Context of Scripture - Softcover

William W. Hallo; K. Lawson Younger Jr.

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ISBN 10: 9004135685 ISBN 13: 9789004135680

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2003

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Hallo (Assyriology and Babylonian literature, Yale U.) and Younger (biblical studies, LeTourneau U.) present a selection of translated writings from the Ancient Near East that they hope will provide "horizontal and vertical" context to the Bible (Old Testament): "horizontal" in that the texts are arranged in relation to their historical, geographical, political, and religious settings, and "vertical" in that the entries reference both related biblical passages as well as other texts through time. Over the course of the three volumes, they include literary and religious writings ("canonical compositions"); monumental inscriptions that were clearly intended for long term survival; and archival legal contracts, personal letters, and other material shedding light on the daily lives of people. Annotation 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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About the Author

William W. Hallo is the William M. Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature (since 1976; at Yale since 1962) and Curator of Babylonian collection (since 1963) at Yale University. He holds degrees from Harvard (BA, 1950), Leiden (Candidatus Litterarum Semiticarum 1951) and Chicago (MA 1953 and Ph.D. 1995 in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures). He is author or co-author of The Book of the People (1991), Scripture in Context (4 vols. 1980-1991), Heritage: Civilization and the Jews (2 vols. 1984), Sumerian Archival Texts (1973), The Ancient Near East: A History (1971), The Exaltation of Inanna (1968), and Early Mesopotamian Royal titles (1957). He previously taught at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, and has been Visiting Professor at Kassel (Germany), Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. K. Lawson Younger, Jr., Ph.D. (1988), University of Sheffield, is Professor of Old Testament, Semitic Languages and Ancient Near Eastern History at the Trinity International University -- Divinity School Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author of Ancient Conquest Accounts: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History Writings (1990), as well as numerous scholarly articles and reviews.

Review

'"Now that it is complete, this major publication project will clearly replace James B. Pritchard's long-standard "Ancient Near Eastern Texts." The three volumes of "The Context of Scripture" offer improved renderings of familiar texts, introduce more recently published texts to a wider audience, and shed new light on the Bible by means of detailed introductions and copious annotations. Yet one can happily read the texts without ever consulting the footnotes. "The Context of Scripture" will no doubt stimulate the reading of the Bible in its ancient context, resulting in a better understanding of what Israel shared with her Near Eastern neighbors, and how she differed from them."' Alan Millard, "Biblical Archaeology Review," 2004.

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