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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 221.95
EAN: 9780809144358
Edition: 3 Rev Exp
ISBN: 0809144352
Label: Paulist Press
Manufacturer: Paulist Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 430
Publication Date: January 02, 2007
Publisher: Paulist Press
Studio: Paulist Press
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
An all-new translation of the most important ancient Near East documents that share parallel themes and issues with biblical stories.
Rating:
- excellent
This book is a classic that has been used in seminary Old Testament classes for two decades. This book is a great resource for anyone interested in Old Testament and comparative religious studies. Victor Matthews is a great scholar who takes the Bible very seriously. What you will find in this book is all the stories of the OT compared to similar stories from pagan mythology. Most books like this just paraphrase these myths or compare them on T-charts to Bible stories with the intention of showing ... Read More
Rating:
- Interesting Compilation
I first read this text when I was taking a course in surveying Ancient Middle Eastern languages and texts. I have however found it to be more interesting for study of ancient religion than linguistics. Many of the myths contain the imagery that Lovecraft should have used to make his terrors more terrible. The authors voices breath the dusts of their deserts and antiquity. They give a window on civilized homes haunted by the twin shades of starvation and inexplicable disease. They show us a world where ... Read More
Rating: - OT Clarifications in Adoptions, Parallels or Allusions
"How manifold are thy works! They are hidden before men,
Oh sole God, beside whom there is no other. Thou didst create earth according to thy heart." (Akhenaten hymn /Psalm 104)
TaNaKh in Ancient Texts:
Many ancient texts from Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia discovered recently as a result of archaeological excavations, shed light and give various sorts of background information for OT books. Many of these texts provide historical information that clarify our ... Read More
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Old Testament Parallels: Laws And Stories from the Ancient Near East
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 221.95
EAN: 9780809144358
Edition: 3 Rev Exp
ISBN: 0809144352
Label: Paulist Press
Manufacturer: Paulist Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 430
Publication Date: January 02, 2007
Publisher: Paulist Press
Studio: Paulist Press
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
An all-new translation of the most important ancient Near East documents that share parallel themes and issues with biblical stories.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- excellentThis book is a classic that has been used in seminary Old Testament classes for two decades. This book is a great resource for anyone interested in Old Testament and comparative religious studies. Victor Matthews is a great scholar who takes the Bible very seriously. What you will find in this book is all the stories of the OT compared to similar stories from pagan mythology. Most books like this just paraphrase these myths or compare them on T-charts to Bible stories with the intention of showing ... Read More
Rating:
- Interesting CompilationI first read this text when I was taking a course in surveying Ancient Middle Eastern languages and texts. I have however found it to be more interesting for study of ancient religion than linguistics. Many of the myths contain the imagery that Lovecraft should have used to make his terrors more terrible. The authors voices breath the dusts of their deserts and antiquity. They give a window on civilized homes haunted by the twin shades of starvation and inexplicable disease. They show us a world where ... Read More
Rating:
- OT Clarifications in Adoptions, Parallels or Allusions "How manifold are thy works! They are hidden before men,
Oh sole God, beside whom there is no other. Thou didst create earth according to thy heart." (Akhenaten hymn /Psalm 104)
TaNaKh in Ancient Texts:
Many ancient texts from Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia discovered recently as a result of archaeological excavations, shed light and give various sorts of background information for OT books. Many of these texts provide historical information that clarify our ... Read More
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