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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You are cordially invited (with apologies for cross posting!) to the next lecture in the Centre of Excellence in "Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions" (CSTT) Lecture Series,
to be held next week, <b>Thursday, 9 February</b>, from<b> 16:15-18:00 </b>in the Faculty Room of the Faculty of Theology (<b>5th floor of Vuorikatu 3</b>):</span><br>
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<div><b>"Why Should Greek Oracle and Near Eastern Prophecy Be Compared?"<br>
Prof. Martti Nissinen, University of Helsinki</b><br>
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Traditionally, "prophecy" used to be a biblical concept, historically belonging to the religion and theology of "ancient Israel." Today's scholars, however, talk more broadly about "ancient Near Eastern prophecy," referring to the prophetic phenomenon in the
sources from Mari, Assyria, and the Levant, including the Bible. Such a phenomenon can be found also in the Greek world, even though Classical scholars prefer to refer to it as "Greek oracle" rather than prophecy. Phenomenologically, however, both the Near
Eastern and the Greek evidence refer to transmission of divine knowledge by non-technical means, and should, therefore, be constantly compared with each other.<br>
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The purpose of the CSTT lecture series is to provide a forum for individual members and guests of the CSTT to communicate their research to one another, as well as to the larger community of ancient scholars at the University of Helsinki.</div>
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Helen M. Dixon</p>
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Postdoctoral Researcher</p>
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Center of Excellence in "Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions"</p>
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Faculty of Theology, <span style="font-size:12pt">University of Helsinki</span></p>
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<a href="http://blogs.helsinki.fi/sacredtexts/about-cstt/" id="LPNoLP">http://blogs.helsinki.fi/sacredtexts/about-cstt/</a><br>
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<p><a href="https://helsinki.academia.edu/HelenDixon" id="LPNoLP">https://helsinki.academia.edu/HelenDixon</a><br>
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