{"product_id":"the-bible-and-the-ancient-near-east-collected-essays-9781575060668","title":"The Bible and the Ancient Near East: Collected Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresented in this volume is a collection of the shorter writings of one of the more innovative scholars working on the relationship between the writings of the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near East context. Topics include: ANE environment, literature of the ANE, myth versus history, Nebuchadnezzar I’s Elamite crisis, Job and the Israelite religious tradition, motif of the weeping God in Jeremiah, lament tradition in ANE, the hand of Yahweh, and whether God lies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1 Fundamental Issues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ancient Near Eastern Environment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bible and the Literature of the Ancient Near East\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMyth versus History: Relaying the Comparative Foundations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivine Freedom and Cultic Manipulation in Israel and Mesopotamia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNebuchadnezzar I’s Elamite Crisis in Theological Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2 Themes and Motifs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hand of Yahweh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New Parallel to 1 Kings 18:28–29\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe King of Glory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJob and the Israelite Religious Tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJob’s Summons to Yahweh: The Exploitation of a Legal Metaphor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes God Lie? Divine Deceit as a Theological Problem in Israelite Prophetic Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Motif of the Weeping God in Jeremiah and Its Background in the Lament Tradition of the Ancient Near East\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhose Child Is This? Reflections on the Speaking Voice in Isaiah 9:5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mari Prophetic Texts in Transliteration and English Translation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3 Solving Difficult Problems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Readings of Old Texts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New Root for an Old Crux, Psalm 22:17c\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Young Lions of Psalm 34:11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Religio-political Setting of Psalm 47\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf Signs, Prophets, and Time Limits: A Note on Psalm 74:9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlindfolding the Prophet: Political Resistance to First Isaiah’s Oracles in the Light of Ancient Near Eastern Attitudes toward Oracles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYahweh’s Foundation in Zion (Isaiah 28:16)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4 Kingship and Messiah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Davidic Origin of the Zion Tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZion in the Theology of the Davidic-Solomonic Empire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Divine King and the Human Community in Isaiah’s Vision of the Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Defense of the Monarchy: The Contribution of Israelite Kingship to Biblical Theology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Old Testament’s Contribution to Messianic Expectations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5 Interpreting Prophecy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorical-Critical Method, Theology, and Contemporary Exegesis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Christian Perspective on Prophetic Prediction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188731044183,"sku":"9781575060668","price":46.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bible-and-the-ancient-near-east-collected-essays-9781575060668","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}