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The world around the Old Testament : the people and places of the ancient Near East / edited by Bill T. Arnold and Brent A. Strawn.
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2016]
Description
xxvi, 531 pages ; 24 cm
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DS62.2 .W67 2016
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Middle East
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History
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Middle East
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History, Local
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Bible Old Testament
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History of contemporary events
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Arnold, Bill T.
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Strawn, Brent A.
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Summary note
Leading experts introduce the people and contexts of the Old Testament. What 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. - Publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Introduction / Bill T. Arnold, Brent A. Strawn
The Amorites / Daniel E. Fleming
Assyria and the Assyrians / Christopher B. Hays, Peter Machinist
Babylonia and the Babylonians / David S. Vanderhooft
Ugarit and the Ugaritians / Mark S. Smith
Egypt and the Egyptians / Joel M. LeMon
The Hittites and the Hurrians / Billie Jean Collins
Aram and the Arameans / K. Lawson Younger Jr.
Phoenicia and the Phoenicians / Christopher A. Rollston
Transjordan : The Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites / Joel S. Burnett
Philistia and the Philistines / Carl S. Ehrlich
Persia and the Persians / Pierre Briant
Arabia and the Arabians / David F. Graf
Greece and the Greeks / Walter Burkert.
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ISBN
9780801039188 ((hardcover))
0801039185 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2016025103
OCLC
934504700
Other standard number
40026618933
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