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Autore |
Neujahr Matthew |
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Titolo |
Predicting the past in the ancient Near East : mantic historiography in ancient Mesopotamia, Judah, and the Mediterranean world / / Matthew Neujahr |
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Providence, R.I., : Brown Judaic Studies, c2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Brown Judaic studies ; ; no. 354 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prophecy in literature |
Assyro-Babylonian literature - Relation to the Old Testament |
Assyro-Babylonian literature - History and criticism |
Middle East Civilization To 622 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-282) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Akkadian Ex Eventu Compositions: Texts, Notes, and Discussion -- 3. The Genre Problem: Ancient Contexts and Modern Categories -- 4. Daniel and 1 Enoch: Ex Eventu Prediction in the Early Historical Apocalypses -- 5. Ex Eventu Prediction in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- 6. Ex Eventu Prediction in Greek Dress: The Case of the Sibylline Oracles -- 7. Literary Tropes and Analytical Categories: Mantic Historiography in the Ancient Near East -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work provides an in-depth investigation of after-the-fact predictions in ancient Near Eastern texts from roughly 1200 B.C.E. 70 C.E. It argues that the Akkadian, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek works discussed are all part of a developing scribal discourse of mantic historiography by which scribes blend their local traditions of history writing and predictive texts to produce a new mode of historiographic expression. This in turn calls into question the use and usefulness of traditional literary categories such as apocalypse to analyze such works." |
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