Mesopotamia and the Bible : Comparative Explorations

by Chavalas, Mark W., and K. Lawson Younger, Jr., eds.

• ISBN13: 9780801024207
• ISBN10: 080102420X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

Thirteen scholars explore possible points of connection between the Bible and its ancient Near Eastern context, illuminating the methadologies, contributions, and limitations of both biblical studies and Assyriology.Contents include: "Assyriology and Biblical Studies: A Century of Tension" --Mark W. Chavalas"The Quest for Sargon, Pul, and Tiglath-Pileser in the Nineteenth Century"--Steven W. Holloway"Sumer, the Bible, and Comparative Method: Historiography and Temple Building"--Richard E. Avergeck"Syria and Northern Mesopotamia to the End of the Third MIllennium B.C.E."--Mark W. Chavalas"Syro-Mesopotamia: The Old Babylonian Period"--Ronald A. Veenker"Syria to the Early Second Millennium"---Victor H. Matthews"Apprehending Kidnapers by Correspondence at Provincial Arrapha"--David C. Deuel"The Bible and Alalakh"--Richard S. Hess"Emar: On the Road from Harran to Hebron"--Daniel E. Fleming"Voices from the Dust: The Tablets from Ugarit and the Bible"--Wayne T. Pitard"The Rise of the Aramean States"--William Schniedewind"Recent Study on Sargon II, King of Assyria: Imp

Author Biography

Mark W. Chavalas (Ph.D., UCLA) is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse K. Lawson Younger, Jr. (Ph.D., University of Sheffield) is professor of Old Testament at the divinity school of Trinity International University

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(2)
Abbreviations	9	(10)
List of Contributors	19	(2)
Assyriology and Biblical Studies: A Century of Tension	21	(47)
Mark W. Chavalas
The Quest for Sargon, Pul, and Tiglath-Pileser in the Nineteenth Century	68	(20)
Steven W. Holloway
Sumer, the Bible, and Comparative Method: Historiography and Temple Building	88	(38)
Richard E. Averbeck
Syria and Northern Mesopotamia to the End of the Third Millennium BCE	126	(23)
Mark W. Chavalas
Syro-Mesopotamia: The Old Babylonian Period	149	(19)
Ronald A. Veenker
Syria to the Early Second Millennium	168	(23)
Victor H. Matthews
Apprehending Kidnappers by Correspondence at Provincial Arrapha	191	(18)
David C. Deuel
The Bible and Alalakh	209	(13)
Richard S. Hess
Emar: On the Road from Harran to Hebron	222	(29)
Daniel E. Fleming
Voices from the Dust: The Tablets from Ugarit and the Bible	251	(25)
Wayne T. Pitard
The Rise of the Aramean States	276	(12)
William Schniedewind
Recent Study on Sargon II, King of Assyria: Implications for Biblical Studies	288	(42)
K. Lawson Younger, Jr.
What has Nebuchadnezzar to do with David? On the Neo-Babylonian Period and Early Israel	330	(26)
Bill T. Arnold
The Eastern Jewish Diaspora under the Babylonians	356	(22)
Edwin Yamauchi
Index of References	378	(8)
Index of Authors	386