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Subject(s)

• Bible Prophets—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]
• Prophecy [Browse]
• Cross-cultural studies [Browse]
• Middle East—History [Browse]

Series

• Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 738. [More in this series]
• T & T Clark library of biblical studies. [More in this series]

Summary note

"Lester Grabbe here distills his wide body of work on the subject of prophecy. The volume considers prophecy in different cultural contexts across ancient Israel and surrounding areas. Beginning with a consideration of prophecy in the Hebrew Bible, Grabbe then looks at it as phenomenon in the ancient near east, including Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Levant. From this background in the immediate context of ancient Israel, Grabbe then widens the cultural lens to consider prophecy in more global environments, including Africa and the Americas, and recent examples of pseudo-biblical prophets such as Joseph Smith. In the final part of the book Grabbe then analyses these different prophetic types and forms, looking at the continuing traditions of prophecy alongside their ancient roots"--Publisher website.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-385) and indexes.

Contents

• Part I. Introduction
• Part II. Hebrew Bible. The Pentateuch and former prophets ; The latter prophets ; Prophets in 1 and 2 Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah
• Part III. Ancient world. Prophecy in Mesopotamia ; Prophecy in the Levant, Asia Minor, Egypt, Persia, and the Graeco-Roman world
• Part IV. Cross-cultural examples. Prophecy and shamanism in Asia and North and South America ; Prophecy and spirit possession in Africa and Madagascar ; Modern-day examples of prophets and prophecy
• Part V. Summary and analysis. Prophecy and society ; Continuation of prophecy in the Second Temple period ; Apocalyptic and apocalypses
• Part VI. Conclusions. Conclusions : a holistic perspective on prophecy.

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ISBN

• 056771070X ((hardback))
• 9780567710703 ((hardback))

LCCN

2024442404

OCLC

1392341625

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