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The Bible and the ancient Near East / Cyrus H. Gordon and Gary A. Rendsburg. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton and Company, (c)1997.Edition: forth editionDescription: 345 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393039429
  • 9780393316896
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS635
  • BS635.G662.B535 1997
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Contents:
II In the Beginning -- III Egypt to the Amarna Age -- IV Mesopotamia to the Amarna Age -- V The Amarna Age -- Virgin Islands Ugarit -- Virgin IslandsI Homer and the Ancient East -- Virgin IslandsII The Patriarchal Age -- IX Israel and the Ramesside Age -- X Israelite Law and Cult -- XI Israel as a Tribal League -- XII The Transition to Kingship -- XIII Israel United under the House of David -- XIV The Divided Kingdoms to Jehu's Purge -- XV From Israel's Largest Empire to the Fall of Samaria -- XVI Judah Alone -- XVII Exile and Restoration -- XVIII The Passing of Near Eastern Antiquity -- XIX The Hebrew Bible in the Making
Subject: This account of the historical context for the Hebrew Bible explores the diverse origins of such stories as the creation and the flood in the cultures of the ancient Near East. The authors show the striking parallels in the foundational stories told in the Egyptian, Persian, Greek, and Hebrew cultures of the time.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BS635.G73 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001592316
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BS635.G73 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001484738

Rev. edition of: The ancient Near East. 1965.

Includes bibliographies and index.

This account of the historical context for the Hebrew Bible explores the diverse origins of such stories as the creation and the flood in the cultures of the ancient Near East. The authors show the striking parallels in the foundational stories told in the Egyptian, Persian, Greek, and Hebrew cultures of the time.

I Prolegomena -- II In the Beginning -- III Egypt to the Amarna Age -- IV Mesopotamia to the Amarna Age -- V The Amarna Age -- Virgin Islands Ugarit -- Virgin IslandsI Homer and the Ancient East -- Virgin IslandsII The Patriarchal Age -- IX Israel and the Ramesside Age -- X Israelite Law and Cult -- XI Israel as a Tribal League -- XII The Transition to Kingship -- XIII Israel United under the House of David -- XIV The Divided Kingdoms to Jehu's Purge -- XV From Israel's Largest Empire to the Fall of Samaria -- XVI Judah Alone -- XVII Exile and Restoration -- XVIII The Passing of Near Eastern Antiquity -- XIX The Hebrew Bible in the Making

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