Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament Introducting the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible

By:

Walton, John H

Contributor(s):

Walton, John H

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Michigan Baker Book House 2006Description: 368pISBN:

9780801027505

DDC classification:

B63.1 W173

Partial contents:

Part 1 comparative studies 1 History and methods ...15 2 Comparative studies, scholarship and theology ...29 Part 2 Literature of the ancient near east 3 Summary of the literature of the ancient near east ...43 Part 3 Religion 4 The gods ...87 5 Temples and rituals ...113 6 State and family religion ...135 Part 4 Cosmos 7 Cosmic geography ...165 8 Cosmology and cosmogony ...179 Part 5 People 9 Understanding the past: Human origins and role ...203 10 Understanding the past: Historiography ...217 11 Encountering the present: Guidance for life divination and omens ...239 12 Encountering the present: Context of life cities and kingship ...275 13 Encountering the present: Guidelines for life-law and wisdom ...287 14 Pondering the future on earth and after death ...313 Postscript ...331

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