The Context of Scripture (4 Volumes)

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-30960-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Gewicht: 1 g

The Context of Scripture illuminatingly presents the multi-faceted world of ancient writing that forms the colorful background to the literature of the Hebrew Bible. Designed as a thorough and durable reference work for all engaged in the study of the Bible and the ancient Near East it provides reliable access to a broad, balanced and representative collection of Ancient Near Eastern texts that have some bearing on the interpretation of the Bible. Translations of recently discovered texts are included, alongside new translations of better-known texts and in some cases the best existing translations of such texts.
The substantial, now four-volume work, with its specially designed page layout and large format, features full cross-referencing to comparable Bible passages, and new, up-to-date bibliographical annotations with judicious commentary. Its many distinct advantages over other collections will ensure the place of The Context of Scripture as a standard reference work for the 21st century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hallo, William W

Younger, K Lawson

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Biblische Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

William W. Hallo† was the William M. Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and Curator of the Babylonian Collection at Yale University. He held degrees from Harvard, Leiden, and Chicago. He was author or co-author of The World's Oldest Literature: Studies in Sumerian Belles-Lettres (2009), Seals and Seal Impressions (2001), The Ancient Near East: a History (1998, 1971), and Origins (1997), among other volumes.
K. Lawson Younger, Jr., Ph.D. (1988) is Professor of Old Testament, Semitic Languages, and Ancient Near Eastern History at Trinity International University, Divinity School. He has published numerous works on the ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible, including most recently, A Political History of the Arameans: From Their Origins to the End of Their Polities.