Old Testament Parallels

by Matthews, Victor Harold

• ISBN13: 9780809144358
• ISBN10: 0809144352
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-02
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

"Old Testament Parallels offers teachers and students a readable, affordable, and portable anthology of ancient Near Eastern texts related to the Bible that are dynamically equivalent in the way in which they were heard, and felt, and understood in their own worlds. The third edition reflects ongoing work and new discoveries, expands many of the existing parallels, adds new parallels, and enlarges the anthology to sixty-three selections." "This fully revised edition includes: parallels arranged by the canonical order of the Old Testament and outlined chronologically within each chapter; introductions describing the physical appearance of each text, its language, where it was recovered, where it is preserved today, and a summary of its contents; a subject index of personal names, place-names, and general topics; a selective bibliography; and an outline of the history of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Don C. Benjamin teaches biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies in the department of religious studies at Arizona State University (Tempe). Victor H. Matthews is associate dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs and professor of religious studies at Missouri State University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Genesis
Hymn to Ptah	3	(4)
Hymn to Atum	7	(4)
Enuma Elish Stories	11	(10)
Stories of Gilgamesh	21	(12)
Stories of Atrahasis	33	(10)
Stories of Adapa	43	(4)
Nuzi Archives	47	(7)
Annals of Dedumose II	54	(3)
Annals of Kamose	57	(2)
Annals of Hatshepsut	59	(6)
Stories of Anubis and Bata	65	(5)
Stories of Aqhat	70	(10)
Stories of Kirta	80	(9)
Exodus
Story of Sargon of Agade	89	(2)
Treaty Between Ramesses II and Hattusilis III	91	(6)
Annals of Merneptah	97	(4)
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Code of Shulgi	101	(2)
Sumerian Code	103	(2)
Code of Hammurabi	105	(10)
Hittite Code	115	(5)
Middle Assyrian Code	120	(11)
Stories of Balaam	131	(6)
Joshua, Judges
Stories of Sinuhe	137	(5)
Annals of Tuthmosis III	142	(4)
El-Amarna Letters	146	(5)
Annals of Ramesses III	151	(4)
Gezer Almanac	155	(4)
Ruth
Archives of Babatha	159	(6)
Samuel, Kings
Annals of Tiglath-pileser I	165	(2)
Annals of Mesha	167	(3)
Tell Dan Annals	170	(2)
Karatepe Annals of Azitiwada	172	(4)
Annals of Shalmaneser III	176	(6)
Annals of Tiglath-pileser III	182	(3)
Annals of Sargon II	185	(5)
Annals of Sennacherib	190	(3)
Siloam Story	193	(2)
Annals of Nebuchadnezzar II	195	(3)
Arad Letters	198	(3)
Lachish Letters	201	(6)
Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah
Decree of Cyrus II	207	(3)
Elephantine Letters	210	(9)
Job, Ecclesiastes
Declarations of Innocence	219	(4)
A Sufferer and a Soul in Egypt	223	(7)
A Farmer and the Courts in Egypt	230	(9)
A Sufferer and a Friend in Babylon	239	(8)
Psalms, Lamentations
Laments for Ur	247	(9)
Hymn to Ninkasi	256	(2)
Ebla Archives	258	(5)
Stories of Baal and Anat	263	(12)
Hymn to the Aten	275	(8)
Proverbs, Sirach, Wisdom
Teachings of Ptah-Hotep	283	(6)
Teachings of Khety	289	(4)
Thirty Teachings of Amen-em-ope	293	(10)
Teachings of Ahiqar	303	(7)
Teachings of Ankhsheshonq	310	(11)
Song of Songs
Egyptian Love Songs	321	(8)
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos
Stories of Ishtar and Tammuz	329	(6)
Visions of Neferti	335	(6)
Mari Letters	341	(6)
Story of Wen-Amun	347	(8)
Yavne-Yam Letter	355	(2)
Outline of Mesopotamian History	357	(2)
Outline of Egyptian History	359	(2)
Outline of Israelite History	361	(2)
Bibliography for Critical Editions	363	(14)
Bibliography for Pictures	377	(2)
Abbreviations	379	(4)
Biblical Citation/Text and Parallels Index	383	(40)
Subject Index	423