Predicting the past in the ancient Near East mantic historiography in ancient Mesopotamia, Judah, and the Mediterranean world - Neujahr, Matthew (Providence, Rhode Island : Brown Judaic Studies, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-282) and index.
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Keywords: Prophecy in literature; Assyro-Babylonian literature -- Relation to the Old Testament; Assyro-Babylonian literature -- History and criticism; Bible. -- History of contemporary events; Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622.; HISTORY / Ancient / General; Electronic books