TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Jimmy Jack McBee
TI  - The Bible and the ancient Near East: collected essays 
SN  - 9781575065359
AV  - BS1171.3 .R63 2002eb
U1  - 221.6/7 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Winona Lake, Ind.
PB  - Eisenbrauns
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Criticism & Interpretation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Religion
KW  - Middle East
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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