Old Testament parallels :
Matthews, Victor Harold.
Old Testament parallels : laws and stories from the ancient Near East / Victor H. Matthews and Don C. Benjamin. - Fully rev. and expanded 3rd ed. - New York : Paulist Press, c2006. - xv, 430 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-378) and indexes.
Genesis -- Hymn to ptah -- Hymn to atum -- Enuma elish stories -- Stories of Gilgamesh -- Stories of atrahasis -- Stories of adapa -- Nuzi archives -- Annals of dedumose II -- Annals of kamose -- Annals of hatshepsut -- Stories of anubis and bata -- Stories of aqhat -- Stories of kirta -- Exodus -- Story of sargon of agade -- Treaty between Ramesses II and Hattusilis III -- Annals of merneptah -- Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy -- Code of shulgi -- Sumerian code -- Code of Hammurabi -- Hittite code -- Middle Assyrian code -- Stories of Balaam -- Joshua, Judges -- Stories of sinuhe -- Annals of Tuthmosis III -- El-amarna letters -- Annals of Ramesses III -- Gezer almanac -- Ruth -- Archives of Babatha -- Samuel, Kings -- Annals of Tiglath-Pileser I -- Annals of Mesha -- Tell Dan Annals -- Karatepe annals of Azitiwada -- Annals of Shalmaneser III -- Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III -- Annals of Sargon II -- Annals of Sennacherib -- Siloam story -- Annals of Nebuchadnezzar II -- Arad letters -- Lachish letters -- Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah -- Decree of Cyrus II -- Elephantine letters -- Job, Ecclesiastes -- Declarations of innocence -- A sufferer and a soul in Egypt -- A farmer and the courts in Egypt -- A sufferer and a friend in Babylon -- Psalms, Lamentations -- Laments for Ur -- Hymn to ninkasi -- Ebla archives -- Stories of Baal and Anat -- Hymn to the aten -- Proverbs, Sirach, wisdom -- Teachings of Ptah-Hotep -- Teachings of Khety -- Thirty teachings of Amen-em-Ope -- Teachings of Ahiqar -- Teachings of Ankhsheshonq -- Song of Songs -- Egyptian love songs -- Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos -- Stories of Ishtar and Tammuz -- Visions of Neferti -- Mari letters -- Story of Wen-Amun -- Yavne-yam letter.
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Bible.--Old Testament--Extra-canonical parallels.
Bible.--Old Testament--History of contemporary events--Sources.
Bible.--Old Testament--Antiquities.
Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
Law, Ancient--Sources.
Law--Middle East--Sources.
Middle Eastern literature--Translations into English.
Middle East--History--Sources.--To 622
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Old Testament parallels : laws and stories from the ancient Near East / Victor H. Matthews and Don C. Benjamin. - Fully rev. and expanded 3rd ed. - New York : Paulist Press, c2006. - xv, 430 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-378) and indexes.
Genesis -- Hymn to ptah -- Hymn to atum -- Enuma elish stories -- Stories of Gilgamesh -- Stories of atrahasis -- Stories of adapa -- Nuzi archives -- Annals of dedumose II -- Annals of kamose -- Annals of hatshepsut -- Stories of anubis and bata -- Stories of aqhat -- Stories of kirta -- Exodus -- Story of sargon of agade -- Treaty between Ramesses II and Hattusilis III -- Annals of merneptah -- Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy -- Code of shulgi -- Sumerian code -- Code of Hammurabi -- Hittite code -- Middle Assyrian code -- Stories of Balaam -- Joshua, Judges -- Stories of sinuhe -- Annals of Tuthmosis III -- El-amarna letters -- Annals of Ramesses III -- Gezer almanac -- Ruth -- Archives of Babatha -- Samuel, Kings -- Annals of Tiglath-Pileser I -- Annals of Mesha -- Tell Dan Annals -- Karatepe annals of Azitiwada -- Annals of Shalmaneser III -- Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III -- Annals of Sargon II -- Annals of Sennacherib -- Siloam story -- Annals of Nebuchadnezzar II -- Arad letters -- Lachish letters -- Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah -- Decree of Cyrus II -- Elephantine letters -- Job, Ecclesiastes -- Declarations of innocence -- A sufferer and a soul in Egypt -- A farmer and the courts in Egypt -- A sufferer and a friend in Babylon -- Psalms, Lamentations -- Laments for Ur -- Hymn to ninkasi -- Ebla archives -- Stories of Baal and Anat -- Hymn to the aten -- Proverbs, Sirach, wisdom -- Teachings of Ptah-Hotep -- Teachings of Khety -- Thirty teachings of Amen-em-Ope -- Teachings of Ahiqar -- Teachings of Ankhsheshonq -- Song of Songs -- Egyptian love songs -- Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos -- Stories of Ishtar and Tammuz -- Visions of Neferti -- Mari letters -- Story of Wen-Amun -- Yavne-yam letter.
0809144352 (alk. paper) 9780809144358
2006004233
Bible.--Old Testament--Extra-canonical parallels.
Bible.--Old Testament--History of contemporary events--Sources.
Bible.--Old Testament--Antiquities.
Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
Law, Ancient--Sources.
Law--Middle East--Sources.
Middle Eastern literature--Translations into English.
Middle East--History--Sources.--To 622
BS1180 / .M42 2006
221.9/5