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  • 8 - Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy and the Study of Isaiah

  • from Part II - Isaiah in Its Cultural World
  • Edited by Christopher B. Hays, Fuller Theological Seminary, California
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Companion to the Book of Isaiah
    Published online:
    08 November 2024
    Print publication:
    21 November 2024, pp 119-133

  • Summary

    “Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy and the Study of Isaiah” by Jonathan Stökl approaches the study of the Book of Isaiah from the perspective of other ancient Near Eastern texts attesting to prophecy, including material from the second and first millennium bce. The attested texts support the idea that prophecies of doom and of peace are very much part of the religious literary imagination. The chapter also enquires whether the Neo-Assyrian compilations can act as empirical examples of the early stages of the evolution of the Book of Isaiah as literature. The third complex area discussed is that of gender and prophecy as attested in ancient Near Eastern sources, with relevance also for the portrayal of prophecy in the book of Isaiah.