World around the Old Testament

The People and Places of the Ancient Near East

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

AvBill T. Arnold,Brent A. Strawn,Bill T Arnold,Brent A Strawn

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Leading Experts Introduce the People and Contexts of the Old TestamentWhat people groups interacted with ancient Israel? Who were the Hurrians and why do they matter? What do we know about the Philistines, the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and others?In this up-to-date volume, leading experts introduce the peoples and places of the world around the Old Testament, providing students with a fresh exploration of the ancient Near East. The contributors offer comprehensive orientations to the main cultures and people groups that surrounded ancient Israel in the wider ancient Near East, including not only Mesopotamia and the northern Levant but also Egypt, Arabia, and Greece. They also explore the contributions of each people group or culture to our understanding of the Hebrew Scriptures.This supplementary text is organized by geographic region, making it especially suitable for the classroom and useful in a variety of Old Testament courses. Approximately eighty-five illustrative items are included throughout the book.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-10-01
Mått152 x 229 x 32 mm
Vikt907 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor560
FörlagBaker Publishing Group
ISBN9781540962317

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Bill T. Arnold (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is Paul S. Amos Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Ancient Israel's History and Who Were the Babylonians?Brent A. Strawn (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is professor of Old Testament at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. He has authored or coedited various volumes, including The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law and What Is Stronger than a Lion? Leonine Image and Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East.

ContentsIntroductionBill T. Arnold and Brent A. Strawn1. The AmoritesDaniel E. Fleming2. Assyria and the AssyriansChristopher B. Hays with Peter Machinist3. Babylonia and the BabyloniansDavid S. Vanderhooft4. Ugarit and the UgaritiansMark S. Smith5. Egypt and the EgyptiansJoel M. LeMon6. The Hittites and the HurriansBillie Jean Collins7. Aram and the ArameansK. Lawson Younger Jr.8. Phoenicia and the PhoeniciansChristopher A. Rollston9. Transjordan: The Ammonites, Moabites, and EdomitesJoel S. Burnett10. Philistia and the PhilistinesCarl S. Ehrlich11. Persia and the PersiansPierre Briant12. Arabia and the ArabiansDavid F. Graf13. Greece and the GreeksWalter BurkertIndexes

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