The Bible and the Ancient Near East
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The Bible and the Ancient Near East

Collected Essays

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  1. 440 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Bible and the Ancient Near East

Collected Essays

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About This Book

Presented in this volume is a collection of the shorter writings of one of the more innovative scholars working on the relationship between the writings of the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near East context. Topics include: ANE environment, literature of the ANE, myth versus history, Nebuchadnezzar I’s Elamite crisis, Job and the Israelite religious tradition, motif of the weeping God in Jeremiah, lament tradition in ANE, the hand of Yahweh, and whether God lies.

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Publisher
Eisenbrauns
Year
2002
ISBN
9781575065359

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Part 1: Fundamental Issues
  8. Part 2: Themes and Motifs
  9. Part 3: Solving Difficult Problems: New Readings of Old Texts
  10. Part 4: Kingship and Messiah
  11. Part 5: Interpreting Prophecy
  12. Indexes