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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453915003321

Titolo

Mesopotamia and the Bible [[electronic resource] ] : comparative explorations / / edited by Mark W. Chavalas and K. Lawson Younger, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Grand Rapids, Mich., : Baker Academic, c2002

ISBN

1-281-80277-8

9786611802776

0-567-56900-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

ChavalasMark W <1954-> (Mark William)

YoungerK. Lawson

Disciplina

935

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Iraq History To 634 Congresses

Syria History To 333 B.C Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on a conference held Nov. 17, 1995 in Philadelphia, PA.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Assyriology and Biblical Studies: A Century of Tension; The Quest for Sargon, Pul, and Tiglath-Pileser in the Nineteenth Century; Sumer, the Bible, and Comparative Method: Historiography and Temple Building; Syria and Northern Mesopotamia to the End of the Third Millennium BCE; Syro-Mesopotamia: The Old Babylonian Period; Syria to the Early Second Millennium; Apprehending Kidnappers by Correspondence at Provincial Arrapha; The Bible and Alalakh; Emar: On the Road from Harran to Hebron

Voices from the Dust: The Tablets from Ugarit and the BibleThe Rise of the Aramean States; Recent Study on Sargon II, King of Assyria: Implications for Biblical Studies; What has Nebuchadnezzar to do with David? On the Neo-Babylonian Period and Early Israel; The Eastern Jewish Diaspora under the Babylonians; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The study of Syro-Mesopotamian civilization has greatly advanced in the past twenty-five years. In particular the renewed interest in Eastern (or 'Mesopotamian') Syria has radically altered our understanding of not



only the ancient Near East, but of the Bible as well. With Syria east of the Euphrates becoming one of the most active areas of archaeological investigation in the entire Near East, the need for a synthesis of this research and its integration with the Hebrew Bible has greatly increased.This volume charts the state of our knowledge, following a general chronological flow, and will a