Predicting the past in the ancient Near East
Neujahr, Matthew.
Predicting the past in the ancient Near East mantic historiography in ancient Mesopotamia, Judah, and the Mediterranean world / [electronic resource] : Matthew Neujahr. - Providence, Rhode Island : Brown Judaic Studies, [2012] - 1 online resource (xv, 300 p.) - Brown Judaic studies ; no. 354 . - Brown Judaic studies ; no. 354. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-282) and index.
The Akkadian ex eventu compositions : texts, notes, and discussion -- The genre problem : ancient contexts and modern categories -- Daniel and 1 Enoch : ex eventu prediction in the early historical apocalypses -- Ex eventu prediction in the Dead Sea scrolls -- Ex eventu prediction in Greek dress : the case of the Sibylline Oracles -- Literary tropes and analytical categories : mantic historiography in the ancient Near East.
9781930675810 (electronic bk.) 193067581X (electronic bk.)
Bible.--Old Testament--History of contemporary events.
Prophecy in literature.
Assyro-Babylonian literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
Assyro-Babylonian literature--History and criticism.
HISTORY / Ancient / General
Middle East--Civilization--To 622.
Electronic books.
BS1184 / .N48 2012eb
939.4/02072
Predicting the past in the ancient Near East mantic historiography in ancient Mesopotamia, Judah, and the Mediterranean world / [electronic resource] : Matthew Neujahr. - Providence, Rhode Island : Brown Judaic Studies, [2012] - 1 online resource (xv, 300 p.) - Brown Judaic studies ; no. 354 . - Brown Judaic studies ; no. 354. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-282) and index.
The Akkadian ex eventu compositions : texts, notes, and discussion -- The genre problem : ancient contexts and modern categories -- Daniel and 1 Enoch : ex eventu prediction in the early historical apocalypses -- Ex eventu prediction in the Dead Sea scrolls -- Ex eventu prediction in Greek dress : the case of the Sibylline Oracles -- Literary tropes and analytical categories : mantic historiography in the ancient Near East.
9781930675810 (electronic bk.) 193067581X (electronic bk.)
Bible.--Old Testament--History of contemporary events.
Prophecy in literature.
Assyro-Babylonian literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
Assyro-Babylonian literature--History and criticism.
HISTORY / Ancient / General
Middle East--Civilization--To 622.
Electronic books.
BS1184 / .N48 2012eb
939.4/02072
