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The Bible and the ancient Near East / Cyrus H. Gordon and Gary A. Rendsburg.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Edition: Fourth editionDescription: 345 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0393039420
  • 9780393039429
  • 0393316890
  • 9780393316896
Report number: 96-37110Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 221.9/5 21
LOC classification:
  • BS635.2 .G73 1997
Other classification:
  • 11.43
Contents:
Prolegomena -- In the beginning -- Egypt to the Amarna Age -- Mesopotamia to the Amarna Age -- The Amarna Age -- Ugarit -- Homer and the ancient East -- The Patriarchal Age -- Israel and the Ramesside Age -- Israelite law and cult -- Israel as a tribal league -- The transition to kingship -- Israel united under the House of David -- The divided kingdoms to Jehu's purge -- From Israel's largest empire to the fall of Samaria -- Judah alone -- Exile and restoration -- The passing of Near Eastern antiquity -- The Hebrew Bible in the making.
Summary: This account of the historical context for the Hebrew Bible explores the diverse origins of such stories as the creation and the flood in the cultures of the ancient Near East. The authors show the striking parallels in the foundational stories told in the Egyptian, Persian, Greek, and Hebrew cultures of the time.
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Revised edition of: The ancient Near East. 1965.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prolegomena -- In the beginning -- Egypt to the Amarna Age -- Mesopotamia to the Amarna Age -- The Amarna Age -- Ugarit -- Homer and the ancient East -- The Patriarchal Age -- Israel and the Ramesside Age -- Israelite law and cult -- Israel as a tribal league -- The transition to kingship -- Israel united under the House of David -- The divided kingdoms to Jehu's purge -- From Israel's largest empire to the fall of Samaria -- Judah alone -- Exile and restoration -- The passing of Near Eastern antiquity -- The Hebrew Bible in the making.

This account of the historical context for the Hebrew Bible explores the diverse origins of such stories as the creation and the flood in the cultures of the ancient Near East. The authors show the striking parallels in the foundational stories told in the Egyptian, Persian, Greek, and Hebrew cultures of the time.

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