Readings from the ancient Near East : primary sources for Old Testament study /
edited by Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2002.
- 240 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
- Encountering biblical studies .
- Encountering biblical studies. .
Creation and the Flood -- Tower of Babel -- Ancestral customs -- Epic literature -- Covenants and treaties -- Law codes -- Cultic texts -- Royal records from Mesopotamia -- Chronicles and other historiographic lists -- Non-Hebrew monumental inscriptions -- Letters -- Other Hebrew inscriptions -- Wisdom literature -- Love poems -- Hymns and prayers -- Prophecies, visions, and apocalyptic -- Divination and incantation texts -- Lamentations.
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Bible.--Old Testament--History of contemporary events--Sources. Bible.--A.T.--Histoire des �ev�enements contemporains--Sources.