Besides P. Talon (and W. R. Smith from his grave), what other Assyriologists like Parpola’s theories? (Beyond his idea that Mesopotamian prophets may have borrowed from S. Levantine prophets).

FYI: He gave a lecture for our department last year. I must say that it was even stranger than some of the things I’ve seen in print.

I’d enthusiastically recommend this volume, too. Great choice, though do you think SBL volume would be more helpful to those without much training in Akkadian.

David Weisberg is another assyriologist that likes most aspects of Parpola’s presentation. I would have liked to sit in on his lecture at your department.

You probably have a point that some of the material in this volume might be opaque to those without much training in Akkadian, but I thought that $24 was such a great price for a volume like this that it would be worth it. The SBL volume is very helpful but one thing that is not as clear in that volume is the fact that many of the prophecies are collected and written on a tablet that includes several prophecies. Maybe I overlooked a discussion of this in the intro to the SBL volume, but this is an important piece of evidence that is very clearly shown in the SAA volume. I guess my recommendation should be: buy both!

You are definitely right; it is a must have. I actually have been waiting for almost a year for them to go on sale again… and did I purchase it? Yes. Did I purchase other SAA volumes? Yes. Do I have money to eat this month? No. Is that okay? Definitely.