When Gods Speak to Men: Divine Speech according to Textual Sources in the Ancient Mediterranean Basin

The nature of divine speech in Antiquity in the Mediterranean Basin has often been the object of scholarly analysis, especially regarding its divinatory context and questions of genre and rhetoric. The present volume not only provokes a dialogue with this past research, but seeks to respond to a pro...

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Other Authors: Anthonioz, Stéphanie (Editor), Mouton, Alice (Editor), Petit, Daniel (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Leuven; Paris, Bristol, CT Peeters 2019
Series:Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis
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