Hidden riches [electronic resource] : a sourcebook for the comparative study of the Hebrew bible and Ancient Near East / Christopher B. Hays.
By: Hays, Christopher B [author.]
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TextPublisher: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource : illustrations, maps, photographsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781611645408; 1611645409Subject(s): Bible. Old Testament -- Comparative studies | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Bible. Old Testament -- Extra-canonical parallels | Middle Eastern literature -- Relation to the Old TestamentGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hidden riches : a sourcebook for the comparative study of the Hebrew bible and Ancient Near East.Online resources: Proquest Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Course reserves | |
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John Bulow Campbell Library | 1 | Available | B520eBook1 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Prolegomena. History and Methods of Comparative Study -- II. Pentateuch. Creation Accounts -- Flood Stories -- Court Stories -- Birth Accounts -- Law Collections -- Ritual Texts -- Treaty, Oath, and Covenant -- III. Former Prophets. The Divine in History -- Temple-Building Accounts -- Annual Chronicles -- Comparative Historiography -- IV. Latter Prophets. Prophetic Symbolic Acts -- Oracles of Well-Being -- Oracles Against the Nations -- Compilation of Prophetic Texts -- Divine Abandonment -- Praise and Polemics for Baal -- V. Writings. Proverbs and Wisdom Instructions -- Responses to Human Suffering -- Prayers Regarding Wrongdoing -- Hymns of Praise with Solar Imagery -- Prayers of Lament -- City Laments -- Persian Edicts -- Autobiographies.
Description based on print version record. Print version is xvi, 425 pages.
