The Bible and the ancient Near East : essays in honor of William Foxwell Albright /

The Bible and the ancient Near East : essays in honor of William Foxwell Albright / [print] edited by G. Ernest Wright. - Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, (c)1979. - 409 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, New York : Doubleday, 1961.



Modern study of Old Testament literature Biblical history in transition The Hebrew language in its Northwest Semitic background The archaeology of Palestine The textual criticism of the Old Testament The development of the Jewish scripts The chronology of Israel and the ancient Near East -- Old Testament chronology The ancient Near East : chronological bibliography and charts South Arabian history and archaeology Sumerian literature, a general survey Formative tendencies in Sumerian religion Egypt : its language and literature Egyptian culture and religion Hittite and Anatolian studies Appendix I. The role of the Canaanites in the history of civilization Appendix II. Bibliography of W.F. Albright. John Bright -- George E. Mendenhall -- William J. Moran -- G. Ernest Wright -- Harry M. Orlinsky -- Frank M. Cross, Jr. -- David Noel Freedman -- Edward F. Campbell, Jr. -- Gus W. Van Beek -- Samuel Noah Kramer -- Thorkild Jacobsen -- Thomas O. Lambdin -- John A. Wilson -- Albrecht Goetze -- W.F. Albright --



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Albright, William Foxwell, 1891-1971 --Bibliography.


Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Religions--History.

BS1188.A342.B535 1979 BS1188