Mesopotamia and the Bible : comparative explorations
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Mesopotamia and the Bible : comparative explorations
（Journal for the study of the Old Testament : supplement series, 341）
Sheffield Academic Press, 2002
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The study of Syro-Mesopotamian civilization has greatly advanced since the 1970s. 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 is aimed not only at ancient Near Eastern scholars but to biblical scholars interested in the historical and religious backgrounds to the Israelite and Judahite kingdoms.
Table of Contents
- 1. Assyriology and Biblical Studies: A Century of Tension
- 2. The Quest for Sargon, Pul, and Tiglath-Pileser in the 19th Century
- 3. Sumer, the Bible, and Comparative Method: Historiography and Temple Building
- 4. Syria and Northern Mesopotamia to the End of the Third Millennium BCE
- 5. Syro-Mesopotamia: the Old Babylonian Period
- 6. Syria to the Early Second Millennium
- 7. Apprehending Kidnapers by Correspondence at Provincial Arrapha
- 8. The Bible and Alalakh
- 9. Emar: On the Road from Harran to Hebron
- 10. Voices from the Dust: The Tablets from Ugarit and the Bible
- 11. The Rise of the Aramean States
- 12. Recent Study on Sargon II, King of Assyria: Implications for Biblical Studies
- 13. What has Nebuchadnezzar to do with David? On the Neo-Babylonian Period and Early Israel
- 14. The Eastern Jewish Diaspora under the Babylonians.
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