The Context of Scripture: Canonical Compositions from the Biblical World - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 9004106189 ISBN 13: 9789004106185

Casa editrice: Brill Academic Pub, 1997

Riassunto

The Context of Scripture illuminatingly presents the multi-faceted world of ancient writing that forms the colourful 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, and involving approximately 90 of the world's outstanding scholars in the field, 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 three-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.

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L'autore:

William W. Hallo is the William M. Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature (since 1976; at Yale since 1962) and Curator of Babylonian collection (since 1963) at Yale University. He holds degrees from Harvard (BA, 1950), Leiden (Candidatus Litterarum Semiticarum 1951) and Chicago (MA 1953 and Ph.D. 1995 in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures). He is author or co-author of The Book of the People (1991), Scripture in Context (4 vols. 1980-1991), Heritage: Civilization and the Jews (2 vols. 1984), Sumerian Archival Texts (1973), The Ancient Near East: A History (1971), The Exaltation of Inanna (1968), and Early Mesopotamian Royal titles (1957). He previously taught at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, and has been Visiting Professor at Kassel (Germany), Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.K. Lawson Younger, Jr., Ph.D. (1988), University of Sheffield, is Professor of Old Testament, Semitic Languages and Ancient Near Eastern History at the Trinity International University -- Divinity SchoolDeerfield, Illinois. He is the author of Ancient Conquest Accounts: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History Writings (1990), as well as numerous scholarly articles and reviews.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Brill Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 9004106189
• ISBN 13: 9789004106185
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 599
• Redattore: Hallo William W., Younger K. Lawson