Ancient prophecy : Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek perspectives

Ancient prophecy : Near Eastern, biblical, and Greek perspectives / Martti Nissinen.

A study of the phenomenon of prophecy as documented in ancient Near Eastern texts and the Hebrew Bible as well as Greek sources, from the twenty-first century BCE to the second century CE.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nissinen, Martti (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Prophecy > History.
Prophets > Middle East.
Prophets > Greece.
PHILOSOPHY > Eastern.
Prophecy
Prophets
Greece
Middle East
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Constructing prophetic divination
  • Ancient Near Eastern sources
  • Greek sources
  • Hebrew Bible
  • Prophecy and ecstasy
  • Prophets and temples
  • Prophets and kings
  • Prophecy and gender
  • Keyholes for comparative reconstruction
  • Gender of prophets and deities in ancient Near eastern sources
  • Catalogue of ancient Near Eastern documents of prophecy.

Similar Items