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Roberts, Jimmy Jack McBee, 1939-

The Bible and the ancient Near East : collected essays / by J.J.M. Roberts. - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2002. - 1 online resource (xiv, 434 pages)

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.

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.

ISBN: 9781575065359 1575065355

Source: 22573/ctv1bw74jg JSTOR

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Old Testament

Subjects--Topical Terms:
RELIGION--Biblical Criticism & Interpretation--Old Testament.
Religion

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle East--Religion.
Middle East

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: BS1171.3 / .R63 2002eb

Dewey Class. No.: 221.6/7