Every City Shall Be Forsaken' - Urbanism and Prophecy in Ancient Israel and the Near East

Urbanism in ancient society has now become an important topic for both classical and ancient Near Eastern scholars. Equally, the question of prophecy as social institution and literary corpus has been increasingly problematized. The essays in this volume bring together these crucial aspects of modern biblical research, the scope ranging from methodological issues about sociology and urbanism to Assyrian prophecies and specific biblical texts. An introductory chapter surveys recent anthropological study on urbanism, summarizes the essays, and places the different contributions in context.

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• Authors: Lester L Grabbe, Robert D Haak, Society of Biblical Literature
• Assisted by: Lester L. Grabbe (Editor), Robert D. Haak (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2001
• EAN: 9781841272023
• ISBN: 978-1-84127-202-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: JSOT Supplement (Hardcover); Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; JSOT Supplement (Hardcover); The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Mesopotamia, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis