Readings from the Ancient Near East Primary Sources for Old Testament Study by Bill T Arnold

Readings from the Ancient Near East Primary Sources for Old Testament Study by Bill T Arnold

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Comprehensive, up-to-date collection of primary source documents (creation accounts, epic literature, etc.) gives insight into the Ancient Near East and the Old Testament.

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Readings from the Ancient Near East Primary Sources for Old Testament Study by Bill T Arnold

Essential to a proper understanding of the Old Testament is a knowledge of the political, historical, and theological environment of the ancient Near East. While there is an abundance of material explaining this environment, primary source texts are often unavailable or inaccessible to the beginning Old Testament student. This volume in the Encountering Biblical Studies series fills that void. Readings from the Ancient Near East takes the student through a wide variety of primary source texts from the ancient Near East that illuminate every book of the Old Testament. It is the companion volume to Encountering the Old Testament, coauthored by Bill Arnold and Bryan Beyer. The editors have compiled this volume with the beginning Old Testament student in mind. The selections are intended to move a learner with little or no knowledge of the ancient Near East to a basic understanding of its significant texts and authors. Texts spanning more than two thousand years include Sumerian creation accounts, epic literature from Mesopotamia, cultic ritual texts from Egypt, and prophetic references from Syria. Readings from the Ancient Near East will surely become a standard text for professors, students, pastors, Sunday school teachers, and serious lay readers.
Bill T. Arnold (Ph.D., Hebrew Union College) is professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages at Asbury Theological Seminary.

Bryan E. Beyer (Ph.D., Hebrew Union College) is professor of Old Testament at Columbia International University Seminary and School of Missions.
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ISBN 13 9780801022920
ISBN 10 0801022924
Title Readings from the Ancient Near East Primary Sources for Old Testament Study
Author Bill T Arnold
Series Encountering Biblical Studies
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Baker Publishing Group
Year published 2002-09-01
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.