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Title: Prophecy and Its Cultic Dimensions
Condition: New
ISBN-10: 3525570864
EAN: 9783525570869
ISBN: 9783525570869
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 21/01/2019
Description: This collection of eight essays deals with a wide range of historical, literary, and methodological issues. First, what were the links between the cultic and the prophetic personnel? Did prophets have ritual/cultic functions in temples? Did prophetic actions and/or utterances play a role in the performance of the cult? What were the ritual aspects of divinations? Second, how do literary texts describe the interaction between prophecy and cult? Third, how can various theories (e.g. religious theory, performance theory) enable us to reach a better understanding of the interplay between divination and cultic ritual in ancient Israel and the wider ancient Near East?Marian Broida explores the ritual elements as described in the biblical accounts of intercession. Lester Grabbe revisits the important question of whether cultic prophecy existed in the Jerusalem temple in ancient Israel. Anja Klein maintains that while Psalms 81 and 95 may indirectly testify to a form of cultic prophecy, they do not themselves constitute cultic prophecy. Jonathan Stökl discusses the notion of triggering prophecy and suggests that enquiring of Yhwh may in itself be understood as a kind of ritualised behaviour. John Hilber considers the performance of the rituals that accompanied prophetic affirmation of victory in the Egyptian cult. Martti Nissinen looks more broadly at the question whether prophets in the ancient world functioned as ritual performers. Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer investigates the priests mediating and predictive functions as depicted in the Deuteronomistic History. Alex Jassen argues that Jews in the Second Temple Period perceived the priests and the temple to be a new locus of prophetic activity.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: DE
Item Height: 232mm
Item Length: 155mm
Item Width: 1mm
Item Weight: 440g
Contributor: Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer (Edited by)
Author: Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Release Year: 2019

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