Prophecy and Its Cultic Dimensions
Intro -- Prophecy and Its Cultic Dimensions -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Marian Broida: Ritualization in Prophetic Intercession -- Introduction -- 1. Prophetic Intercession -- 2. The Bible and Historical Reconstruction -- 3. Ritual and Ritualization -- 4. Categor...
| Summary: | Intro -- Prophecy and Its Cultic Dimensions -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Marian Broida: Ritualization in Prophetic Intercession -- Introduction -- 1. Prophetic Intercession -- 2. The Bible and Historical Reconstruction -- 3. Ritual and Ritualization -- 4. Categorizing the Prophets -- 5. Analyzing the Texts -- 5.1 Problem-solving Intercession -- 5.1.1 Problem-solving Intercession by Atypical Prophets -- 5.1.2 Problem-solving Intercession by Typical Prophets -- 5.2 Apotropaic Intercession -- 5.2.1 Apotropaic Intercession by Atypical Prophets -- 5.2.2 Apotropaic Intercession by Typical Prophets (Vision Reports) -- 5.2.3 Solicitations of Intercession by Typical Prophets -- 6. Summing up Biblical Evidence of Prophetic Intercession -- 7. Conclusion -- Lester L. Grabbe: Cultic Prophecy Déjà vu -- Introduction -- 1. Arguments Supporting Cultic Prophecy in Antiquity -- 1.1 Prophetic Guilds -- 1.2 Prophets in the Court of David and Other Kings -- 1.3 Groups of "False" Prophets -- 1.4 Late References to Temple Singers -- 1.5 Language and Themes in the Psalms -- 1.6 Prophecy as a Form of Divination in the Temple -- 1.7 Cross-cultural Comparisons -- 2. Conclusions -- John W. Hilber: Prophetic Ritual in the Egyptian Royal Cult -- Introduction -- 1. Non-Prophetic Revelatory Settings -- 2. Divine Speech and Ritual in the Royal Cult -- 2.1 Pyramid Texts -- 2.2 Coronation Texts -- 2.3 Building Inscriptions -- 2.4 Triumph Hymns -- 3. Ritual Performance and Significance -- 4. Old Testament Correlates -- Alex P. Jassen: Prophecy and Priests in the Second Temple Period -- Introduction -- 1. Hecataeus of Abdera -- 2. Testament of Levi -- 3. Apocryphon of Moses (4Q375-376) -- 4. Lives of the Prophets -- 5. The Gospel of John -- 6. Philo -- 7. Josephus -- 8. Conclusions Anja Klein: Poetry, Prophecy and History: Divine Speech in Psalms 81 and 95 -- 1. Cultic Prophecy in Scholarship -- 2. Analysis of Content and Function -- 2.1 Psalm 81 -- 2.2 Psalm 95 -- 3. Examples of Cultic Prophecy or Scribal Theology? -- Martti Nissinen: The Ritual Aspect of Prophecy -- 1. Prophets and Rituals in Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Sources -- 1.1 Prophetic Performances in Temples -- 1.2 Prophets as Ritual Performers -- 2. Is Prophetic Performance a Ritual? From Text to Theory -- Primary Editions of Cuneiform Sources -- Jonathan Stökl: Ready or Not, Here I Come: Triggering Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible -- Introduction -- 1. Music as a Trigger -- 1.1 FM 3 2 ii:21'-27' -- 1.2 FM 3 3 col iii: 4'-13' -- 2. Sacrificial Slaughter as Trigger -- 3. Other (Ritual) Triggers -- 3.1 Potentially Ritual Contexts -- 3.2 Sleep -- 3.3 Intoxicating Liquids? -- 3.4 Controlled Inquiry -- 4. Conclusion -- Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: The Seer and the Priest: The Case of the So-called Linen Ephod -- Introduction -- 1. The Uses of an/the Ephod -- 2. The Outer Appearance of an/the Ephod -- 2.1 The Priestly Clothes in Exodus 28:4 -- 29:5 -- 39:2-3 -- 2.2 The Ephod as a Type of Image -- 2.3 The So-called Linen Ephod -- 3. The Evidence from the Prophetic Literature -- 3.1 Isaiah 44:25 -- 3.2 Jeremiah 50:36 -- 3.3 Hosea 11:6 -- 3.4 Alternative Derivations of בדים = baddu -- 3.5 Alternative Derivations of בדים = "Idle Talk" -- 4. A New Understanding of אפוד בד -- 4.1 1 Samuel 22:18 -- 4.1.1 Parallel Versions -- 4.1.2 Exegesis -- 4.2 2 Samuel 6:14 -- 4.2.1 Parallel Versions -- 4.2.2 Exegesis -- 4.3 1 Samuel 2:18 -- 4.3.1 Parallel Versions -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Reference Index -- List of Contributors |
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| ISBN: | 3647570869 |