Old Testament Parallels (New Revised and Expanded Third Edition): Laws and Stories from the Ancient near East
"Old Testament Parallels offers teachers and students a readable, affordable, and portable anthology of ancient Near Eastern texts related to the Bible that are dynamically equivalent in the way in which they were heard, and felt, and understood in their own worlds. The third edition reflects ongoing work and new discoveries, expands many of the existing parallels, adds new parallels, and enlarges the anthology to sixty-three selections." This fully revised edition includes: parallels...
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"Old Testament Parallels offers teachers and students a readable, affordable, and portable anthology of ancient Near Eastern texts related to the Bible that are dynamically equivalent in the way in which they were heard, and felt, and understood in their own worlds. The third edition reflects ongoing work and new discoveries, expands many of the existing parallels, adds new parallels, and enlarges the anthology to sixty-three selections." This fully revised edition includes: parallels arranged by the canonical order of the Old Testament and outlined chronologically within each chapter; introductions describing the physical appearance of each text, its language, where it was recovered, where it is preserved today, and a summary of its contents; a subject index of personal names, place-names, and general topics; a selective bibliography; and an outline of the history of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel.
ForewordGenesisHymn to Ptah3Hymn to Ra6Enuma Elish Stories9Stories of Gilgamesh19Stories of Atrahasis31Stories of Adapa41Nuzi Archives46Annals of Hatshepsut52Annals of Dedumoses58Stories of Anubis and Bata61Stories of Aqhat66Stories of Keret76ExodusAnnals of Sargon I85Treaty Between Ramses II and Hattusilis III86Annals of Merneptah91Leviticus, Numbers, DeuteronomyCode of Ur-Nammu97Sumerian Code99Code of Hammurabi101Hittite Code110Middle Assyrian Code114Stories of Balaam124Joshua, JudgesStories of Sinuhe129Annals of Tuthmoses III134El Amarna Letters137Annals of Ramses III141Gezer Almanac145RuthArchives of Babatha149Samuel, KingsAnnals of Tiglath-Pileser I155Annals of Mesha157Tell Dan Annals of Hazael160Karatepe Annals of Azitiwada162Annals of Shalmaneser III166Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III172Annals of Sargon II174Annals of Sennacherib177Siloam Annals180Annals of Nebuchadnezzar182Arad Letters185Lachish Letters188Chronicles, Ezra, NehemiahDecree of Cyrus193Elephantine Letters196Job, EcclesiastesDeclarations of Innocence203A Sufferer and a Soul in Egypt208A Farmer and the Courts in Egypt215A Sufferer and a Friend in Babylon223Psalms, LamentationsLaments for Ur231Hymn to Ninkasi238Ebla Archives240Stories of Ba'al and Anat244Hymn to the Aton257Proverbs, Sirach, WisdomTeachings of Ptah-Hotep265Teachings of Khety270Teachings of Amen-em-ope274Teachings of Ahiqar283Teachings of Ankhsheshonqy289Song of SongsEgyptian Love Songs297Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, AmosStories of Ishtar and Tammuz305Visions of Neferti312Mari Letters318Stories of Wen-Amon323Yavne-Yam Letter331Outline of Mesopotamian History333Outline of Egyptian History from 3100-332 BCE335Outline of Israelite History336Bibliography of Texts in Transcription, Transliteration, and Translation388Bibliography of Picture Sources350Abbreviations352Index355
