01406nam a2200145Ia 4500008004100000020001800041041000800059050002200067100002600089245012600115260006500241300004900306505075900355650014601114231021s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780664237011  aeng  aBS1184b.H39 2014  aHays, Christopher B.  0aHidden Riches : bA Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East /cChristopher B. Hays  aLouisville, Kentucky : bWestminster John Knox Press, c2014  axvi, 425 p. : bill. , maps, photo ;c25 cm.  aI. 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.  aBible. Old Testament Comparative studies.Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc..Bible. Old Testament Extra-canonical parallels.