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Prophetic Divination - Essays in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy (Paperback): Martti Nissinen Prophetic Divination - Essays in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy (Paperback)
Martti Nissinen
R1,507 R1,223 Discovery Miles 12 230 Save R284 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Prophecy was a wide-spread phenomenon in the ancient world - not only in ancient Israel but in the whole Eastern Mediterranean cultural sphere. This is demonstrated by documents from the ancient Near East, that have been the object of Martti Nissinen's research for more than twenty years. Nissinen's studies have had a formative influence on the study of the prophetic phenomenon. The present volume presents a selection of thirty-one essays, bringing together essential aspects of prophetic divination in the ancient Near East. The first section of the volume discusses prophecy from theoretical perspectives. The second sections contains studies on prophecy in texts from Mari and Assyria and other cuneiform sources. The third section discusses biblical prophecy in its ancient Near Eastern context, while the fourth section focuses on prophets and prophecy in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Even prophecy in the Dead Sea Scrolls is discussed in the fifth section. The articles are essential reading for anyone studying ancient prophetic phenomenon.

Prophetic Divination - Essays in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy (Hardcover): Martti Nissinen Prophetic Divination - Essays in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy (Hardcover)
Martti Nissinen
R5,974 Discovery Miles 59 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Prophecy was a wide-spread phenomenon in the ancient world - not only in ancient Israel but in the whole Eastern Mediterranean cultural sphere. This is demonstrated by documents from the ancient Near East, that have been the object of Martti Nissinen's research for more than twenty years. Nissinen's studies have had a formative influence on the study of the prophetic phenomenon. The present volume presents a selection of thirty-one essays, bringing together essential aspects of prophetic divination in the ancient Near East. The first section of the volume discusses prophecy from theoretical perspectives. The second sections contains studies on prophecy in texts from Mari and Assyria and other cuneiform sources. The third section discusses biblical prophecy in its ancient Near Eastern context, while the fourth section focuses on prophets and prophecy in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Even prophecy in the Dead Sea Scrolls is discussed in the fifth section. The articles are essential reading for anyone studying ancient prophetic phenomenon.

Reste Altorientalischen Prophetentums in Der Bibel (German, Paperback): Martti Nissinen Reste Altorientalischen Prophetentums in Der Bibel (German, Paperback)
Martti Nissinen
R774 Discovery Miles 7 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East (Paperback): Martti Nissinen Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East (Paperback)
Martti Nissinen
R1,152 Discovery Miles 11 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Constructs of Prophecy in the Former and Latter Prophets and Other Texts (Paperback, New): Lester L Grabbe, Martti Nissinen Constructs of Prophecy in the Former and Latter Prophets and Other Texts (Paperback, New)
Lester L Grabbe, Martti Nissinen
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Prophecy in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context - Mesopotamian, Biblical, and Arabian Perspectives (Paperback): Martti Nissinen Prophecy in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context - Mesopotamian, Biblical, and Arabian Perspectives (Paperback)
Martti Nissinen
R792 Discovery Miles 7 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East (Hardcover): Martti Nissinen Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East (Hardcover)
Martti Nissinen
R1,377 Discovery Miles 13 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sacred Marriages - The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity (Hardcover): Martti Nissinen, Risto Uro Sacred Marriages - The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity (Hardcover)
Martti Nissinen, Risto Uro
R2,130 Discovery Miles 21 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The title of this volume, Sacred Marriages, consciously plays with the traditional concept of sacred marriage, but the plural form, "sacred marriages," gives the reader an idea that something more is at stake here than a monomaniacal idea of manifestations deriving from a single prototype. Following the guidelines of one of the contributors, Ruben Zimmermann, the editors tentatively define "sacred marriage" as a "real or symbolic union of two complementary entities, imagined as gendered, in a religious context." "Sacred marriages" (plural), then, refers to various expressions of this kind of union in different cultures that seek to overcome, to cite Zimmermann again, "the great dualism of human and cosmic existence." The subtitle indicates that the contributors are primarily interested in different aspects of the divine-human sexual metaphor-that is, the imagining and reenactment of a gendered relationship between the human and divine worlds. This metaphor, which is essentially about relationship rather than sexual acts, can find textual, ritual, mythical, and social expressions in different times and places. Indeed, the sacred marriage ritual itself should be considered not a manifestation of the "sacralized power of sexuality experienced in sexual intercourse" but one way of objectifying the divine-human sexual metaphor.

Homoeroticism in the Biblical World - A Historical Perspective (Paperback): Martti Nissinen, Kirsi I. Stjerna Homoeroticism in the Biblical World - A Historical Perspective (Paperback)
Martti Nissinen, Kirsi I. Stjerna
R907 Discovery Miles 9 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nissinen's award-winning book surveys attitudes in the ancient world toward homoeroticism, that is, erotic same-sex relations. Focusing on the Bible and its cultural environment-Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Israel-Nissinen concisely and readably introduces the relevant sources and their historical contexts in a readable way. Homoeroticism is examined as a part of gender identity, i.e., the interplay of sexual orientation, gender identification, gender roles, and sexual practice. In the patriarchal cultures of the biblical world, Nissinen shows, homoerotic practices were regarded as a role construction between the active and passive partners rather than as expressions of an orientation moderns call "homosexuality." Nissinen shows how this applies to the limited acceptance of homoerotic relationships in Greek and Roman culture, as well as to Israel's and the early church's condemnation of any same-sex erotic activity. For readers interested in the ancient world or contemporary debates, Nissinen's fascinating study shows why the ancient texts - both biblical and nonbiblical - are not appropriate for use as sources of direct analogy or argument in today's discussion.

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