Near Eastern religious texts relating to the Old Testament /edited by Walter Beyerlin, in collaboration with Hellmut Brunner ... [and others ; translated by John Bowden from the German.

Contributor(s):

Beyerlin, Walter

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780664213633

LOC classification:

BL1060 .N437 1978
BL1060

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Contents:

Hellmut Brunner. Myths ; Cultic hymns (and literary imitations) ; Royal texts ; Personal prayers and hymns ; Precepts for life ; From the Book of the dead -- Mesopotamian texts Hartmut Schmokel. Myths, epics and scattered saga material ; Hymns, prayers and laments ; Predictions and prophetic sayings ; Curses in treaties, catalogues of sins ; Wisdom -- Hittite texts Cord Kuhne. Myths ; Prayers ; From royal substitutionary rituals ; Instructions -- Ugaritic texts Karl-Heinz Bernhardt. Myths ; Prayer ; Epics -- North Semitic texts from the first millennium BC E. Lipinski. Votive inscriptions ; Inscriptions on buildings ; Sepulchral inscriptions ; Seals ; Incantations ; Cultic inscription ; Graffiti ; Administrative texts ; Correspondence ; Treaty inscriptions ; Mythography.

Summary: W. Beyerlin, the editor, selected all texts and commentaries. He added references to points of comparison to the Old Testament The book was translated and published in English. There are 15 illustrations throughout the book, and five plates; also a list of abbreviations. The introduction covers items like the discovery of the texts, and their collection, followed by a history and description of their analysis. Author provided: information on the text, where it was found and kept and the version of translation; outline of historical and literary context; details of points of comparison with the Old Testament; citations of relevant literature. Beyerlin broke up the main body of the book into five sections: Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hittite, Ugaritic, and North Semitic. Editor gave an introduction to each section. He also included sub-sections with headings, including items like myths, creation stories, prayers, epics, different kinds of Inscriptions, votives, rituals, instructions, and prophecies, plus some others, depending on what sorts of texts are available from each main section under discussion

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Withdrawn	G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN	Non-fiction	BL1060.R4413 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		31923000346300

Translation of Religionsgeschichtliches Textbuch zum Alten Testament, which is a translation of ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hittite, Ugaritic, and North Semitic texts, with commentary.

Egyptian texts Hellmut Brunner. Myths ; Cultic hymns (and literary imitations) ; Royal texts ; Personal prayers and hymns ; Precepts for life ; From the Book of the dead -- Mesopotamian texts Hartmut Schmokel. Myths, epics and scattered saga material ; Hymns, prayers and laments ; Predictions and prophetic sayings ; Curses in treaties, catalogues of sins ; Wisdom -- Hittite texts Cord Kuhne. Myths ; Prayers ; From royal substitutionary rituals ; Instructions -- Ugaritic texts Karl-Heinz Bernhardt. Myths ; Prayer ; Epics -- North Semitic texts from the first millennium BC E. Lipinski. Votive inscriptions ; Inscriptions on buildings ; Sepulchral inscriptions ; Seals ; Incantations ; Cultic inscription ; Graffiti ; Administrative texts ; Correspondence ; Treaty inscriptions ; Mythography.

W. Beyerlin, the editor, selected all texts and commentaries. He added references to points of comparison to the Old Testament The book was translated and published in English. There are 15 illustrations throughout the book, and five plates; also a list of abbreviations. The introduction covers items like the discovery of the texts, and their collection, followed by a history and description of their analysis. Author provided: information on the text, where it was found and kept and the version of translation; outline of historical and literary context; details of points of comparison with the Old Testament; citations of relevant literature. Beyerlin broke up the main body of the book into five sections: Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hittite, Ugaritic, and North Semitic. Editor gave an introduction to each section. He also included sub-sections with headings, including items like myths, creation stories, prayers, epics, different kinds of Inscriptions, votives, rituals, instructions, and prophecies, plus some others, depending on what sorts of texts are available from each main section under discussion

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