Near Eastern religious texts relating to the Old Testament
By: edited by Walter Beyerlin, in collaboration with Hellmut Brunner ... [et al. ; translated by John Bowden from the German].
Contributors: Beyerlin, Walter.
Series: The Old Testament library
Publisher: Westminster Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- History of contemporary events -- Sources.; Middle East -- Religion -- Sources.
Genres: Sources.
Description: W. Beyerlin, the editor, selected all texts and commentaries. He added references to points of comparison to the O.T. The book was translated and published in English. There are 15 illustrations throughout the book, and five plates; also a list of abbreviations. The introduction covers items like the discovery of the texts, and their collection, followed by a history and description of their analysis. Author provided: information on the text, where it was found and kept and the version of translation; outline of historical and literary context; details of points of comparison with the O.T.; citations of relevant literature. Beyerlin broke up the main body of the book into five sections: Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hittite, Ugaritic, and North Semitic. Editor gave an introduction to each section. He also included sub-sections with headings, including items like myths, creation stories, prayers, epics, different kinds of Inscriptions, votives, rituals, instructions, and prophecies, plus some others, depending on what sorts of texts are available from each main section under discussion -- From Amazon description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Translation of Religionsgeschichtliches Textbuch zum Alten Testament, which is a translation of ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hittite, Ugaritic, and North Semitic texts, with commentary.