The Bible and the Ancient Near East by J J M Roberts
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 whether God lies.
J. J. M. Roberts is the William Henry Green Professor of Old Testament Literature Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author or coauthor of The Hand of the Lord: A Reassessment of the Ark Narrative; of 1 Samuel (1977), Commentary on Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (1991), The Bible and the Ancient Near East (2002), and Hebrew Inscriptions (2004).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781575060668 |
| ISBN 10 | 1575060663 |
| Title | The Bible and the Ancient Near East |
| Author | J J M Roberts |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Year published | 2002-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 440 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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