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200 10$aTransforming literature into scripture $etexts as cult objects at Nineveh and Qumran /$fRussell Hobson
210  1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2014.
215   $a1 online resource (241 p.)
225 1 $aBibleWorld
300   $aFirst published in 2012 by Equinox.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Authoritative Texts in the Hebrew and Cuneiform Traditions; 2. Formulating a New Comparative Approach; 3. Choosing the Right Texts; 4. Study One: Enu?ma Anu Enlil Tablet 63; 5. Study Two: Mul.Apin; 6. Study Three: The Laws of Hammurabi; 7. Study Four: Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh; 8. Study Five: Mi?s Pi?; 9. Study Six: Manuscripts of Pentateuchal Texts from Near the Dead Sea; 10. Interpreting the Evidence; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Ancient References; Index of Authors
327   $aIndex of Subjects
330   $aTransforming Literature into Scripture examines how the early textual traditions of ancient Israel - stories, laws, and rituals - were transformed into sacred writings. By comparing evidence from two key collections from antiquity - the royal library at Nineveh and the biblical manuscripts from the Dead Sea Scrolls  -  the book traces the stabilisation of textual traditions in the ancient Near East towards fixed literary prototypes. The study presents a new methodology which enables the quantification, categorisation and statistical analysis of texts from different languages, writing systems, 
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606   $aAssyro-Babylonian literature$xRelation to the Old Testament
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