Divination, politics, and ancient Near Eastern empires / edited by Alan Lenzi, Jonathan Stökl.

Divination, politics, and ancient Near Eastern empires /

The essays in this volume consider how the ancient imperial setting of the Hebrew Bible influenced prophetic and divinatory communication between the divine and human realms and how this was put to use as and influenced by propaganda from those in power. Drawing upon diplomatic correspondence in sec...

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Other Authors: Lenzi, Alan (Editor), Stökl, Jonathan, 1977- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, 2014.
Series:Ancient Near East monographs ; v. 7.
Subjects:
Divination > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Mythology, Middle Eastern > History > To 1500.
Occultism > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Religion and politics > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Assyro-Babylonian religion.
Middle East > Religion.
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