Matthews, Victor Harold <br/><br/>
Old Testament parallels :  laws and stories from the ancient Near East / 
Victor H. Matthews and Don C. Benjamin. 
 - Fully rev. and expanded ed. 
 - New York/Mahwah, N.J.:  Paulist Press,  c1997. 
 - xiv, 384 p. :  illus. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0809137313 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible. O.T.--Extra-canonical parallels<br/>Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament<br/>Law, Ancient--Sources<br/>Law--Middle East--Sources<br/>Bible. O.T.--History of contemporary events--Sources<br/>Bible. O.T.--Antiquities<br/>Middle Eastern literature--Translations into English<br/>Middle East--History--To 622--Sources
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS 1180  / .M38