Gordon, Robert P.

Thus Speaks Ishtar of Arbela : Prophecy in Israel, Assyria, and Egypt in the Neo-Assyrian Period. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (337 pages)

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.

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Prophecy-Comparative studies-Congresses.
Prophets-Comparative studies-Congresses.
Prophecy-Judaism-Congresses.
Assyro-Babylonian literature-Relation to the Old Testament-Congresses.
Assyria-Religion-Congresses.


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