Hidden Riches: A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East

Hays, Christopher B.

ISBN 10: 0664237010 / ISBN 13: 9780664237011

Published by Westminster John Knox Press, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hidden Riches: A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0664237010
• ISBN 13: 9780664237011
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

Key Selling Points:

• Shows how the Hebrew Bible was shaped by Ancient Near East texts, addressing literary, historical, and cultural contexts
  
  
• Offers Hebrew Bible texts with side-by-side comparison to Ancient Near East texts
  
  
• Ideal for introductory courses in Hebrew Bible
  
  

About the Author

Christopher B. Hays is D. Wilson Moore Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Hidden Riches: A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East; The Origins of Isaiah 24–27: Josiah's Festival Scroll for the Fall of Assyria; and Death in the Iron Age II and in First Isaiah, which won the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise in 2013. Hays has written the Isaiah commentary in the New Oxford Bible Commentary and translated the book of Isaiah for the Common English Bible. Hays is ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).