Essays on the comparative method
By: edited by Carl D. Evans, William W. Hallo, John B. White.
Contributors: Evans, Carl D.; Hallo, William W.; White, John Bradley, 1947-
Series: Scripture in context ;; [1]; Pittsburgh theological monograph series ; no. 34
Publisher: Pickwick Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Bible. O.T. -- Comparative studies.; Middle East -- Religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Originally presented at a seminar held at Yale University, summer of 1978.
Table of contents: title: Hallo, W. W. Biblical history in its Near Eastern setting.; title: Millar, W. R. Oral poetry and Dumuzi's Dream.; title: Andreasen, N. E. A. Genesis 14 in its Near Eastern context.; title: Savage, M. Literary criticism and Biblical studies: a rhetorical analysis of the Joseph narrative.; title: Schmitt, J. J. Pre-Israelite Jerusalem.; title: Saint-Laurent, G. E. Light from Ras Shamra on Elijah's ordeal upon Mount Carmel.; title: Polley, M. E. Hebrew prophecy within the Council of Jahweh, examined in its ancient Near Eastern setting.; title: Evans, C. D. Judah's foreign policy from Hezekiah to Josiah.; title: White, J. B. Universalization of history in Deutero-Isaiah.; title: Davison, J. M. The oikoumene in ferment: a cross-cultural study of the sixth century.; title: Schultz, C. The political tensions reflected in Ezra-Nehemiah.; title: Thomas, J. D. Jewish apocalyptic and the comparative method.; title: Jones, B. W. Antiochus Epiphanes and the persecution of the Jews.