The Bible and the Ancient Near East: Collected Essays

by J.J.M. Roberts

Book Overview

Presented in this volume is a collection of the shorter writings of one of the more innovative scholars working on the relationship between the writings of the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near East context. Topics include: ANE environment, literature of the ANE, myth versus history, Nebuchadnezzar I's Elamite crisis, Job and the Israelite religious tradition, motif of the weeping God in Jeremiah, lament tradition in ANE, the hand of Yahweh, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575060663
• ISBN13: 9781575060668
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"