Ancient Prophecy Near Eastern, Biblical, and Greek Perspectives
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2017
- 448p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Theory Constructing prophetic Divination ............3 Prophecy as a Construct ..........3 Prophecy as Divination ........10 Prophets as Intermediaries ...............19 On Comparative studies .................43 Sources, Genre, and Purpose ...............51 2. Sources Ancient near eastern sources ......57 Lexical Lists and Omen Texts..............57 Legal and Administrative texts ..............62 Ritual Texts ..........68 Letters .............73 Written Oracles ..................93 Literary Prophecy .........104 Greek Sources............116 Hebrew Bible ...............144 3. Comparative essays Prophecy and Ecstasy ...........171 Prophets and Temples .......201 Prophets and Kings ............257 Prophecy and Gender ...........297 Keyholes for Comparative Reconstruction ...........326