LEADER 03348nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910815043103321 005 20231106174709.0 010 $a1-281-80277-8 010 $a9786611802776 010 $a0-567-56900-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542290 035 $a(EBL)436183 035 $a(OCoLC)427866500 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000201517 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12066811 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000201517 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233299 035 $a(PQKB)11431613 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436183 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436183 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250571 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180277 035 $a(OCoLC)893333858 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542290 100 $a20011102d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMesopotamia and the Bible $ecomparative explorations /$fedited by Mark W. Chavalas and K. Lawson Younger, Jr 210 $aGrand Rapids, Mich. $cBaker Academic$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (401 p.) 225 1 $aThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 300 $aBased on a conference held Nov. 17, 1995 in Philadelphia, PA. 311 $a0-567-08231-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aVoices 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 330 $aThe study of Syro-Mesopotamian civilization has greatly advanced in the past twenty-five years. In particular the renewed interest in Eastern (or 'Mesopotamian') Syria has radically altered our understanding of not only the ancient Near East, but of the Bible as well. With Syria east of the Euphrates becoming one of the most active areas of archaeological investigation in the entire Near East, the need for a synthesis of this research and its integration with the Hebrew Bible has greatly increased.This volume charts the state of our knowledge, following a general chronological flow, and will a 410 4$aThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 607 $aIraq$xHistory$yTo 634$vCongresses 607 $aSyria$xHistory$yTo 333 B.C$vCongresses 676 $a935 701 $aChavalas$b Mark W$g(Mark William),$f1954-$01651548 701 $aYounger$b K. Lawson$01595040 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815043103321 996 $aMesopotamia and the Bible$94001554 997 $aUNINA