Prophets and Prophecy in the Late Antique Near East(English, Hardcover, Han Jae Hee)

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Prophets and Prophecy in the Late Antique Near East(English, Hardcover, Han Jae Hee) is written by Han Jae Hee and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1009297759 (ISBN 10) and 9781009297752 (ISBN 13).

In this volume, Jae Han investigates how various Late Antique Near Eastern communities - Jews, Christians, Manichaeans, and philosophers -- discussed prophets and revelation, among themselves and against each other. Bringing an interdisciplinary, historical approach to the topic, he interrogates how these communities used discourses of prophethood and revelation to negotiate their place in the world. Han tracks the shifting contours of prophecy and contextualizes the emergence of orality as the privileged medium among rabbis, Manichaeans, and 'Jewish Christian' communities. He also explores the contemporary interest in divinatory knowledge among Neoplatonists. Offering a critical re-reading of key Manichaean texts, Han shows how Manichaeans used concepts of prophethood and revelation within specific rhetorical agendas to address urgent issues facing their communities. His book highlights the contingent production of discourse and shows how contemporary theories of rhetoric and textuality can be applied to the study of ancient texts.