Ehud Ben Zvi Michael H Floyd-Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy 2000 by Zvi, Ehud Ben -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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WRITINGS AND SPEECH IN ISRAELITE AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN PROPHECY Contents List of Abbreviations Ehud Ben Zvi: Introduction: Writings, Speeches, and the Prophetic Books—Setting an Agenda

Social Realia, Literati, and Written Prophetic Texts Oral/Aural Communication Prophetic Literature and Social Formation The Symbiosis of Literacy and Orality Literary and Oral Prophets: An Additional Set of Issues and Questions

James L. Crenshaw: Transmitting Prophecy across Generations

An Inner Circle of Followers (“Disciples”) Oral or Written Transmission? Thematic Emphases

Robert C. Culley: Orality and Writtenness in the Prophetic Texts

Terminology General Observations Applications Implications

Philip R. Davies: “Pen of iron, point of diamond” (Jer 17:1): Prophecy as Writing

Prophecy as Literature What Do the Books Know of the Prophets? Oral Distinct from Written? Oracles in Writing From Scrap to Scroll Creating Prophets and Prophecy The Dangers of Monolithic Explanations Prophecy as Political and Social Critique Prophecy and World Order Summary

The Oral-Written Distinction as an Ideological Concept The History of the Oral–Written Distinction

The Early Modern Phase The Late Modern Phase

Donald B. Redford: Scribe and Speaker

The Interface between Written and Oral Tradition in Ancient Egypt The Problem of Literacy Public Readings The Antiquity and Authorship of Written Material Archives Oral Transmission and Tradition

The Scribal View Terms for Oral Delivery The Contents of Oral Transmission Narrative The Setting of Oral Delivery The Author Audience Reception The Modalities of Oral Delivery

Genre Manipulation Psychological Factors Craft Skill Style Speechifying

The Mechanics of Oral Composition and Transmission

Dicitur Mnemonics The Oral Formula Word Play Repetition and Multiforms Structure

The Judgment of the Scribe and “Inscripturation”

Karel van der Toorn: From the Oral to the Written: The Case of Old Babylonian Prophecy

Introduction The Place and Mode of Revelation The Transmission of the Message From the Oral to the Written Conclusion

Sources for Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy Prophecy as a Process of Communication Oracular Reports Collections of Oracles Letters with Prophetic Quotations Literary Quotations of Prophetic Words Conclusion

Bibliography Index of Scripture Citations