Hidden Riches : A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East / Christopher B. Hays

By:

Hays, Christopher B

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, 2014Description: xvi, 425 p. : ill. , maps, photo ; 25 cmISBN:

9780664237011

Subject(s):

Bible. Old Testament Comparative studies.Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc..Bible. Old Testament Extra-canonical parallels

LOC classification:

BS1184 .H39 2014

Contents:

I. Prolegomena. History and Methods of Comparative Study -- II. Pentateuch. Creation Accounts -- Flood Stories -- Court Stories -- Birth Accounts -- Law Collections -- Ritual Texts -- Treaty, Oath, and Covenant -- III. Former Prophets. The Divine in History -- Temple-Building Accounts -- Annual Chronicles -- Comparative Historiography -- IV. Latter Prophets. Prophetic Symbolic Acts -- Oracles of Well-Being -- Oracles Against the Nations -- Compilation of Prophetic Texts -- Divine Abandonment -- Praise and Polemics for Baal -- V. Writings. Proverbs and Wisdom Instructions -- Responses to Human Suffering -- Prayers Regarding Wrongdoing -- Hymns of Praise with Solar Imagery -- Prayers of Lament -- City Laments -- Persian Edicts -- Autobiographies.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
English Books	GETS Theological Seminary Library	GETS Theological Seminary Library	BS1184 .H39 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00031888

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