Mesopotamia and the Bible : comparative explorations /
edited by Mark W. Chavalas and K. Lawson Younger, Jr.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2002.
- 395 p. ; 24 cm.
Based on a conference held Nov. 17, 1995 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Assyriology and biblical studies : a century of tension / The quest for Sargon, Pul, and Tiglath-Pileser in the nineteenth century / Sumer, the Bible, and comparative method : historiography and temple building / Syria and Northern Mesopotamia to the end of the third millennium BCE / Syro-Mesopotamia : the old Babylonian period / Syria to the early second millennium / Apprehending kidnappers by correspondence at provincial Arraph���?a / The Bible and Alalakh / Emar : on the road from Harran to Hebron / Voices from the dust : the tablets from Ugarit and the Bible / The rise of the Aramean states / Recent study on Sargon II, King of Assyria : implications for biblical studies / What has Nebuchadnezzar to do with David? : on the neo-Babylonian period and early Israel / The Eastern Jewish Diaspora under the Babylonians / Mark W. Chavalas -- Steven W. Holloway -- Richard E. Averbeck -- Mark W. Chavalas -- Ronald A. Veenker -- Victor H. Matthews -- David C. Deuel -- Richard S. Hess -- Daniel E. Fleming -- Wayne T. Pitard -- William Schniedewind -- K. Lawson Younger, Jr. -- Bill T. Arnold -- Edwin Yamauchi.
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Iraq--History--To 634--Congresses. Syria--History--To 333 B.C.--Congresses. Iraq--Histoire--Congre� s.--Jusqu'a� 634 Syria--Histoire--Jusqu'a� 333 av. J.-C--Congre� s.