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Inspired Speech was originally published as a Festschrift to honor the work of Professor Herbert B. Huffmon, Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at Drew University. Thirty-three of his colleagues and students contributed to the work, which explores various aspects of prophecy in ancient Israel and its neighboring cultures. The result is a volume which provides an excellent overview of the current state and future directions of scholarship on prophecy in the biblical world.
Contributors: Suzanne Richard, Frank Moore Cross, George E. Mendenhall, Martti Nissinen, Robert R. Wilson, Mary Chilton Callaway, Peggy L. Day, Daniel E. Fleming, David Noel Freedman, Rebecca Frey, Alberto R. Green, Edward L. Greenstein, Baruch A. Levine, David Marcus, Harry P. Nasuti, J. J. M. Roberts, Jack M. Sasson, Karel van der Toorn, Lyn M. Bechtel, Milton Eng, John Kaltner, John I. Lawlor, David A. Leiter, Jesse C. Long, Jr, Mark Sneed, Jongsoo Park, Eric A. Seibert, Louis Stulman, Alex Varughese, William W. Hallo, Michael S. Moore, Mary-Louise Mussell, Paul A. Riemann
Contents
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Contibutors
Part I: Introductory/ Background Essays
Herbert Bardweell Huffmon: A Reflection, Suxanne Richard
Introduction to the Study of the History of the Religion of Israel, Frank Moore Cross
The Amorite Heritage in the West, George E. Mendenhall
What is Prophecy? An Anicent Near Eastern Perspective, Martti Nissinen
Current Issues in the Study of Old Testament Prophecy, Robert R. Wilson
Part II: Prophect in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
The Lamenting Prophet and the Modern Self: On the Origins of Contemporary Readings of Jeremiah, Mary Chilton Callaway
Metaphor and Social Reality: Isaiah 23.17-18, Ezekiel 16.35-37 and Hosea 2.4-5, Peggy L. Day
Southern Mesopotamian Titles for Temple Personnel in the Mari Archives, Daniel E. Fleming
False Prophecy is True, David Noel Freedman and Rebecca Frey
Ershaddon, Sanduarri, and the Adon Papyrus, Alberto R. Green
Jeremiah as an Inspiration to the Poet Job, Edward L. Greenstein
When the God of Israel 'Acts-Out' His Anger: On the Lanuage of Divine Rejection in Biblical Literature, Baruch A. Levine
Recovering an Ancient Paranomasia in Zechariah 14.5, David Marcus
The Once and Future Lament: Micah 2.1-5 and the Prophetic Persona, Harry P. Nasuti
The Context, Text, and Logic of Isaiah 7.7-9, J.J.M. Roberts
The Eyes of Eli: An Essay in Motif Accretion, Jack M. Sasson
From the Mouth of the Porphet: The Literary Fixation of Jeremiah's Prophecies in the Context of the Ancient Near East, Karel van der Toorn
The Metaphors of 'Canaanite' and 'Baal' in Hosea, Lyn M. Bechtel
What's in a Name? Cyrus and the Dating of Deutero-Isaiah, Milton Eng
What Did Elijah Do to His Mantle? The Hebrew Root GLM, John Kaltner
Word Event in Jeremiah: A Look at the Composition's 'Introductory Formulas', John I. Lawlor
Visions of Peace in Isaiah, David A. Leiter
'Yahweh Has Given these Three Kings into the Hand of Moab': A Socio-Literary Reading of 2 Kings 3, Jesse3 C. Long, Jr, and Mark Sneed
The Spiritual Journey of Jonah: From the Perspective of C.G. Jung's Analytical Psychology, Jongsoo Park
Harder than Flint, Faster than Eagles: Intensified Comparatives in the Latter Prophets, Eric A. Seibert
Jeremiah as a Plyphonic Response to Suffering, Louis Stulman
The Royal Family in the Jeremiah Tradition, Alex Varughese
Part III: Other Studies
New Light on the Story of Achsah, William W. Hallo
Bathsheba's Silence (1 Kings 1.11-31), Michael S. Moore
A Quest for the Divine and... the Tourist Dollar: The Dilemma Faced by Contemporary Dervish Orders, Mary-Louise Mussell
Dissonant Pieties: John Calivin and ther Prayer Psalms of the Psalter
Herbert Bardwell Huffmon: A Bibliography, Paul A. Riemann Index of References
Index of Authors
