Documents from Old Testament times. / Translated with introductions and notes by members of the Society for Old Testament Study and edited by D. Winton Thomas
1958, 1st edition. London, New York : T. Nelson. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #406024
Physical description; xxiv, 302 pages; illustrations; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Cuneiform Documents. The epic of creation / J.V. Kinnier Wilson. -- The story of the flood / J.V. Kinnier Wilson. -- The law code of Hammurabi / W.J. Martin. -- Letters for Tell El-Amarna / C.J. Mullo Weir. -- Historical records of Assyria and Babylonia / D.J. Wiseman. -- The Jehoiachin tablets / W.J. Martin. -- Nebuchadrezzar's expedition to Syria / T. Fish. -- Texts relating to Nabonidus / T. Fish. -- The Cyrus cylinder / T. Fish. -- The Nurashu tablets / T. Fish. -- The Babylonian theodicy / W.G. Lambert. -- Babylonian moral teachings / W.G. Lambert. -- Prayer to any god / C.J. Mullo Weir. -- Texts fro Ras Shamra / J. Gray. -- Egyptian Documents. The Israel Stele of Merenptah / R.J. Williams. -- The hymn to Aten / R.J. Williams. -- The instructionfor King Meri-ka-re / T.W Thacker. -- A dispute over suicide / T.W. Thacker. -- The tale of the two brothers / J.M. Plumley. -- The teaching of Amenemope / J.M. Plumley. -- A Moabit Document. The Moabite stone / E. Ullendorff. -- Hebrew Documents. The Gezer calendar / J. Mauchline. -- Inscribed potsherds from Samaria / J.N. Schofield. -- The Siloam inscription / N.H. Snaith. -- Letters from Lachish / D. Winton Thomas. -- Seals / D. Diringer. -- Weights / D. Diringer. -- Coins / J. Weingreen. -- Aramaic Documents. The Milqart Stele / M. Black. -- The Zakir Stele / M. Black. -- A letter from Saqqarah / W.D. McHardy. -- Papyri from Elephantine / H.H. Rowley. -- The words of Ahikar / A.E. Goodman. Subjects; Bible. Old Testament Evidences, authority, etc. Old Testament Antiquities. Bible History of Biblical events. Bible Antiquities. Authority Religious aspects. Israel: ancient history. Sacred literatures 1000-000 B.C. Selections. Aramaic language ; Texts. Inscriptions, Hebrew. Cuneiform inscriptions. Oriental literatures Translations into English. Anthropology. Biblical archaeology. Old Testament. History, Ancient.
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