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Thus Speaks Ishtar is a collection of essays about prophets and prophecy in the ancient Near East during the “Neo-Assyrian Period.” This was the time when some of Israel’s greatest prophets emerged, and we also have from the same general period a number of prophetic texts found on the site of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. The book examines the basic idea of prophecy and how this is shaped by the way we study the subject, and it then presents a number of fresh insights on a range of prophetic topics. These include the relationship between Israelite and other forms of prophecy in Assyria and Egypt and the relationship between what prophets said and the written forms in which their words were passed on. Other topics of contemporary interest include what these prophetic texts have to say about the environment, the place of intercession in Israelite and Assyrian religion, and whether the message of the trailblazing Israelite prophets of the eighth century was basically about judgment and community ruin or about hope and community well-being.

Prophecy --- Prophets --- Assyro-Babylonian literature --- Akkadian literature --- Babylonian literature --- Forecasting --- Minor prophets --- Prophethood --- Seers --- Persons --- Comparative studies --- Judaism --- Relation to the Old Testament --- Assyria --- Assur (Kingdom) --- Asshur (Kingdom) --- Religion --- Prophétie --- Prophètes --- Littérature assyro-babylonienne --- Judaïsme --- Relation avec l'Ancien Testament --- Assyrie --- Religion. --- Wahrsagen. --- Ägypten (Altertum) --- Israel (Altertum) --- Assyrien. --- Mantik --- Zukunftsdeutung --- Wahrsagung --- Wahrsagerei --- Außersinnliche Wahrnehmung --- Divination --- Hellsehen --- Prophetie --- Orakel --- Zweites Gesicht --- Assyrisches Reich --- Reich Assur --- Assyrer

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Egyptian temples are commonly perceived as monumental buildings and royal institutions. However, this perception is true only for the temples of the later periods of dynastic Egypt. Using archaeological and inscriptional data this book explores the social history of the rarely studied local temples from Dynasty 0 to 11 (ca. 3000-2000 BC). A major focus is placed on the investigation of the temple votives, especially those from Hierakonpolis and Abydos. They are one of the most complex sources for the history of the temples between the provincial milieu and the kings. The book shows how these temples develop from locally based institutions to royal ones and how this overall process was embedded in the local history of each site. "...this is an important book for the early history of Egypt, opening new thoughts for the discussion of the interaction between local traditions and state control." Stan Hendrickx

Temples --- Historic sites --- Votive offerings --- Inscriptions, Egyptian. --- Lieux historiques --- Offrandes --- Inscriptions égyptiennes --- Ägypten (Altertum) --- Egypt --- Hierakonpolis (Extinct city) --- Abydos (Egypt : Extinct city) --- Egypte --- Hiérakonpolis (ville ancienne) --- Abydos (Egypte : Ville ancienne) --- Antiquities. --- Social life and customs --- History --- Antiquités --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Histoire --- History. --- Social aspects --- History, Local. --- Inscriptions égyptiennes --- Ägypten (Altertum) --- Hiérakonpolis (ville ancienne) --- Antiquités --- Heritage places, Historic --- Heritage sites, Historic --- Historic heritage places --- Historic heritage sites --- Historic places --- Historical sites --- Places, Historic --- Sites, Historic --- Archaeology --- Historic buildings --- Monuments --- World Heritage areas --- Architecture --- Church architecture --- Religious institutions --- Ex-votos --- Offerings, Votive --- Sacrifice --- Demotic inscriptions --- Egyptian inscriptions --- Egyptian language --- Hieratic inscriptions --- Hieroglyphic inscriptions (Egyptian) --- Inscriptions, Demotic --- Inscriptions, Hieratic --- Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic (Egyptian) --- Hierakonpolis (Ancient city) --- Nekhen (Extinct city) --- Égypte --- Ägypten --- Egitto --- Egipet --- Egiptos --- Miṣr --- Southern Region (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) --- Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) --- Egipat --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- A.R.E. --- ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Mitsrayim --- Egipt --- Ijiptʻŭ --- Misri --- Ancient Egypt --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- جمهورية مصر العربية --- مِصر‎ --- مَصر‎ --- Maṣr --- Khēmi --- エジプト --- Ejiputo --- Egypti --- Egypten --- מצרים --- United Arab Republic --- Antiquities --- Religious architecture --- Abydos (Égypte ; ville ancienne) --- Égypte --- Conditions sociales --- Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C.