Scripture in Context II
More Essays on the Comparative Method
Scripture in Context II
More Essays on the Comparative Method
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Hardback
£39.99
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN: 9780931464140
Number of Pages: 266
Published: 30/06/1983
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
Eleven essays explore the ways in which the contextual approach to the study of biblical literature provides both insightful and illuminating parallels between biblical and extrabiblical sources, as well as recognizing the implications of significant differences.
Abbreviations
Preface
Contributors
Cult Statue and Divine Image: A Preliminary Study - William W. Hallo
Hittite and Israelite Cultic Practices: A Selected Comparison - James C. Moyer
Ancient Amphictyonies, Sic et Non - Henry E. Chambers
An Historical Reconstruction of the Emergence of Israelite Kingship and the Reign of Saul - William E. Evans
The Testament of David and Egyptian Royal Instructions - Leo G. Perdue
Naram-Sin and Jeroboam: The Archetypal Unheilsherrscher in Mesopotamian and Biblical Historiography - Carl D. Evans
Micah and the Problem of Continuities and Discontinuities in Prophecy - W. Robert McFadden
The Judaean Exile after 701 B.C.E. - Stephen Stohlman
Realpolitik in Judah (687-609 B.C.E.) - Richard Nelson
The Biblical Book of Lamentations in the Context of Near Eastern Lament Literature - W. C. Gwaltney, Jr.
Job and Ancient Near Eastern Wisdom Literature - R. G. Albertson
Index of Subjects
Index of Biblical References
Index of Authors
