Text as Revelation

Jonathan Stökl is an assistant professor at the Institute for Area Studies, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.Hanna Tervanotko is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at McMaster University, Canada, and Docent in Old Testament Exegesis, University of Helsinki, Finland.

• PrefaceList of Contributors Revelation as Text and the Textualization of Revelation. Mesopotamia in the First Millenium BCE: Omens and Commentaries, Uri Gabay Riddles and Revelation: The Re-Use of Isaianic Prophecies within and outside the Book of Isaiah, Reinhard G. KratzCombining Prophecies as Means to Access the Divine Will: Exploring and updating Jeremiah in the Hellenistic Period, Konrad Schmid Writing and Divination in Ancient Greece, Lisa MaurizioDivine Revelation and Inheritance of Prophecy in the Aramaic Literature from Qumran, Daniel MachielaSages as Mediators of Knowledge in Jewish Antiquity, Elisa UusimäkiWriting with Prophets in Late Second Temple Judaism: Josephus and the Teacher of Righteousness, Pieter B. HartogFinding Jesus in the Sibylline Oracles: Textual Revelation and the Limitless Fountain of Meaning, Francis BorchardtIndex

Text as Revelation is a valuable volume for anyone interested in prophecy and the role of scribes in writing, interpreting, and creating it ... The volume [serves] as a solid introduction to the study of prophecy and revelation in the Second Temple period.