Buch, Französisch, Band Volume 271, 373 Seiten
Reihe: Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis
Des Archives royales de Mari à la Bible hébraïque
Buch, Französisch, Band Volume 271, 373 Seiten
Reihe: Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis
ISBN: 978-3-7278-1765-6
Verlag: Peeters Publishers
emeritus for Old Testament studies at the University of Strasbourg. The
contributions deal with the origins, forms and functions of prophecy and
prophetic literature in the West Semitic area and their relations to the
theology of covenant and divine sovereignty. These fields are studied on
the basis of Old Babylonian/Amorite texts from Mari and Syro-Palestinian
literature, esp. the Hebrew Bible, in order to comprehend the evolution
of institutions and traditions. A special interest is granted to the
relations ancient Near Eastern iconography and the figurative language
of the Hebrew Bible.
A foreword in German by Manfred Weippert introduces to the volume and
provides an abstract and a critical analysis of each article.