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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Han on "Beyond the 'Cessation of Prophecy' in Late Antiquity"

ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Publication Preview | Beyond the "Cessation of Prophecy" in Late Antiquity (Jae H. Han).
Jae H. Han, Prophets and Prophecy in in the Late Antique Near East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.

... At the end of the day, the book is an experiment. I wanted to see how much I can get away with. If we believe that “context matters” as a or even the basis for contemporary knowledge of the past, then we should also ask up to what point does context matter? In practice, whether we like it or not, we answer this question every time we write since there is always something more that can be brought into the discussion. ...

Everything is connected to everything else. And I really do mean everything to everything. There is always more context to explore. That's a good thing.

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