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Old Testament parallels : laws and stories from the ancient Near East / Victor H. Matthews and Don C. Benjamin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Paulist Press, [2016]Edition: Fully revised and Expanded Fourth editionDescription: xviii, 469 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780809149896
  • 0809149893
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1180 .M42 2016
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Genesis -- Hymn to Atum -- Hymn to Ptah -- Stories of Atrahasis -- Enuma Elish Stories -- Stories of Adapa -- Stories of Gilgamesh -- Nuzi Archives -- Annals of Dedumose II -- Annals of Kamose -- Annals of Hatshepsut -- Stories of Anubis and Bata -- Stories of Aqhat -- Exodus -- Birth Story of Sargon I -- Treaty between Ramesses II and Hattusilis III -- Hymn of Merneptah -- Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy -- Code of Ur-Nammu and Shulgi -- Writing Exercises from Sumerian Codes -- Code of Hammurabi -- Hittite Laws -- Middle Assyrian Laws -- Stories of Balaam -- Joshua, Judges -- Stories of Sinuhe -- Annals of Idrimi -- Annals of Tuthmosis III -- El'Amarna Letters -- Annals of Ramesses III -- Gezer Almanac -- Ruth -- Archives of Babatha -- Samuel, Kings -- Story of Sargon I's Rise to Power -- Annals of Tiglath-Pileser 1 -- Annals of Mesha -- Annals of Shalmaneser III -- Tel Dan Annals -- Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III -- Annals of Azitiwada
Note continued: Annals of Sargon II -- Azekah Annals -- Annals of Sennacherib -- Story of the Siloam Channel -- Annals of Nebuchadnezzar II -- Arad Letters -- Lachish Letters -- Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah -- Decree of Cyrus II -- Elephantine Letters -- Job, Ecclesiastes -- Declarations of Innocence -- A Sufferer and a Soul in Egypt -- A Farmer and the Courts in Egypt -- A Sufferer and a Friend in Babylon -- Stories of Kirta -- Psalms, Lamentations -- Laments for Ur -- Kuntillet 'Ajrud Laments -- Hymn to Ninkasi -- Hymns of Enheduanna -- Stories of Ba'al and Anat -- Hymn to the Aten -- Proverbs, Sirach, Wisdom -- Teachings of Ptah-Hotep -- Teachings of Khety -- Thirty Teachings of Amen-em-ope -- Teachings of Ahiqar -- Teachings of Ankhsheshonq -- Song of Songs -- Egyptian Love Songs -- Love Songs of Dumuzi and Inanna -- Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos -- Visions of Neferti -- Mari Letters -- Stories of Wen-Amu -- Yavne-Yam Letter.
Summary: Since the publication of its first edition in 1991, Old Testament Parallels has been one of Paulist Press's best-regarded and best-selling titles. This fourth edition has been completely revised in light of the ongoing and exciting discoveries of more and more ancient Near Eastern texts, with additional texts added. A readable, portable anthology of ancient Near Eastern laws and stories that share parallel themes and issues with biblical stories, Old Testament Parallels can be used in a wide variety of educational settings, from personal bible study to high school Bible as literature courses, to university and seminary courses on the Hebrew Bible. - back of book.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-422) and index.

Since the publication of its first edition in 1991, Old Testament Parallels has been one of Paulist Press's best-regarded and best-selling titles. This fourth edition has been completely revised in light of the ongoing and exciting discoveries of more and more ancient Near Eastern texts, with additional texts added. A readable, portable anthology of ancient Near Eastern laws and stories that share parallel themes and issues with biblical stories, Old Testament Parallels can be used in a wide variety of educational settings, from personal bible study to high school Bible as literature courses, to university and seminary courses on the Hebrew Bible. - back of book.

Machine generated contents note: Genesis -- Hymn to Atum -- Hymn to Ptah -- Stories of Atrahasis -- Enuma Elish Stories -- Stories of Adapa -- Stories of Gilgamesh -- Nuzi Archives -- Annals of Dedumose II -- Annals of Kamose -- Annals of Hatshepsut -- Stories of Anubis and Bata -- Stories of Aqhat -- Exodus -- Birth Story of Sargon I -- Treaty between Ramesses II and Hattusilis III -- Hymn of Merneptah -- Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy -- Code of Ur-Nammu and Shulgi -- Writing Exercises from Sumerian Codes -- Code of Hammurabi -- Hittite Laws -- Middle Assyrian Laws -- Stories of Balaam -- Joshua, Judges -- Stories of Sinuhe -- Annals of Idrimi -- Annals of Tuthmosis III -- El'Amarna Letters -- Annals of Ramesses III -- Gezer Almanac -- Ruth -- Archives of Babatha -- Samuel, Kings -- Story of Sargon I's Rise to Power -- Annals of Tiglath-Pileser 1 -- Annals of Mesha -- Annals of Shalmaneser III -- Tel Dan Annals -- Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III -- Annals of Azitiwada

Note continued: Annals of Sargon II -- Azekah Annals -- Annals of Sennacherib -- Story of the Siloam Channel -- Annals of Nebuchadnezzar II -- Arad Letters -- Lachish Letters -- Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah -- Decree of Cyrus II -- Elephantine Letters -- Job, Ecclesiastes -- Declarations of Innocence -- A Sufferer and a Soul in Egypt -- A Farmer and the Courts in Egypt -- A Sufferer and a Friend in Babylon -- Stories of Kirta -- Psalms, Lamentations -- Laments for Ur -- Kuntillet 'Ajrud Laments -- Hymn to Ninkasi -- Hymns of Enheduanna -- Stories of Ba'al and Anat -- Hymn to the Aten -- Proverbs, Sirach, Wisdom -- Teachings of Ptah-Hotep -- Teachings of Khety -- Thirty Teachings of Amen-em-ope -- Teachings of Ahiqar -- Teachings of Ankhsheshonq -- Song of Songs -- Egyptian Love Songs -- Love Songs of Dumuzi and Inanna -- Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos -- Visions of Neferti -- Mari Letters -- Stories of Wen-Amu -- Yavne-Yam Letter.

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