Inspired Speech Prophecy in the Ancient Near East Essays in Honor of Herbert B. Huffmon

by Kaltner, John; Stulman, Louis

• ISBN13: 9780567045690
• ISBN10: 0567045692
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-23
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

Inspired Speech brings together thirty-three scholars to explore themes related to the study of religion and prophecy in the ancient Near East. Now available in paperback, Inspired Speech was originally published in the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testame

Author Biography

John Kaltner is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College, Tennessee, USA Louis Stulman is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Findlay, Ohio, USA

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xiii
Introductory/Background Essays
Herbert Bardwell Huffmon: A Reflection	p. 2
Introduction to the Study of the History of the Religion of Israel	p. 8
The Amorite Heritage in the West	p. 12
What is Prophecy? An Ancient Near Eastern Perspective	p. 17
Current Issues in the Study of Old Testament Prophecy	p. 38
Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
The Lamenting Prophet and the Modern Self: On the Origins of Contemporary Readings of Jeremiah	p. 48
Metaphor and Social Reality: Isaiah 23.17-18, Ezekiel 16.35-37 and Hosea 2.4-5	p. 63
Southern Mesopotamian Titles for Temple Personnel in the Mari Archives	p. 72
False Prophecy is True	p. 82
Esarhaddon, Sanduarri, and the Adon Papyrus	p. 88
Jeremiah as an Inspiration to the Poet of Job	p. 98
When the God of Israel 'Acts-Out' His Anger: On the Language of Divine Rejection in Biblical Literature	p. 111
REcovering an Ancient Paronomasia in Zechariah 14.5	p. 130
The Once and Future Lament: Micah 2.1-5 and the Prophetic Persona	p. 144
The Context, Text, and Logic of Isaiah 7.7-9	p. 161
The Eyes of Eli: An Essay in Motif Accretion	p. 171
From the Mouth of the Prophet: The Literary Fixation of Jeremiah's Prophecies in the Context of the Ancient Near East	p. 191
The Metaphors of 'Canaanite' and 'Baal' in Hosea	p. 203
What's in a Name? Cyrus and the Dating of Deutero-Isaiah	p. 216
What Did Elijah Do to His Mantle? The Hebrew Root GLM	p. 225
Word Event in Jeremiah: A Look at the Composition's 'Introductory Formulas'	p. 231
Visions of Peace in Isaiah	p. 244
'Yahweh Has Given these Three Kings into the Hand of Moab': A Socio-Literary Reading of 2 Kings 3	p. 253
The Spiritual Journey of Jonah: From the Perspective of C.G. Jung's Analytical Psychology	p. 276
Harder than Flint, Faster than Eagles: Intensified Comparatives in the Latter Prophets	p. 286
Jeremiah as a Polyphonic Response to Suffering	p. 302
The Royal Family in the Jeremiah Tradition	p. 319
Other Studies
New Light on the Story of Achsah	p. 330
Bathsheba's Silence (1 Kings 1.11-31)	p. 336
A Quest for the Divine and...the Tourist Dollar: The Dilemma Faced by Contemporary Dervish Orders	p. 347
Dissonant Pieties: John Calvin and the Prayer Psalms of the Psalter	p. 354
Herbert Bardwell Huffmon: A Bibliography	p. 401
Ph.D. Thesis Graduates, as Director or 2nd Reader-Drew University (With Thesis Director; 2nd Reader; 3rd Reader)	p. 404
Index of References	p. 410
Index of Authors	p. 428
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