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William W. Hallo
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To propagate the invention of writing, the Sumerians established scribal schools which preserved and transmitted the accumulated wisdom of the past, usually in poetic form. The literature thus created has…
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Modern western culture owes much to ancient Near Eastern precedent. Origins documents that debt in specific terms, covering a variety of topics from the alphabet and its order to the…
The Context of Scripture presents the multi-faceted world of ancient writing that forms the background to the literature of the Hebrew Bible. The three-volume work features full cross-referencing to comparable…
Franz Rosenzweig
An affirmation of what Franz Rosenzweig called the new thinking , this work ensconces common sense in the place of abstract, conceptual philosophizing and posits the validity of the concrete…
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Fusing philosophy and theology, this work assigns both Judaism and Christianity distinct but equally important roles in the spiritual structure of the world, and finds in both biblical religions approaches…
Provides access to a representative collection of ancient Near Eastern texts that have some bearing on the interpretation of the Bible. Translations of recently discovered texts are included, alongside new…
The Context of Scripture illuminatingly presents the multi-faceted world of ancient writing that forms the colourful background to the literature of the Hebrew Bible. Its many distinct advantages over other…
Gary Beckman
Volume Two, Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale
A huge festschrift comprising 41 essays exploring mainly textual perspectives on Ancient Near Eastern and Jewish history and religious practice.
Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Volume One, Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale
This book includes historical and literary studies arising from a seminar on Biblical History in the Near Eastern Setting sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The seminar director…
Eleven essays explore the ways in which the contextual approach to the study of biblical literature provides both insightful and illuminating parallels between biblical and extrabiblical sources, as well as…
William W. Hallo,David B. Ruderman,Michael Stanislawski,Benjamin R. Gampel
Texts from the Yale Babylonian Collection.
The Classical Moment is a reexamination of the concept of a supreme moment in the literatures of Greece, Mesopotamia, India, China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Taking the case of Greece…
