Prophetisme et Alliance: Des Archives royales de Mari a la Bible hebraique

This volume contains 19 articles by Jean-Georges Heintz, professor

emeritus for Old Testament studies at the University of Strasbourg. The

contributions deal with the origins, forms and functions of prophecy and

prophetic literature in the West Semitic area and their relations to the

theology of covenant and divine sovereignty. These fields are studied on

the basis of Old Babylonian/Amorite texts from Mari and Syro-Palestinian

literature, esp. the Hebrew Bible, in order to comprehend the evolution

of institutions and traditions. A special interest is granted to the

relations ancient Near Eastern iconography and the figurative language

of the Hebrew Bible.

A foreword in German by Manfred Weippert introduces to the volume and

provides an abstract and a critical analysis of each article.