Abstract
This collection of essays (featuring some illustrations) examines ancient Near Eastern perspectives on “mediation between the divine and earthly realms.” Several of the essays originated in the 2010 meeting of the Israel in the Ancient Near East research group of the European Association of Biblical Studies. By operating with a “broad definition” of mediation that includes diverse means of communication with the divine and ways of interpreting divine responses, the volume is able to consider in dialogue topics that have often been treated discreetly: intuitive divination (prophecy), technical divination, and prayer. Subjects of the nine articles include the dedicatory inscriptions from the Yhwh sanctuary on Mount Gerizim, Mesopotamian extispicy, the notion of “false prophecy” in the Hebrew Bible, modes of communication in the Psalms, penitential prayer texts, and more. The volume makes a special and significant contribution to the ongoing scholarly efforts to contextualize and understand Israelite prophecy within the broader realm of divination in the ancient world and should be consulted by all of those working on issues concerning prophecy, divination, and prayer in biblical and related texts.
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