Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East

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A new, expanded edition of a classic reference tool This volume of more than 170 documents of prophecy from the ancient Near East brings together a representative sample of written documents from Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Egypt dating to the second and first millennia BCE. Nissinen's collection provides nonspecialist readers clear translations, transliterations, and discussions of oracles 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. Features: Modern, idiomatic, and readable English translations Thirty-four new translations Contributions of West Semitic, Egyptian, and Luwian sources from C.-L. Seow, Robert K. Ritner, and Craig Melchert Cover Contents Series Editor’s Foreword Abbreviations Explanation of Signs Chronological Tables Maps Acknowledgments Introduction Mari Letters Other Documents from Mari Texts from Ešnunna Nineveh Oracles Other Neo-Assyrian Documents Miscellaneous Cuneiform Sources West Semitic Sources Report of Wenamon Luwian Stela Concordances Bibliography Glossary Indexes