Thus Speaks Ishtar of Arbela Prophecy in Israel, Assyria, and Egypt in the Neo-Assyrian Period

Thus Speaks Ishtar is a collection of essays about prophets and prophecy in the ancient Near East during the "Neo-Assyrian Period." This was the time when some of Israel's greatest prophets emerged, and we also have from the same general period a number of prophetic texts found on the...

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Main Authors Gordon, Robert P, Barstad, Hans
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published University Park, PA Penn State University Press 2013
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition1
Subjects
Assyria-Religion-Congresses
Assyro-Babylonian literature-Relation to the Old Testament-Congresses
HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt
Prophecy-Comparative studies-Congresses
Prophecy-Judaism-Congresses
Prophets-Comparative studies-Congresses
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Online AccessGet full text
ISBN9781575068602
1575068605
1575062828
9781575062822
DOI10.1515/9781575068602

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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- COVR Front -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Prophecy as Construct, Ancient and Modern -- Chapter 2: Prophecy in the Mari and Nineveh Archives -- Chapter 3: Prophecy in K1285? Re-evaluating the Divine Speech Episodes of Nabû -- Chapter 4: Hosea and the Assyrians -- Chapter 5: Micah in Neo-Assyrian Light -- Chapter 6: Ištar and the Motif of the Cosmological Warrior -- Chapter 7: The Post-722 and Late Pre-exilic Compositions Underlying the Amos-Text -- Chapter 8: Royal Cultic Prophecy in Assyria, Judah, and Egypt -- Chapter 9: Ecology, Theology, Society Physical, Religious, and Social Disjuncture in Biblical and Neo-Assyrian Prophetic Texts -- Chapter 10: The Prophet Micah and Political Society -- Chapter 11: Prophecy in Israel and Assyria: Are We Comparing Apples and Pears? The Materiality of Writing and the Avoidance of Parallelomania -- Chapter 12: "I Have Rained Stones and Fiery Glow on Their Heads!" Celestial and Meteorological Prophecy in the Neo-Assyrian Empire -- Chapter 13: Were the Neo-Assyrian Prophets Intercessors? A Comparative Study of Neo-Assyrian and Hebrew Texts -- Index
  • Were the Neo-Assyrian Prophets Intercessors? A Comparative Study of Neo-Assyrian and Hebrew Texts
  • Contents --
  • Prophecy in Israel and Assyria: Are We Comparing Apples and Pears? The Materiality of Writing and the Avoidance of Parallelomania
  • Preface --
  • Ištar and the Motif of the Cosmological Warrior Assurbanipal’s Adaptation of Enuma Elish
  • Martti Nissinen --
  • Hilary Marlow --
  • “I Have Rained Stones and Fiery Glow on Their Heads!” Celestial and Meteorological Prophecy in the Neo-Assyrian Empire
  • Hosea and the Assyrians
  • Index of Authors --
  • David J. Reimer --
  • Introduction --
  • Robert P. Gordon --
  • Index of Other Ancient Sources
  • John W. Hilber --
  • Abbreviations --
  • Micah in Neo-Assyrian Light
  • Jason Atkinson --
  • Joachim Schaper --
  • Bob Becking --
  • Royal Cultic Prophecy in Assyria, Judah, and Egypt
  • C. L. Crouch --
  • Graham Hamborg --
  • Hans M. Barstad --
  • Ecology, Theology, Society Physical, Religious, and Social Disjuncture in Biblical and Neo-Assyrian Prophetic Texts
  • Prophecy in K1285? Re-evaluating the Divine Speech Episodes of Nabû
  • H. G. M. Williamson --
  • The Post-722 and Late Pre-exilic Compositions Underlying the Amos-Text
  • Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Prophecy in the Mari and Nineveh Archives
  • Isaiah: Prophet of Weal or Woe?
  • Index of Scripture --
  • Prophecy as Construct, Ancient and Modern
  • Jonathan Stökl --
  • The Prophet Micah and Political Society