This book is a comprehensive treatment of the ancient prophetic phenomenon as it comes to
us through biblical, Near Eastern, and Greek sources. Once a distinctly biblical concept …

Aspects of the Economic History of Babylonia in the First Millennium BC Page 1 Alter Orient
und Altes Testament Band 377 M. Jursa with contributions by J. Hackl, B. Janković, K. Kleber …

Winner of the Runciman Award Winner of the Charles J. Goodwin Award “Tells the story of
how the Seleucid Empire revolutionized chronology by picking a Year One and counting …

This 500,000 word reference work provides the most comprehensive general treatment
available of the peoples and places of the regions commonly referred to as the ancient Near …

The apocryphal Letter of Jeremiah, written around the second or third century bce, attacks
the making and worship of the cult image as a mere 'work of human hands', which is …

In this book devoted exclusively to temples and perceptions of the divine presences that
inhabit them, Michael B. Hundley focuses on the official religions of the ancient Near East …

Lisbeth S. Fried's insightful study investigates the impact of Achaemenid rule on the political
power of local priesthoods during the 6th-4th centuries BCE Scholars typically assume that …

Focusing on the phenomenon of prophecy in the ancient Near East, this study offers a
comparison between parts of First Isaiah and the Assyrian prophecies. In the first part, the …

At the beginning of Mesopotamia s Early Dynastic period, the political landscape was
dominated by temple administrators, but by the end of the period, rulers whose titles we …

Providing a comprehensive examination of the traits and areas of authority Ancient
Babylonians attributed to their healing goddess, this book draws on a wide range of Sumero …