Malamat, Abraham creator text xx Leiden Brill 1998 9999 monographic und eng

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viii, 270 p. ; 25 cm. 1. Introductory Essay -- Mari and the Bible: A Comparative Perspective -- pt. 1. Mari and the West. 2. The Cultural Impact of the West (Syria-Palestine) on Mesopotamia in the Old Babylonian Period. 3. The Sacred Sea. 4. Mari and its Relations with the Eastern Mediterranean. 5A. Hazor Once Again in New Mari Documents. 5B. Mari and Hazor: Trade Relations in the Old Babylonian Period. 5C. Mari and Hazor: The Implication for the Middle Bronze Age Chronology -- pt. 2. Prophecy. 6. Intuitive Prophecy -- A General Survey. 7. Prophetic Revelations in Mari and the Bible: Complementary Considerations. 8. Episodes Involving Samuel and Saul and the Prophetic Texts from Mari. 9. A Mari Prophecy and Nathan's Dynastic Oracle. 10. Parallels between the New Prophecies from Mari and Biblical Prophecy. 11. New Light from Mari (ARM XXVI) on Biblical Prophecy. 12. The Secret Council and Prophetic Involvement in Mari and Israel. 13. New Mari Documents and Prophecy in Ezekiel. 14. A New Prophetic Message from Aleppo and its Biblical Counterparts. 15. Deity Revokes Kingship -- Towards Intellectual Reasoning in Mari and in the Bible -- pt. 3. Customs and Society. 16. A Recently Discovered Word for "Clan" in Mari and its Hebrew Cognates. 17. A Note on the Ritual of Treaty Making in Mari and the Bible. 18. Is there a Word for the Royal Harem in the Bible? The Inside Story. 19. The Correspondence of Sibtu, Queen of Mari in ARM X. 20. The Great King -- A Pre-eminent Royal Title in Cuneiform Sources and in the Bible. 21. 'Amm L'BADAD YISKON: A Diplomatic Report from Mari and an Oracle of Balaam. 22. King Lists of the Old Babylonian Period and Biblical Genealogies -- List of Archives Royales de Mari (ARMT). Abraham Malamat Bible. Old Testament--History of Biblical events.Bible. Old Testament--History of contemporary events.Bible. Old Testament DS99.M3 .M343 1998 97890041086399004108637 220820