UID:
edocfu_9959228315902883
Format:
1 online resource (206 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-774131-2
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1-280-47013-5
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0-19-535382-X
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0-585-30486-6
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This book compares a variety of biblical narratives with the stories found in several Northwest Semitic inscriptions from the ancient kingdom of Judah and its contemporary Syro-Palestinian neighbors. In genre, language, and cultural context, these epigraphic stories are closer to biblicalnarratives than any other ancient Near Eastern narrative corpus. For the first time, Parker analyzes and appreciates these stories as narratives and sets them beside comparable biblical stories. He illuminates the narrative character and techniques of both epigraphic and biblical stories and in manycases revea
Note:
Previously issued in print: 1997.
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Contents; Abbreviations; ONE: Introduction: Reading Biblical and Other Ancient Near Eastern Narratives; TWO: Petitionary Narratives; THREE: The Story of the Siloam Tunnel; FOUR: Stories of Military Campaigns; FIVE: Stories of Appeals for Military Intervention; SIX: Stories of Miraculous Deliverance from a Siege; SEVEN: Conclusion: The Roles of the Stories and the Role of the Deity; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; General Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-511620-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195116205.001.0001
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