TY  - BOOK
AU  - Deluty, Julie B.
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024//
TI  - Prophet, intermediary, king: the dynamics of mediation in the biblical world and old Babylonian Mari
T3  - Culture and history of the ancient Near East volume 137
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden
KW  - Prophecy
KW  - History
KW  - Mediators (Persons)
KW  - Médiateurs
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Religion
KW  - Mari (Extinct city)
KW  - Mari (Ville ancienne) - Religion
AB  - "In Prophet, Intermediary, King: The Dynamics of Mediation in the Biblical World and Old Babylonian Mari, Julie B. Deluty investigates the mediation of prophecy for kings in biblical narratives and the Old Babylonian corpus from Mari. In many cases, the prophet's message is delivered through a third party-sometimes a royal official or family member-who may exercise a degree of autonomy in the transmission of the words. Drawing on social network theory, the book highlights the importance of third-party intermediaries in the process of communication that lies at the core of biblical and ancient Near Eastern prophecy. Recognition of the place of non-prophetic intermediaries in a monarchic system offers a new dimension to the study of prophecy in antiquity"--
SN  - 9789004690776
UR  - https://brill.com/view/title/59991
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004690776
DO  - 10.1163/9789004690776
LA  - English
N1  - by Julie B. Deluty
ID  - 188778344X
ER  -