Comparative Studies on Narratives in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions and the Hebrew Bible.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (206 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
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Contents; Abbreviations; ONE: Introduction: Reading Biblical and Other Ancient Near Eastern Narratives; TWO: Petitionary Narratives; THREE: The Story of the Siloam Tunnel; FOUR: Stories of Military Campaigns; FIVE: Stories of Appeals for Military Intervention; SIX: Stories of Miraculous Deliverance from a Siege; SEVEN: Conclusion: The Roles of the Stories and the Role of the Deity; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; General Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book compares a variety of biblical narratives with the stories found in several Northwest Semitic inscriptions from the ancient kingdom of Judah and its contemporary Syro-Palestinian neighbors. In genre, language, and cultural context, these epigraphic stories are closer to biblicalnarratives than any other ancient Near Eastern narrative corpus. For the first time, Parker analyzes and appreciates these stories as narratives and sets them beside comparable biblical stories. He illuminates the narrative character and techniques of both epigraphic and biblical stories and in manycases revea.
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International Standard Book Number
9780195116205
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Bible., Old Testament-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible., Old Testament.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Inscriptions, Semitic.
Middle Eastern literature-- Relation to the Old Testament.
Narration in the Bible.
Inscriptions, Semitic.
Middle Eastern literature-- Relation to the Old Testament.