Prophecy in its ancient Near Eastern context: Mesopotamian, biblical, and ...

PROPHECY IN ITS ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CONTEXT - MESOPOTAMIAN, BIBLICAL, AND ARABIAN PERSPECTIVES......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 7
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 9
Part One: STUDIES IN METHOD......Page 13
Background......Page 15
Taxonomy......Page 17
Method......Page 20
2. Lester L. Grabbe: Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy from an Anthropological Perspective......Page 25
Methodological Considerations......Page 26
Selected Examples......Page 28
Conclusions......Page 43
Typology......Page 45
Recent Definitions......Page 51
Prophets and Prophetic Literature......Page 53
Summary......Page 56
Part Two: STUDIES IN SOURCES......Page 57
4. Herbert B. Huffmon: A Company of Prophets: Mari, Assyria, Israel......Page 59
Marl......Page 60
Neo-Assyria......Page 69
Israel......Page 75
Conclusion......Page 82
Introduction......Page 83
Prophecy in Writing......Page 85
The Person of the Prophet......Page 89
The Cultic Context of Prophecy......Page 92
The Realm of the Divine Actions......Page 96
Conclusion......Page 98
The Neo-Assyrian Evidence for Prophets and Prophecy......Page 101
The Assyrian Prophets: mahhû and raggimu......Page 102
The Prophets and the Goddess......Page 107
The Prophets and the King......Page 114
The Prophets and Other Diviners......Page 119
Conclusions......Page 123
7. Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila: Arabian Prophecy......Page 127
Historiography in Islamic Studies......Page 129
Traditions of Arabian Prophecy......Page 131
The Career of Muhammad......Page 137
Muhammad's Prophetic Experience......Page 145
The Context for Muhammad's Prophecy......Page 147
Paradigms of Arabian Prophecy......Page 151
Summary......Page 157
Index of Ancient Documents......Page 161
Index of Modern Authors Cited......Page 169
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 173