Prophets and prophecy in the ancient near East / / by Martti Nissinen ; with contributions by C. L. Seow, Robert K. Ritner, and H. Craig Melchert

• Autore: Nissinen Martti
• Pubblicazione: Atlanta, Georgia : , : SBL Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 pages)
• Disciplina: 133.309394
• Soggetto topico: Prophets - Middle East - History
• Persona (resp. second.): SeowC. L (Choon-Leong); RitnerRobert Kriech <1953->; MelchertH. Craig <1945-> (Harold Craig)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Mari letters -- Other documents from Mari -- Texts from Ešnunna -- Ninevah Oracles -- Other neo-Assyrian documents -- Miscellaneous cuneiform sources -- West Semitic sources / edited and introduced by C.L. Seow -- Report of Wenamon / edited and introduced by Robert K. Ritner -- Luwian Stela / edited and introduced by H. Craig Melchert.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This volume brings together a representative sample of ancient Near Eastern written documents of prophecy from the second and first millennia BCE and provides nonspecialist readers translations, transliterations, and discussions of oracle reports and collections, quotations of prophetic messages in letters and literature, and texts that reference persons with prophetic titles. This second edition includes thirty-four new texts"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Prophets and prophecy in the ancient near East
• ISBN: 0884143414
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814918703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Writings from the ancient world ; ; Volume 41.