Old Testament Parallels : Laws and Stories from the Ancient near East

by Matthews, Victor Harold

• ISBN13: 9780809137312
• ISBN10: 0809137313
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

In this newly revised and expanded second edition, Victor Matthews and Don Benjamin have gathered key ancient documents from Eastern Mediterranean traditions that provide a literary backdrop for Old Testament writings.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi-xiv	(3)
Genesis
Hymn to Ptah	3-5	(2)
Hymn to Ra	6-8	(2)
Enuma Elish Stories	9-18	(9)
Stories of Gilgamesh	19-30	(11)
Stories of Atrahasis	31-40	(9)
Stories of Adapa	41-45	(4)
Nuzi Archives	46-51	(5)
Annals of Hatshepsut	52-57	(5)
Annals of Dedumoses	58-60	(2)
Stories of Anubis and Bata	61-65	(4)
Stories of Aqhat	66-75	(9)
Stories of Keret	76-81	(5)
Exodus
Annals of Sargon I	85	(1)
Treaty Between Ramses II and Hattusilis III	86-90	(4)
Annals of Merneptah	91-93	(2)
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Code of Ur-Nammu	97-98	(1)
Sumerian Code	99-100	(1)
Code of Hammurabi	101-109	(8)
Hittite Code	110-113	(3)
Middle Assyrian Code	114-123	(9)
Stories of Balaam	124-126	(2)
Joshua, Judges
Stories of Sinuhe	129-133	(4)
Annals of Tuthmoses III	134-136	(2)
El Amarna Letters	137-140	(3)
Annals of Ramses III	141-144	(3)
Gezer Almanac	145-146	(1)
Ruth
Archives of Babatha	149-152	(3)
Samuel, Kings
Annals of Tiglath-Pileser I	155-156	(1)
Annals of Mesha	157-159	(2)
Tell Dan Annals of Hazael	160-161	(1)
Karatepe Annals of Azitiwada	162-165	(3)
Annals of Shalmaneser III	166-171	(5)
Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III	172-173	(1)
Annals of Sargon II	174-176	(2)
Annals of Sennacherib	177-179	(2)
Siloam Annals	180-181	(1)
Annals of Nebuchadnezzar	182-184	(2)
Arad Letters	185-187	(2)
Lachish Letters	188-190	(2)
Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah
Decree of Cyrus	193-195	(2)
Elephantine Letters	196-200	(4)
Job, Ecclesiastes
Declarations of Innocence	203-207	(4)
A Sufferer and a Soul in Egypt	208-214	(6)
A Farmer and the Courts in Egypt	215-222	(7)
A Sufferer and a Friend in Babylon	223-228	(5)
Psalms, Lamentations
Laments for Ur	231-237	(6)
Hymn to Ninkasi	238-239	(1)
Ebla Archives	240-243	(3)
Stories of Ba'al and Anat	244-256	(12)
Hymn to the Aton	257-261	(4)
Proverbs, Sirach, Wisdom
Teachings of Ptah-Hotep	265-269	(4)
Teachings of Khety	270-273	(3)
Teachings of Amen-em-ope	274-282	(8)
Teachings of Ahiqar	283-288	(5)
Teachings of Ankhsheshonqy	289-294	(5)
Song of Songs
Egyptian Love Songs	297-301	(4)
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos
Stories of Ishtar and Tammuz	305-311	(6)
Visions of Neferti	312-317	(5)
Mari Letters	318-322	(4)
Stories of Wen-Amon	323-330	(7)
Yavne-Yam Letter	331-332	(1)
Outline of Mesopotamian History	333-334	(1)
Outline of Egyptian History from 3100-332 BCE	335	(1)
Outline of Israelite History	336-337	(1)
Bibliography of Texts in Transcription, Transliteration, and Translation	338-349	(11)
Bibliography of Picture Sources	350-351	(1)
Abbreviations	352-354	(2)
Index	355-384	(29)