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Predicting the past in the ancient Near East : mantic historiography in ancient Mesopotamia, Judah, and the Mediterranean world / Matthew Neujahr.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Neujahr, Matthew (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Providence, Rhode Island : Brown Judaic Studies, [2012]
Series:	Brown Judaic studies ; no. 354.
Subjects:	Bible. > Old Testament > History of contemporary events. Bible. > Old Testament Prophecy in literature. Assyro-Babylonian literature > Relation to the Old Testament. Assyro-Babylonian literature > History and criticism. Middle East > Civilization > To 622. Assyro-Babylonian literature Assyro-Babylonian literature > Relation to the Old Testament Civilization History of contemporary events Prophecy in literature Middle East To 622 Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

The Akkadian ex eventu compositions : texts, notes, and discussion
The genre problem : ancient contexts and modern categories
Daniel and 1 Enoch : ex eventu prediction in the early historical apocalypses
Ex eventu prediction in the Dead Sea scrolls
Ex eventu prediction in Greek dress : the case of the Sibylline Oracles
Literary tropes and analytical categories : mantic historiography in the ancient Near East.