Transforming literature into scripture
Subtitle: texts as cult objects at Nineveh and Qumran
By: Russell Hobson
Series: BibleWorld
Publisher: Equinox
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Sheffield [England]; Bristol, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781781790007
Subjects: Bible; Relation to the Old Testament; Criticism, interpretation; Assyro-Babylonian literature; Dead Sea Scrolls; Canonical criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Authoritative texts in the Hebrew and cuneiform traditions; title: Formulating a new comparative approach; title: Choosing the right texts; title: Study one : Enuma Anu Enlil tablet 63; title: Study two : Mul.Apin; title: Study three : the laws of Hammurabi; title: Study four : tablet xi of the epic of Gilgamesh; title: Study five : Mis Pi; title: Study six : manuscripts of Pentateuchal texts from near the Dead Sea.