
The Context of Scripture, Volume 2 Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical World
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 20. June 2002
Book
Hardback
438 pages
978-90-04-10619-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 many 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.
Volume II, Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical World, is devoted to building and votive inscriptions, seals, weights, treaties, collections of laws, and other genres originally inscribed on durable mediums or in multiple copies for long-term survival. Many are royal inscriptions, and nearly all are crucial to the reconstruction of the history of the Biblical world.
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.
Volume II, Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical World, is devoted to building and votive inscriptions, seals, weights, treaties, collections of laws, and other genres originally inscribed on durable mediums or in multiple copies for long-term survival. Many are royal inscriptions, and nearly all are crucial to the reconstruction of the history of the Biblical world.
Reviews / Votes
'All students and scholars of the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East will be grateful for this impressive and authoritative work. It is wonderful to have so much of ancient Near Eastern literature in one collection, translated by the best scholars in the field.'Ronald S. Hendel, Bible Review, 1998.
'...this volume will prove an indispensable tool for all who seek to intepret the Old Testament within its cultural and linguistic environment.'
Daniel L. Block, Review and Expositor.
'...the three volumes in COS will be reliable and frequently used companions of Old Testament scholars in the next fifty years. Biblical commentaries and journal articles will regularly refer to them.'
Ralph W. Klein, Currents, 2001.
'...an up-to-date and indispensable collection of Near Eastern literature.'
William M. Schniedewind, Religious Studies Review, 2001.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
1550 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-10619-2 (9789004106192)
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William W. Hallo | Younger
The Context of Scripture
Canonical Compositions, Monumental Inscriptions and Archival Documents from the Biblical World
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06/2002
Brill
€621.50
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Persons
William W. Hallo is the William M. Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and Curator of the Babylonian Collection at Yale University. He holds degrees from Harvard, Leiden, and Chicago. He is author or co-author of The Ancient Near East: a History (1998, 1971), Origins (1997), The Book of the People (1991), Scripture in Context (4 vols. 1980-1991), Heritage: Civilization and the Jews (2 vols. 1984), The Tablets of Ebla (1984), Sumerian Archival Texts (1973), The Exaltation of Inanna (1968), and Early Mesopotamian Royal Titles (1957).
K. Lawson Younger, Jr. is Professor of Old Testament, Semitic Languages and Ancient Near Eastern History at Trinity International University - Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield in 1988. He is the author of Ancient Conquest Accounts: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History Writing (1990), as well as numerous scholarly articles and reviews.
K. Lawson Younger, Jr. is Professor of Old Testament, Semitic Languages and Ancient Near Eastern History at Trinity International University - Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield in 1988. He is the author of Ancient Conquest Accounts: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History Writing (1990), as well as numerous scholarly articles and reviews.