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Author:

Matthews, Victor Harold, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78041937

Title:

Old Testament parallels : laws and stories from the ancient Near East / Victor H. Matthews and Don C. Benjamin.

Edition:

Fully Revised and Expanded Fourth Edition.

Publisher:

Paulist Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xviii, 469 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Bible.--Old Testament--Extra-canonical parallels.
Bible.--Old Testament--Sources.--Sources.
Bible.--Old Testament--Antiquities.
Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
Law, Ancient--Sources.
Law--Middle East--Sources.
Middle Eastern literature--Translations into English.
Middle East--History--To 622--Sources.

Other Authors:

Benjamin, Don C., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83071897

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-422) and index.

Summary:

Since the publication of its first edition in 1991, Old Testament Parallels has been one of Paulist Press's best-regarded and best-selling titles. This fourth edition has been completely revised in light of the ongoing and exciting discoveries of more and more ancient Near Eastern texts, with additional texts added. A readable, portable anthology of ancient Near Eastern laws and stories that share parallel themes and issues with biblical stories, Old Testament Parallels can be used in a wide variety of educational settings, from personal bible study to high school Bible as literature courses, to university and seminary courses on the Hebrew Bible. - back of book.

ISBN:

0809149893
9780809149896

OCLC:

(OCoLC)950084117

LCCN:

2016021244

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)