Mediating between heaven and earth : communication with the divine in the Ancient Near East / edited by C.L. Crouch, Jonathan Stökl, Anna Elise Zernecke

Published: New York : T&T Clark, [2012]
Copyright Date: ©2012
Physical Description: xvii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Additional Creators: Crouch, Carly L. (Carly Lorraine), 1982-, Stökl, Jonathan, 1977-, and Zernecke, Anna Elise

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Series

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 566

Contents

Out of sight, out of mind: dedicatory inscriptions as communication with the divine / Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme -- The hermeneutics of Mesopotamian extispicy: theory vs. practice / Nils P. Heeßel -- The curious case of failed revelation in Ludlul bêl nêmeqi: a new suggestion for the poem's scholarly purpose / Alan Lenzi -- The exclusivity of divine communication in ancient Israel: false prophecy in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East / Herbert B. Huffmon -- (Intuitive) divination, (ethical) demands and diplomacy in the ancient Near East / Jonathan Stökl -- Modes of communication with the divine in the Hebrew psalter / Erhard S. Gerstenberger -- "To talk to one's god": penitential prayers in Mesopotamia / Margaret Jaques -- How to approach a deity: the growth of a prayer addressed to Is̆tar / Anna Elise Zernecke -- Psalm 72 in its ancient Syrian context / Jan Dietrich.

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ISBN

9780567461629
0567461629

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-178) and indexes.

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