Papers originally presented at a meeting of the Edinburgh Prophecy Network held at New College, Edinburgh, in December 2009. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Prophecy as construct : ancient and modern / Martti Nissinen -- Prophecy in the Mari and Nineveh archives / Robert P. Gordon -- Prophecy in K1285? Re-evaluating the divine speech episodes of Nabû / Jason Atkinson -- Hosea and the Assyrians / Hans M. Barstad -- Micah in Neo-Assyrian light / Bob Becking -- Ištar and the motif of the cosmological warrior : Assurbanipal's adaptation of Enuma Elish / C.L. Crouch -- The post-722 and late pre-exilic compositions underlying the Amos-text / Graham Hamborg -- Royal cultic prophecy in Assyria, Judah, and Egypt / John W. Hilber -- Ecology, theology, society : physical, religious, and social disjuncture in biblical and Neo-Assyrian prophetic texts / Hilary Marlow -- The prophet Micah and political society / David J. Reimer -- Prophecy in Israel and Assyria: are we comparing apples and pears? The materiality of writing and the avoidance of parallelomania / Joachim Schaper -- "I have rained stones and fiery glow on their heads!" Celestial and meteorological prophecy in the Neo-Assyrian empire / Jonathan Stökl -- Were the Neo-Assyrian prophets intercessors? A comparative study of Neo-Assyrian and Hebrew texts / Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer -- Isaiah : prophet of weal or woe? / H.G.M. Williamson.
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