Old Testament parallels : laws and stories from the ancient Near East / Victor H. Matthews and Don C. Benjamin.
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TextPublication details: New York/Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, c1997.Edition: Fully rev. and expanded edDescription: xiv, 384 p. : illus. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0809137313
- Bible. O.T. -- Extra-canonical parallels
- Middle Eastern literature -- Relation to the Old Testament
- Law, Ancient -- Sources
- Law -- Middle East -- Sources
- Bible. O.T. -- History of contemporary events -- Sources
- Bible. O.T. -- Antiquities
- Middle Eastern literature -- Translations into English
- Middle East -- History -- To 622 -- Sources
- BS 1180 .M38
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Genesis
Hymn to Ptah
Hymn to Ra
Enuma Elish stories
Stories of Gilgamesh
Stories of Atrahasis
Stories of Adapa
Nuzi Archives
Annals of Hatshepsut
Annals of Dedumoses
Stories of Anubis and Bata
Stories of Aqhat
Stories of Keret
Exodus
Annals of Sargon I
Treaty between Ramses II and Hattusilis III
Annals of Merneptah
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Code of Ur-Nammu
Sumerian code
Code of Hammurabi
Hittite Code
Middle Assyrian code
Stories of Balaam
Joshua, Judges
Stories of Sinuhe
Annals of Tuthmoses III
El Amarna letters
Annals Ramses III
Gezer Almanac
Ruth
Archives of BAbatha
Samuel, Kings
Annals of Tiglath-Pileser I
Annals of Mesha
Tell dan Annals of Hazael
Annals of Shalmaneser III
Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III
Annals of Sargon II
Annals of Sennacherib
Siloam Annals
Annals of Nebuchadnezzar
Arad letters
LAchish Letters
Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah
Decree of Cyrus
Elephantine Letters
Job, Ecclesiastes
Declarations of Innocence
A Sufferer and a Soul in Egypt
A Farmer and the Courts in Egypt
A Sufferer and a Friend in Babylon
Psalms, Lamentations
Laments for Ur
Hymn to Ninkasi
Ebla Archives
Stories of Ba'al and Anat
Hymn to the Aton
Proverbs, Sirach, Wisdom
Teachings of Ptah-Hotep
Teachings of Khety
Teachings of Amen-em-ope
Teachings of Ahiqar
Teachings of Ankhsheshonqy
Song of Songs
Egyptian Love Songs
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos
Stories of Ishtar and Tammuz
Visions of Neferti
Mari Letters
Stories of Wen-Amon
Yavne-Yam Letter
Outline of Mesopotamian History
Outline of Egyptian History from 3100-332 BCE
Old Testament Parallels is a classroom edition of the newest and freshest translations of famous stories. This illustrated text is short and easy to use, and clearly explains the relationship between individual stories and their Bible parallels. Old Testament Parallels is an important resource for study of the Old Testament in all situations.
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