Hays, Christopher B.  <br/><br/>
Hidden Riches :   A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East / 
Christopher B. Hays 
 - Louisville, Kentucky :   Westminster John Knox Press,   2014 
 - xvi, 425 p. :   ill. , maps, photo ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780664237011 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible. Old Testament Comparative studies.Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc..Bible. Old Testament Extra-canonical parallels.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1184  / .H39 2014