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Document Details : Title: Allusions to the Stream of Tradition in Neo-Assyrian Oracles Author(s): HALTON, Charles Journal: Ancient Near Eastern Studies Volume: 46 Date: 2009 Pages: 50-61 DOI: 10.2143/ANES.46.0.2040709 Abstract : The purpose of this article is to begin the evaluation of the rhetorical aims and strategies of the use of allusions within Neo-Assyrian oracles. These allusions are to some of the most prominent texts within the Mesopotamian literary stream of tradition: Adapa and the South Wind, Atra-ḫasīs, and the Gilgameš Epic. The authors borrowed imagery from these works and fused it with their own rhetorical purposes. Prophets even used allusions that contained a complex set of apparently conflicting associations. The use of subtle allusions that often contain complex associations should cause modern readers to more greatly appreciate the rhetorical abilities of the Neo-Assyrian prophets. |
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