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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Victor Harold, author.

Benjamin, Don C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Extra-canonical parallels.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.

Middle Eastern literature.

Law, Ancient--Sources.

Law, Ancient.

Law--Middle East--Sources.

Law.

Bible. Old Testament--History of contemporary events--Sources.

Bible. Old Testament--Antiquities.

Middle Eastern literature--Translations into English.

Antiquities.

History of contemporary events.

Extra-canonical parallels.

Middle East--History--To 622--Sources.

Middle East.

History.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xviii, 469 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Fully Revised and Expanded Fourth Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Paulist Press, [2016]

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.

Contents:

Genesis

Hymn to Atum 3

Hymn to Ptah 6

Stories of Atrahasis 10

Enuraa Elish Stories 21

Stories of Adapa 32

Stories of Gilgamesh 38

Nuzi Archives 53

Annals of Dedumose II 59

Annals of Ramose 62

Annals of Hatshepsut 65

Stories of Anubis and Bata 71

Stories of Aqhat 77

Exodus

Birth Story of Sargon I 91

Treaty between Ramesses II and Hattusilis III 93

Hymn of Merneptah 99

Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Code of Ur-Nammu and Shulgi 105

Writing Exercises from Sumerian Codes 108

Code of Hammurabi 111

Hittite Laws 121

Middle Assyrian Laws 126

Stories of Balaam 136

Joshua, Judges

Stories of Sinuhe 141

Annals of Idrimi 147

Annals of Tuthmosis III 151

El' Amarna Letters 155

Annals of Ramesses III 161

Gezer Almanac 165

Ruth

Archives of Babatha 169

Samuel, Kings

Story of Sargon Fs Rise to Power 177

Annals of Tiglath-Pileser I 180

Annals of Mesha 182

Annals of Shalmaneser III 185

Tel Dan Annals 190

Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III 192

Annals of Azitiwada 195

Annals of Sargon II 198

Azekah Annals 202

Annals of Sennacherib 204

Story of the Siloam Channel 207

Annals of Nebuchadnezzar II 209

Arad Letters 212

Lachish Letters 215

Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah

Decree of Cyrus II 221

Elephantine Letters 224

Job, Ecclesiastes

Declarations of Innocence 233

A Sufferer and a Soul in Egypt 238

A Farmer and the Courts in Egypt 245

A Sufferer and a Friend in Babylon 254

Stories of Kirta 260

Psalms, Lamentations

Laments for Ur 271

Kuntillet 'Ajrud Laments 280

Hymn to Ninkasi 282

Hymns of Enheduanna 284

Stories of Ba'al and Anat 293

Hymn to the Aten 307

Proverbs, Sirach, Wisdom

Teachings of Ptah-Hotep 315

Teachings of Khety 321

Thirty Teachings of Amen-em-ope 325

Teachings of Ahiqar 336

Teachings of Ankhsheshonq 343

Song of Songs

Egyptian Love Songs 357

Love Songs of Dumuzi and Inanna 362

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos

Visions of Neferti 373

Mari Letters 379

Stories of Wen-Amun 386

Yavne-Yam Letter 394.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-422) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Matthews, Victor Harold, author. Old Testament parallels

ISBN:

9780809149896

0809149893

OCLC:

950084117

Publisher Number:

99969920654