TY - BOOK AU - Gordon,Robert P. AU - Barstad,Hans TI - Thus Speaks Ishtar of Arbela: Prophecy in Israel, Assyria, and Egypt in the Neo-Assyrian Period SN - 9781575068602 AV - BL633.T45 2013eb U1 - 202/.117 PY - 2013/// CY - University Park, PA PB - Pennsylvania State University Press KW - Prophecy-Comparative studies-Congresses KW - Prophets-Comparative studies-Congresses KW - Prophecy-Judaism-Congresses KW - Assyro-Babylonian literature-Relation to the Old Testament-Congresses KW - Assyria-Religion-Congresses KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - No detailed description available for ""Thus Speaks Ishtar of Arbela"" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3155681 ER -