Mesopotamia and the Bible : comparative explorations / edited by Mark W. Chavalas and K. Lawson Younger, Jr.

Other author Chavalas, Mark W. (Mark William), 1954-
Other author Younger, K. Lawson, Jr.
Format Book
Publication InfoGrand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, ©2002.
Description395 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc. --Congresses.
Bible. Old Testament--Comparative studies. --Congresses.
Iraq--History. --To 634. --Congresses.
Syria--History. --To 333 B.C. --Congresses.

Contents Assyriology and biblical studies : a century of tension / Mark W. Chavalas -- The quest for Sargon, Pul, and Tiglath-Pileser in the nineteenth century / Steven W. Holloway -- Sumer, the Bible, and comparative method : historiography and temple building / Richard E. Averbeck -- Syria and Northern Mesopotamia to the end of the third millennium BCE / Mark W. Chavalas -- Syro-Mesopotamia : the old Babylonian period / Ronald A. Veenker -- Syria to the early second millennium / Victor H. Matthews -- Apprehending kidnappers by correspondence at provincial Arrapḫa / David C. Deuel -- The Bible and Alalakh / Richard S. Hess -- Emar : on the road from Harran to Hebron / Daniel E. Fleming -- Voices from the dust : the tablets from Ugarit and the Bible / Wayne T. Pitard -- The rise of the Aramean states / William Schniedewind -- Recent study on Sargon II, King of Assyria : implications for biblical studies / K. Lawson Younger, Jr. -- What has Nebuchadnezzar to do with David? : on the neo-Babylonian period and early Israel / Bill T. Arnold -- The Eastern Jewish Diaspora under the Babylonians / Edwin Yamauchi.
General noteBased on a conference held Nov. 17, 1995 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2001052838
ISBN080102420X (paper)

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