TY  - BOOK
AU  - Walton, John H
AU  - Walton,John H
TI  - Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament:  Introducting the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible
SN  - 9780801027505
U1  - B63.1 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Michigan
PB  - Baker Book House
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; 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
ER  -