Abstract
The concept of revelation is as old as Israelite religion itself, harking back to the practices of divination and prophecy. The innovation that gave the concept new meaning was its application to a collection of written texts. Revelation became a document. There are precedents for the phenomenon in Mesopotamia, where the concept of revelation was invoked to buttress the authority of received texts. The Jewish scribes, too, used the argument of revelation as a means of persuasion. It was not their only strategy. Texts might also be presented as a legacy from famous ancestors from a venerable past in order to enhance their authority with an audience that might otherwise be reluctant to accept them.
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