Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near EastProphecy was a widespread phenomenon, not only in ancient Israel but in the ancient Near East as a whole. This is the first book to gather the available ancient Near Eastern, extra-biblical sources containing prophetic words or references to prophetic activities. Among the 140 texts included in this volume are oracles of prophets, personal letters, formal inscriptions, and administrative documents from ancient Mesopotamia and Levant from the second and first millennia B.C.E. Most of the texts come from Mari and Assyria. In addition, the volume provides new translations of the relevant section of the Egyptian Report of Wenamon, by Robert K. Ritner, and of various texts from Syria-Palestine containing allusions to prophets and prophetic activities, by C.L. Seow. By collecting and presenting evidence of the activities of prophets and the phenomenon of prophecy from all over the ancient Near East, the volume illumines the cultural background of biblical prophecy and its parallels. It provides scholars of the history, religions, and cultural traditions of the ancient Near East with important information about different types and forms of transmissions of divine words, and makes these valuable primary source materials accessible to students and general readers in contemporary English along with transcriptions of the original languages, indexes, and extensive bibliography. |
Contents
Mari Letters | 13 |
Ahum to ZimriLim ARM 26 200 | 26 |
KibriDagan to ZimriLim ARM 26 220 | 45 |
Uarehetil to Darilibur ARM 26 222 | 59 |
KibriDagan to ZimriLim ARM 26 234 | 65 |
imatum to ZimriLim ARM 26 239 | 71 |
ZakiraÔammû to ZimriLim ARM 27 32 | 77 |
Enunna Oracles | 93 |
NN to the Queen Mother SAA 9 | 125 |
Other NeoAssyrian Documents | 133 |
Miscellaneous Cuneiform Sources | 179 |
West Semitic Sources C L Seow | 201 |
Inibina to ZimriLim ARM 26 204 | 204 |
Report of Wenamon Robert K Ritner | 219 |
Glossary | 261 |
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Common terms and phrases
Adad ana bēlīya ana šarri bēlīya anāku annītam āpilum Arbela Aššur Aššūr-aḥu-iddina Assurbanipal Bābili Babylon Babylonia beginning destroyed Bēl Bēlet bēt bīt Copy Dagan Deir Alla Dietrich divine Dossin Dumuzi Durand Durand 1988 microfiche Durand and Guichard Ellermeier 1968 enemies Esarhaddon extispicy garment goddess gods Heintz Huffmon ilāni rabûti ina libbi inanna inscription iqbêm Ištar Ištar of Arbela J. M. Sasson kiam kīma king of Assyria kingship Lady letter lines lord ma'dū Malamat mār Marduk Mari māršu ša Moran Mullissu Nabû Neo-Assyrian Nergal Nineveh Ninurta nišē Nissinen 1998b oracle palace Parpola Photograph Pongratz-Leisten 1999 prophecy prophetess prophetic oracles rest destroyed ritual ša ina ša šarri SAA 9 Šamaš servant Šibtu Simo Parpola Sîn ṣubātum šulmu šumma ina āli tablet temple Terqa Teumman throne Toorn Translation and/or discussion Transliteration and translation umma ummāmi Weippert word Zimri-Lim Zimri-Lim Text