The world around the Old Testament : the people and places of the ancient Near East / edited by Bill T. Arnold and Brent A. Strawn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arnold, Bill T., editor.

Strawn, Brent A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--History of contemporary events.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Local history.

History of contemporary events.

Middle East--History--To 622.

Middle East.

History.

Middle East--History, Local.

Middle East Region.

Genre:

History.

Local history.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 531 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2016]

Summary:

Leading experts introduce the people and contexts of the Old Testament. What people groups interacted with ancient Israel? Who were the Hurrians and why do they matter? What do we know about the Philistines, the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and others? In this up-to-date volume, leading experts introduce the peoples and places of the world around the Old Testament, providing students with a fresh exploration of the ancient Near East. The contributors offer comprehensive orientations to the main cultures and people groups that surrounded ancient Israel in the wider ancient Near East, including not only Mesopotamia and the northern Levant but also Egypt, Arabia, and Greece. They also explore the contributions of each people group or culture to our understanding of the Hebrew Scriptures. This supplementary text is organized by geographic region, making it especially suitable for the classroom and useful in a variety of Old Testament courses. Approximately eighty-five illustrative items are included throughout the book. - Publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Bill T. Arnold, Brent A. Strawn

The Amorites / Daniel E. Fleming

Assyria and the Assyrians / Christopher B. Hays, Peter Machinist

Babylonia and the Babylonians / David S. Vanderhooft

Ugarit and the Ugaritians / Mark S. Smith

Egypt and the Egyptians / Joel M. LeMon

The Hittites and the Hurrians / Billie Jean Collins

Aram and the Arameans / K. Lawson Younger Jr.

Phoenicia and the Phoenicians / Christopher A. Rollston

Transjordan : The Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites / Joel S. Burnett

Philistia and the Philistines / Carl S. Ehrlich

Persia and the Persians / Pierre Briant

Arabia and the Arabians / David F. Graf

Greece and the Greeks / Walter Burkert.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780801039188

0801039185

OCLC:

934504700

Publisher Number:

40026618933