Admonition and curse [[electronic resource] ] : the ancient near Eastern treaty/covenant form as a problem in inter-cultural relationships / / Noel Weeks

• Autore: Weeks Noel
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.3/7/09394
• Soggetto topico: Covenant theology; Treaties - History; Treaties - Religious aspects - Christianity; Treaties in the Bible
• Soggetto geografico: Middle East Foreign relations Treaties
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-209) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Mesopotamia; 2. The Hittites; 3. Egypt; 4. Syria; 5. Israel; 6. The Significance Of It All; Bibliography; Index of Bible References; Index of Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: The occurrence of treaties throughout the Ancient Near East has been investigated on a number of occasions, generally in order to resolve certain questions arising in the biblical field. As a result of that focus, the existence of a similar institution in a number of different cultures has not been treated as a problem in itself. Generally the existence of treaties throughout the area has been taken for granted, or a simple borrowing model has been used to explain how similar forms came to be used in different cultures. Why forms were similar across the area has not been probed. This work inve
• Titolo autorizzato: Admonition and curse
• ISBN: 1-281-80228-X; 9786611802288; 0-567-00544-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453710103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 407.