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The Bible and the Ancient Near East Collected Essays
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, J. J. M. (Jimmy Jack McBee), 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Middle East--Religion.
- Middle East.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (450 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Warsaw : Eisenbrauns, Incorporated, Jan. 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Annotation. Presented in this volume is a collection of the shorter writings of one of the more innovative scholars working on the relationship between the writings of the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near East context. Topics include: ANE environment, literature of the ANE, myth versus history, Nebuchadnezzar I's Elamite crisis, Job and the Israelite religious tradition, motif of the weeping God in Jeremiah, lament tradition in ANE, the hand of Yahweh, and whether God lies.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Fundamental issues
- pt. 2. Themes and motifs
- pt. 3. Solving difficult problems : new readings of old texts
- pt. 4. Kingship and Messiah
- pt. 5. Interpreting prophecy.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781575065359
- 1575065355
- OCLC:
- 747412031
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