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The Bible and the ancient Near East : collected essays / by J.J.M. Roberts.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 434 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781575065359
  • 1575065355
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bible and the ancient Near East.DDC classification:
  • 221.6/7 21
LOC classification:
  • BS1171.3 .R63 2002eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
pt. 1. Fundamental issues -- pt. 2. Themes and motifs -- pt. 3. Solving difficult problems : new readings of old texts -- pt. 4. Kingship and Messiah -- pt. 5. Interpreting prophecy.
Summary: Annotation. 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.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)446040

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1. Fundamental issues -- pt. 2. Themes and motifs -- pt. 3. Solving difficult problems : new readings of old texts -- pt. 4. Kingship and Messiah -- pt. 5. Interpreting prophecy.

Print version record.

Annotation. 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.