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050			_aBS1184 _b.H39 2014
100			_aHays, Christopher B.
245		0	_aHidden Riches : _bA Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East / _cChristopher B. Hays
260			_aLouisville, Kentucky : _bWestminster John Knox Press, _c2014
300			_axvi, 425 p. : _bill. , maps, photo ; _c25 cm.
505			_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.
650			_aBible. Old Testament Comparative studies.Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc..Bible. Old Testament Extra-canonical parallels.
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