02782nam 2200577Ia 450 991077871840332120230421034132.00-19-774131-21-280-47013-50-19-535382-X0-585-30486-6(CKB)111004366529100(EBL)272741(OCoLC)476012380(SSID)ssj0000251725(PQKBManifestationID)11192471(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251725(PQKBWorkID)10175063(PQKB)11613661(Au-PeEL)EBL272741(CaPaEBR)ebr10278143(CaONFJC)MIL47013(OCoLC)466427926(MiAaPQ)EBC272741(EXLCZ)9911100436652910019970122d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStories in scripture and inscriptions[electronic resource] comparative studies on narratives in Northwest Semitic inscriptions and the Hebrew Bible /Simon B. ParkerNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (206 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-511620-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-182) and indexes.Contents; Abbreviations; ONE: Introduction: Reading Biblical and Other Ancient Near Eastern Narratives; TWO: Petitionary Narratives; THREE: The Story of the Siloam Tunnel; FOUR: Stories of Military Campaigns; FIVE: Stories of Appeals for Military Intervention; SIX: Stories of Miraculous Deliverance from a Siege; SEVEN: Conclusion: The Roles of the Stories and the Role of the Deity; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; General IndexThis book compares a variety of biblical narratives with the stories found in several Northwest Semitic inscriptions from the ancient kingdom of Judah and its contemporary Syro-Palestinian neighbors. In genre, language, and cultural context, these epigraphic stories are closer to biblicalnarratives than any other ancient Near Eastern narrative corpus. For the first time, Parker analyzes and appreciates these stories as narratives and sets them beside comparable biblical stories. He illuminates the narrative character and techniques of both epigraphic and biblical stories and in manycases reveaNarration in the BibleNarration in the Bible.221.6/6296.1Parker Simon B689596MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778718403321Stories in scripture and inscriptions3731971UNINA