Martti Nissinen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1422207 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martti Nissinen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martti |
| FAMILY NAME | Nissinen |
| SIGNATURE | NISSINEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1265-3936 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions: Methodological Encounters and Debates
Beyond Binaries: Towards an Integrative Approach in Ancient Levantine Studies
This essay reflects topics discussed in the articles included in the present volume, aiming at negotiating and dismantling ethnic and disciplinary categories as well as dichotomies such as texts/artifacts, male/female, biblical/extrabiblical, and so on Both emic and scholarly binaries should be replaced by an integrative, "glocal" approach that seeks to identify and remove all kinds of blinders that prevent us from seeing the permanent hybridity …
Ezekiel, Ethnicity, and Identity
The written sources from the ancient Near East are for the most part authored from the perspective of the dominant group and yield a very limited view on people’s identities from an emic point of view that would correspond to their own self-identification. Self-defined minority groups in Mesopotamia have not left behind written evidence about themselves and their identity strategies. A notable exception to this rule is the book of Ezekiel in the …
Assinnum
Persons termed assinnu ( m ), attested in cuneiform sources from the mid‐third to the late first millennium bce, were devotees of the goddess Ishtar/Inanna. They engaged in various functions, including ritual processions, healing, purification, and prophecy. Their gender performance was unusual because they embodied Ishtar's own transgression of sexual boundaries.
Prophecy and oracles in the ancient Near East
All we know of prophets and prophecy in the ancient Near East depends on written sources and various types of textual transmission. Written documents, such as oracles, letters, administrative texts, and literary works show that prophecy was a consistent feature of the Near Eastern socio‐religious milieu. Outside the Hebrew Bible, the two principal groups of sources come from the eighteenth‐century archives of Mari and the seventh‐century archives…
Prophetic Divination: Essays in Ancient near Eastern Prophecy
Prophecy and Omen Divination: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions: A Centre of Excellence of the Academy of Finland at the University of Helsinki
The Academy of Finland selected fourteen research groups as Centres of Excellence in Research for its 2014-2019 programme, involving research teams from twelve universities or research institutes and representing all fields of academic research. One of these new Centres of Excellence, »Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions,« mainly consisting of Hebrew Bible scholars, is based at the University of Helsinki and led by Prof. Martti Nissinen. This …
Introduction: New Perspectives on Body and Religion
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Assinnum
Persons termed assinnu(m) (Sum. UR. SAL, “man‐woman”) appear in both Sumerian and Akkadian texts, from the mid‐third to the mid‐first millennium BCE , as devotees of the goddess Ishtar (Sum. Inanna; see Inanna (Ishtar)). They engaged in various functions, including cross‐dressing, ritual dance, healing, and prophecy. For instance, in the Hymn of Iddin‐Dagan to Inanna , they walk in front of the goddess, dressed in both men's and women's clothing.…
Prophecy and oracles, ancient Near East
In modern vernacular usage, the word “prophecy” usually stands for prediction, and “prophet” for a person who foretells future events. In ancient languages, however, the vocabulary of prophecy referred not only to prediction, but first and foremost to the mediation of divine messages. Accordingly, scholars understand the principal function of “prophecy” to be mediation rather than prediction.
Congress Volume Helsinki 2010
Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity
Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity
Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient near East
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Jeremiah, Vol. 2
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A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Jeremiah, Vol. 2
Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient near East
Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity
Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity
Assinnum
Persons termed assinnu(m) (Sum. UR. SAL, “man‐woman”) appear in both Sumerian and Akkadian texts, from the mid‐third to the mid‐first millennium BCE , as devotees of the goddess Ishtar (Sum. Inanna; see Inanna (Ishtar)). They engaged in various functions, including cross‐dressing, ritual dance, healing, and prophecy. For instance, in the Hymn of Iddin‐Dagan to Inanna , they walk in front of the goddess, dressed in both men's and women's clothing.…
Prophecy and oracles, ancient Near East
In modern vernacular usage, the word “prophecy” usually stands for prediction, and “prophet” for a person who foretells future events. In ancient languages, however, the vocabulary of prophecy referred not only to prediction, but first and foremost to the mediation of divine messages. Accordingly, scholars understand the principal function of “prophecy” to be mediation rather than prediction.
Congress Volume Helsinki 2010
Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions: A Centre of Excellence of the Academy of Finland at the University of Helsinki
The Academy of Finland selected fourteen research groups as Centres of Excellence in Research for its 2014-2019 programme, involving research teams from twelve universities or research institutes and representing all fields of academic research. One of these new Centres of Excellence, »Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions,« mainly consisting of Hebrew Bible scholars, is based at the University of Helsinki and led by Prof. Martti Nissinen. This …
Introduction: New Perspectives on Body and Religion
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Prophetic Divination: Essays in Ancient near Eastern Prophecy
Prophecy and Omen Divination: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Assinnum
Persons termed assinnu ( m ), attested in cuneiform sources from the mid‐third to the late first millennium bce, were devotees of the goddess Ishtar/Inanna. They engaged in various functions, including ritual processions, healing, purification, and prophecy. Their gender performance was unusual because they embodied Ishtar's own transgression of sexual boundaries.
Prophecy and oracles in the ancient Near East
All we know of prophets and prophecy in the ancient Near East depends on written sources and various types of textual transmission. Written documents, such as oracles, letters, administrative texts, and literary works show that prophecy was a consistent feature of the Near Eastern socio‐religious milieu. Outside the Hebrew Bible, the two principal groups of sources come from the eighteenth‐century archives of Mari and the seventh‐century archives…
Ezekiel, Ethnicity, and Identity
The written sources from the ancient Near East are for the most part authored from the perspective of the dominant group and yield a very limited view on people’s identities from an emic point of view that would correspond to their own self-identification. Self-defined minority groups in Mesopotamia have not left behind written evidence about themselves and their identity strategies. A notable exception to this rule is the book of Ezekiel in the …
Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions: Methodological Encounters and Debates
Beyond Binaries: Towards an Integrative Approach in Ancient Levantine Studies
This essay reflects topics discussed in the articles included in the present volume, aiming at negotiating and dismantling ethnic and disciplinary categories as well as dichotomies such as texts/artifacts, male/female, biblical/extrabiblical, and so on Both emic and scholarly binaries should be replaced by an integrative, "glocal" approach that seeks to identify and remove all kinds of blinders that prevent us from seeing the permanent hybridity …
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