Stories in scripture and inscriptions : comparative studies on narratives in Northwest Semitic inscriptions and the Hebrew Bible / Simon B. Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Simon B., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Inscriptions, Semitic.

Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.

Middle Eastern literature.

Narration in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book compares a variety of biblical narratives with the stories found in several Northwest Semitic inscriptions from the ancient kingdom of Judah and its contemporary Syro-Palestinian neighbors. In genre, language, and cultural context, these epigraphic stories are closer to biblicalnarratives than any other ancient Near Eastern narrative corpus. For the first time, Parker analyzes and appreciates these stories as narratives and sets them beside comparable biblical stories. He illuminates the narrative character and techniques of both epigraphic and biblical stories and in manycases revea

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; ONE: Introduction: Reading Biblical and Other Ancient Near Eastern Narratives; TWO: Petitionary Narratives; THREE: The Story of the Siloam Tunnel; FOUR: Stories of Military Campaigns; FIVE: Stories of Appeals for Military Intervention; SIX: Stories of Miraculous Deliverance from a Siege; SEVEN: Conclusion: The Roles of the Stories and the Role of the Deity; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; General Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-170) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774131-2

1-280-47013-5

0-19-535382-X

0-585-30486-6

OCLC:

476012380