Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy (SBL Symposium Series, No. 10.)

WRITINGS AND SPEECH IN ISRAELITE AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN PROPHECY......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 List of Abbreviations......Page 8 Ehud Ben Zvi: Introduction: Writings, Speeches, and the Prophetic Books—Setting an Agenda......Page 14 Social Realia, Literati, and Written Prophetic Texts......Page 18 Oral/Aural Communication......Page 29 Prophetic Literature and Social Formation......Page 31 The Symbiosis of Literacy and Orality......Page 34 Literary and Oral Prophets: An Additional Set of Issues and Questions......Page 37 James L. Crenshaw: Transmitting Prophecy across Generations......Page 44 An Inner Circle of Followers (“Disciples”)......Page 48 Oral or Written Transmission?......Page 54 Thematic Emphases......Page 56 Robert C. Culley: Orality and Writtenness in the Prophetic Texts......Page 58 Terminology......Page 59 General Observations......Page 62 Applications......Page 69 Implications......Page 73 Prophecy as Literature......Page 78 What Do the Books Know of the Prophets?......Page 79 Oral Distinct from Written?......Page 82 Oracles in Writing......Page 84 From Scrap to Scroll......Page 85 Creating Prophets and Prophecy......Page 88 The Dangers of Monolithic Explanations......Page 91 Prophecy and World Order......Page 92 Summary......Page 93 John Van Seters: Prophetic Orality in the Context of the Ancient Near East: A Response to Culley, Crenshaw, and Davies......Page 96 R. E. Clements: The Prophet as an Author: The Case of the Isaiah Memoir......Page 102 Michael H. Floyd: “Write the revelation!” (Hab 2:2): Re-imagining the Cultural History of Prophecy......Page 116 The Oral-Written Distinction as an Ideological Concept......Page 118 The Early Modern Phase......Page 119 The Late Modern Phase......Page 128 Toward a Postmodern Concept of the Oral–Written Distinction......Page 135 Culturally Diverse Models of Prophetic Activity......Page 138 Culturally Diverse Models of Scribal Activity......Page 143 The Interrelationship of Prophetic and Scribal Activity......Page 154 The Problem of Literacy......Page 158 Public Readings......Page 172 The Antiquity and Authorship of Written Material......Page 176 Archives......Page 183 The Scribal View......Page 184 Terms for Oral Delivery......Page 185 The Contents of Oral Transmission......Page 189 Narrative......Page 196 The Setting of Oral Delivery......Page 198 The Author......Page 203 Audience Reception......Page 206 The Modalities of Oral Delivery......Page 209 Genre Manipulation......Page 210 Psychological Factors......Page 212 Craft Skill......Page 213 Style......Page 215 Speechifying......Page 216 The Mechanics of Oral Composition and Transmission......Page 218 Mnemonics......Page 219 The Oral Formula......Page 221 Word Play......Page 223 Structure......Page 227 The Judgment of the Scribe and “Inscripturation”......Page 228 Introduction......Page 232 The Place and Mode of Revelation......Page 234 The Transmission of the Message......Page 238 From the Oral to the Written......Page 241 Conclusion......Page 246 Sources for Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy......Page 248 Prophecy as a Process of Communication......Page 252 Oracular Reports......Page 255 Collections of Oracles......Page 261 Letters with Prophetic Quotations......Page 267 Literary Quotations of Prophetic Words......Page 276 Conclusion......Page 281 Bibliography......Page 286 Index of Scripture Citations......Page 326