Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy

by Ben Zvi, Ehud; Floyd, Michael H.

• ISBN13: 9780884140238
• ISBN10: 0884140237
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	vii
Introduction: Writings, Speeches, and the Prophetic Books---Setting an Agenda	1	(30)
Ehud Ben Zvi
Transmitting Prophecy across Generations	31	(14)
James L. Crenshaw
Orality and Writtenness in the Prophetic Texts	45	(20)
Robert C. Culley
``Pen of iron, point of diamond'' (Jer 17:1): Prophecy as Writing	65	(18)
Philip R. Davies
Prophetic Orality in the Context of the Ancient Near East: A Response to Culley, Crenshaw, and Davies	83	(6)
John Van Seters
The Prophet as an Author: The Case of the Isaiah Memoir	89	(14)
R.E. Clements
``Write the revelation!'' (Hab 2:2): Re-imagining the Cultural History of Prophecy	103	(42)
Michael H. Floyd
Scribe and Speaker	145	(74)
Donald B. Redford
From the Oral to the Written: The Case of Old Babylonian Prophecy	219	(16)
Karel Van Der Toorn
Spoken, Written, Quoted, and Invented: Orality and Writtenness in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy	235	(38)
Martti Nissinen
Bibliography	273	(40)
Index of Scripture Citations	313