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UNINA9910782256903321 |
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Titolo |
Mesopotamia and the Bible [[electronic resource] ] : comparative explorations / / edited by Mark W. Chavalas and K. Lawson Younger, Jr |
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Grand Rapids, Mich., : Baker Academic, c2002 |
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1-281-80277-8 |
9786611802776 |
0-567-56900-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (401 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ChavalasMark W <1954-> (Mark William) |
YoungerK. Lawson |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Iraq History To 634 Congresses |
Syria History To 333 B.C Congresses |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Based on a conference held Nov. 17, 1995 in Philadelphia, PA. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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UNINA9910782739903321 |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the formation of the modern world / / Thomas C. Howard, William D. Pederson, editors |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe, , 2003 |
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1-315-29048-0 |
0-7656-1031-0 |
1-315-29049-9 |
1-315-29047-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vii, 261 pages) |
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M.E. Sharpe library of Franklin D. Roosevelt studies Franklin D. Roosevelt and the formation of the modern world |
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World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
Civil defense - United States - History - 20th Century |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
United States Foreign relations 1933-1945 |
United States Foreign relations Soviet Union |
United States Foreign relations Baltic States |
United States Foreign relations Canada |
United States Foreign relations Caribbean Area |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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First published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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10. Soldiers on the Home Front: Protecting the Four Freedoms through the Office of Civilian Defense11. The American Jewish Community, the Roosevelt Administration, and the Holocaust; Foreign Affairs Chronology; Biographical Digest; Selected Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index |
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Examines Roosevelt's role in the international arena, focusing on his diplomacy with Europe, Russia, the Baltic states, Canada, and the Caribbean; his relations with American Jews in the face of the Holocaust; his military appointments; and the operation of the Civilian War Services Division. |
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