04000nam 22006254a 450 991045119490332120200520144314.01-280-86796-597866108679671-4294-5289-790-474-0724-51-4337-0369-6(CKB)1000000000334866(EBL)280811(OCoLC)437175349(SSID)ssj0000214359(PQKBManifestationID)11209905(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214359(PQKBWorkID)10167098(PQKB)11176735(MiAaPQ)EBC280811(Au-PeEL)EBL280811(CaPaEBR)ebr10171600(CaONFJC)MIL86796(EXLCZ)99100000000033486620041021d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Old Testament in its world[electronic resource] papers read at the Winter Meeting, January 2003, the Society for Old Testament Study and at the Joint Meeting, July 2003, the Society for Old Testament Study and het Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België /edited by Robert P. Gordon & Johannes C. de MoorLeiden ;New York Brill20051 online resource (303 p.)Oudtestamentische studiën,0169-7226 =Old Testament studies ;v. 52Description based upon print version of record.90-04-14322-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Introduction; The Comparative Philological Approach to the Text of the Old Testament (K.J. Cathcart); 'As for the other events . . . ' Annals and Chronicles in Israel and the Ancient Near East (M. Dijkstra); 'Comparativism' and the God of Israel (R.P. Gordon); 'Who would invite a stranger from abroad?' The Presence of Greeks in Palestine in Old Testament Times (A.C. Hagedorn); Death in Egypt and Israel: A Theological Reflection (P.S. Johnston); The Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of the Neo-Hittite States (c. 1200-700 bc): A Fresh Source of Background to the Hebrew Bible (K.A. Kitchen)Disillusion among Jews in the Postexilic Period (M.C.A. Korpel)Whose Monotheism? Which Rationality? Reflections on Israelite Monotheism in Erhard Gerstenberger's Theologies in the Old Testament (N. MacDonald); Textual Modification: Some Examples from Egypt (M.E.J. Richardson); Abraham and his Wives: Culture and Status (J.E. Tollington); Pastoral Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible and in its Ancient Near Eastern Context (P.J.P. van Hecke); The Priestly Festival Calendar and the Babylonian New Year Festivals: Origin and Transformation of the Ancient Israelite Festival Year (J.A. Wagenaar)Language Play in the Old Testament and in Ancient North-West Semitic Inscriptions: Some Notes on the Kilamuwa Inscription (J.-W. Wesselius)Are the Biblical Rephaim and the Ugaritic RPUM Healers? (P.J. Williams); Abbreviations; Index of Authors; Index of Biblical TextsThis volume published jointly by scholars from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands and Belgium deals with the relationship between the Old Testament and the cultures surrounding ancient Israel. New parallels are indicated and alleged parallels dismantled, methodical issues are discussed. Essential reading for both Hebraists and Orientalists.Oudtestamentische studiën ;d. 52.Electronic books.221.6Gordon R. P943976Moor Johannes C. de(Johannes Cornelis),1935-647172Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgi(2003 :Cambridge, England)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451194903321The Old Testament in its world2167991UNINA