Ancient Prophecy
Near Eastern, Biblical, and Greek Perspectives
Martti Nissinen
Reviews and Awards
"With this volume N. has provided the field with an authoritative study of ancient prophecy. It should be in every institutional library...in every scholar's personal library." - Nathan MacDonald, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
"This volume summarizes nearly three decades of Nissinens careful scholar-ship on the topic of ancient Near Eastern prophetism, which in recent years has expanded to include ancient Greece as well. ... This latest work is a comprehensive and fair-minded assess-ment of the state of the question that should serve as the starting point for all future discussions of the subject." - John W. Hilber, Bulletin for Biblical Research
"Ancient Prophecy is a dense and well-articulated book. The book is both a competent introducgtion to the modern study on ancient prophecy for the non-specialist reader and a piece of high-standard academic work" - Felipe Masotti, Andrews University Seminary Studies 56
"Anyone working broadly in the fields of Mesopotamian and biblical prophecy knows the inestimable debt that scholars owe to Martti Nissinen... Scholars engaged in comparative study will find this volume essential for drawing together theory and the analysis of texts. Ancient Prophecy will instantly serve as the standard work for researching in ancient prophecy generally and prophetic texts from the eastern Mediterranean specifically. Assyriologists and biblical scholars once again owe Nissinen an inestimable debt for his work in ancient prophecy." - Samuel L. Boyd, Reading Religion