Description
Book SynopsisBrings together the important historical, legal, mythological, liturgical, and secular texts of the ancient Near East, to provide a contextual base for understanding the people, cultures, and literature of the Old Testament. This book aims to understand the likenesses and differences which existed between Israel and the surrounding cultures.
Trade Review"[A] very useful book, soundly conceived, competently edited, and beautifully printed. It offers in translation texts of the most important documents which throw light on the Near East background of the Old Testament. As a source book it will be welcomed not merely by Biblical students, but by all ancient historians who concern themselves with the cultures anterior to those of Greece and Rome."--Archaeology
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Introduction, pg. xix*Introduction. To the Third Edition, pg. xxv*Egyptian Myths, Tales, and Mortuary Texts, pg. 3*Sumerian Myths and Epic Tales, pg. 37*Akkadian Myths and Epics, pg. 60*Hittite Myths, Epics, and Legends, pg. 120*Ugaritic Myths, Epics, and Legends, pg. 129*Collections of Laws from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor, pg. 159*Egyptian and Hittite Treaties, pg. 199*Hittite Instructions, pg. 207*Documents from the Practice of Law, pg. 212*Egyptian Historical Texts, pg. 227*Babylonian and Assyrian Historical Texts, pg. 265*Hittite Historical Texts, pg. 318*Palestinian Inscriptions, pg. 320*Egyptian Rituals and Incantations, pg. 325*Akkadian Rituals, pg. 331*Hittite Rituals, Incantations, and Description of Festivals, pg. 346*Egyptian Hymns and Prayers, pg. 365*Sumerian Petition, pg. 382*Sumero-Akkadian Hymns and Prayers, pg. 383*Hittite Prayers, pg. 393*Fables and Didactic Tales, pg. 405*Proverbs and Precepts, pg. 412*Observations on Life and the World Order, pg. 431*Oracles and Prophecies, pg. 441*A Sumerian Lamentation, pg. 455*Egyptian Secular Songs and Poems, pg. 467*An Egyptian Letter, pg. 475*A Sumerian Letter, pg. 480*Akkadian Letters, pg. 482*Aramaic Letters, pg. 491*Egyptian Texts, pg. 495*Hittite Omen, pg. 497*Akkadian Myths and Epics, pg. 501*Hittite Myths, Epics, and Legends, pg. 519*Collections of Laws from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor, pg. 523*Egyptian and Hittite Treaties, pg. 529*Akkadian Treaties from Syria and Assyria, pg. 531*Documents from the Practice of Law, pg. 542*Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine, pg. 548*Egyptian Historical Texts, pg. 553*Babylonian and Assyrian Historical Texts, pg. 556*Palestinian Inscriptions, pg. 568*Sumerian Hymns, pg. 573*Sumerian Wisdom Text, pg. 589*Akkadian Didactic and Wisdom Literature, pg. 592*Sumerian Lamentation, pg. 611*Akkadian Letters, pg. 623*Aramaic Letters, pg. 633*Sumerian Sacred Marriage Texts, pg. 637*Sumerian Miscellaneous Texts, pg. 646*Canaanite and Aramaic Inscriptions, pg. 653*South-Arabian Inscriptions, pg. 663*Addenda, pg. 671*Abbreviations, pg. 677*Index of Biblical References, pg. 683*Index of Names, pg. 687*Addenda, pg. 711*Translators and Annotators, pg. 713*Contents of the Supplement, pg. 714
