A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East Hays, Christopher B. creator text xx Louisville, Kentucky Westminster John Knox Press 2014 9999 monographic und eng

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xvi, 425 p. : ill. , maps, photo ; 25 cm. 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. Christopher B. Hays Bible. Old Testament Comparative studies.Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc..Bible. Old Testament Extra-canonical parallels BS1184 .H39 2014 9780664237011 231021