophet: The Literary Fixation of Jeremiah`s Prophecies in the Context of the Ancient Near East LYN M. BECHTEL The Metaphors of `Canaanite` and `Baal` in Hosea MILTON ENG What` s in a Name? Cyrus and the Dating of Deutero-Isaiah JOHN KALTNER What Did Elijah Do to His Mantle? The Hebrew Root GLM JOHN I. LAWLOR Word Event in Jeremiah: A Look at the Composition`s `Introductory Formulas` DAVID A. LEITER Visions of Peace in Isaiah JESSE C. LONG, JR, AND MARK SNEED `Yahweh Has Given these Three Kings into the Hand of Moab`:A Socio-Literary Reading of 2 Kings 3 JONGSOO PARK The Spiritual Journey of Jonah: From the Perspective of C.G. Jung`s Analytical Psychology ERIC A. SEIBERT Harder than Flint, Faster than Eagles: Intensified Comparatives in the Latter Prophets Louis STULMAN Jeremiah as a Polyphonic Response to Suffering ALEX VARUGHESE The Royal Family in the Jeremiah Tradition Part III OTHER STUDIES WILLIAM W. HALLO New Light on the Story of Achsah MICHAEL S. MOORE Bathsheba`s Silence (1 Kings 1.11-31) MARY-LOUISE MUSSELL A Quest for the Divine and.. .the Tourist Dollar:The Dilemma Faced by Contemporary Dervish Orders PAUL A. RIEMANN Dissonant Pieties: John Calvin and the Prayer Psalms of the Psalter Herbert Bardwell Huffmon: A Bibliography Ph.D. Thesis Graduates, as Director or 2nd Reader-Drew University (With Thesis Director; 2nd Reader; 3rd Reader)