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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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Culled from various books, journals, and festscrifts, the most important essays by Sara Japhet on the biblical restoration period and the books of Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles appear in this accessible collection. Japhet, who is Yehezkel Kaufmann Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and received the Israel Prize for biblical scholarship in 2004, has been a leading scholar on these topics for more than 30 years. Included here are studies on the question of common authorship of Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles, the temple during the restoration period, the use of the law in Ezra-Nehemiah, postexilic historiography, the “remnant” and self-definition during the restoration period, the historical reliability of Chronicles, and conquest and settlement in Chronicles. Scholars and students with an interest in the history, historiography, and theology of the restoration period, and in the interpretation of Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles will want to own this compendium of valuable essays.

Jews --- Judaism --- Religions --- Semites --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- History --- Historiography. --- Religion --- Bible. --- Esdras (Book 2, Vulgate) --- Nehemiah (Book of the Old Testament) --- Neḥemyah (Book of the Old Testament) --- Esdras B --- Esdras (Book 1, Vulgate) --- Esra (Book of the Old Testament) --- Ezra (Book of the Old Testament) --- Chronicles (Book of the Old Testament) --- Divre ha-yamim (Book of the Old Testament) --- Paralipomenon (Book of the Old Testament) --- Yŏktae kisŏ (Book of the Old Testament) --- Yŏktaegi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Chronikbuch (Book of the Old Testament) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Historiography --- Israel (Altertum) --- HISTORY / Ancient / General.

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"Almost every book in the Hebrew Bible mentions horses and chariots in some manner, usually in a military context. However, the importance of horses, chariots, and equestrians in ancient Israel is typically mentioned only in passing, if at all, by historians, hippologists, and biblical scholars. When it is mentioned, the topic engenders a great deal of confusion. Notwithstanding the substantial textual and archaeological evidence of the horse{u2019}s historic presence, recent scholars seem to be led by a general belief that there were very few horses in Iron Age Israel and the Israel{u2019}s chariotry was insignificant. The reason for this current sentiment is tied primarily to the academic controversy of the past 50 years over whether the 17 tripartite-pillared buildings excavated at Megiddo in the early 20th century were, in fact, stables. Although the original excavators, archaeologists from the University of Chicago, designated these buildings as stables, a number of scholars (and a few archeologists) later challenged this view and adopted alternative interpretations. After they {u2018}reassessed{u2019} the Megiddo stables as {u2018}storehouses, {u2019} {u2018}marketplaces, {u2019} or {u2018}barracks, {u2019} the idea developed that there were no place for the horses to be kept and, therefore, there must have been few horses in Israel. The lack of stables, when added to the suggestion that Iron age Israel could not have afforded to buy expensive horses and maintain an even more expensive chariotry, led to a dearth of horses in ancient Israel; or so the logic goes that has permeated the literature. Cantrell{u2019}s book attempts to dispel this notion. Too often today, scholars ignore or diminish the role of the horse in battle. It is important to remember that ancient historians took for granted knowledge about horses that modern scholars have now forgotten or never knew. Cantrell{u2019}s involvement with horses as a rider, competitor, trainer, breeder, and importer includes equine experience ranging from competitive barrel-racing to jumping, and for the past 25 years, dressage. The Horseman of Israel relies on the author{u2019}s knowledge of and experience with horses as well as her expertise in the field of ancient Near Eastern languages, literature, and archeology."--Back cover.

Chariots --- Horses --- Iron age --- Military art and science --- Military history, Ancient. --- Warfare, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric peoples --- Prehistoric warfare --- Ancient military history --- Ancient warfare --- Civilization --- Equus caballus --- Farriery --- Hippology --- Horse --- Domestic animals --- Equus --- Livestock --- Pachyderms --- Hinnies --- Mules --- Vehicles --- History. --- History --- Warfare --- Bible. --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Israel --- Antiquities. --- War horses --- Military history, Ancient --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Kriegführung. --- Kavallerie. --- Warfare, Prehistoric. --- Military art and science. --- Iron age. --- Horses. --- Chariots. --- Archaeological specimens --- Artefacts (Antiquities) --- Artifacts (Antiquities) --- Specimens, Archaeological --- Material culture --- Archaeology --- Fighting --- Military power --- Military science --- Warfare, Primitive --- Naval art and science --- War --- Chargers (War horses) --- Warhorses --- Cavalry --- Training --- War use --- Bible --- Eretz Israel --- Israel (Altertum) --- Israel. --- Palestine --- Dawlat Isrāʼīl --- Država Izrael --- Dzi︠a︡rz︠h︡ava Izrailʹ --- Gosudarstvo Izrailʹ --- I-se-lieh --- Israele --- Isrāʼīl --- Isŭrael --- Isuraeru --- Izrael --- Izrailʹ --- Medinat Israel --- Medinat Yiśraʼel --- Stát Izrael --- State of Israel --- Yiselie --- Yiśraʼel --- Ισραήλ --- Израиль --- Государство Израиль --- Дзяржава Ізраіль --- Ізраіль --- מדינת ישראל --- ישראל --- إسرائيل --- دولة إسرائيل --- イスラエル --- 以色列 --- Erets Israel --- Erets Yiśraʼel --- Filasṭīn --- Palesṭin --- Erez Jisrael --- Paleśtinah --- Memshelet Paleśtinah --- Palestina --- Palästina --- Falastīn --- Palaia Diathēk --- Dzi͡arz͡hava Izrailʹ --- Middle East