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James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have
introduced generations of readers to texts essential for
understanding the peoples and cultures of this important region.
Now these two enduring works have been combined and integrated into
one convenient and richly illustrated volume, with a new foreword
that puts the translations in context. With more than 130 reading
selections and 300 photographs of ancient art, architecture, and
artifacts, this volume provides a stimulating introduction to some
of the most significant and widely studied texts of the ancient
Near East, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Creation Epic
(Enuma elish), the Code of Hammurabi, and the Baal Cycle. For
students of history, religion, the Bible, archaeology, and
anthropology, this anthology provides a wealth of material for
understanding the ancient Near East. * Represents the diverse
cultures and languages of the ancient Near East--Sumerian,
Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Ugaritic, Canaanite, and Aramaic--in a
wide range of genres: * Historical texts * Legal texts and treaties
* Inscriptions * Hymns * Didactic and wisdom literature * Oracles
and prophecies * Love poetry and other literary texts * Letters *
New foreword puts the classic translations in context * More than
300 photographs document ancient art, architecture, and artifacts
related to the texts * Fully indexed
Yahweh is the proper name of the biblical God. His early character
is central to understanding the foundations of Jewish, Christian,
and Islamic monotheism. As a deity, the name appears only in
connection with the peoples of the Hebrew Bible, but long before
Israel, the name is found in an Egyptian list as one group in the
land of tent-dwellers, the Shasu. This is the starting-point for
Daniel E. Fleming's sharply new approach to the god Yahweh. In his
analysis, the Bible's 'people of Yahweh' serve as a clue to how one
of the Bronze Age herding peoples of the inland Levant gave its
name to a deity, initially outside of any relationship to Israel.
For 150 years, the dominant paradigm for Yahweh's origin has
envisioned borrowing from peoples of the desert south of Israel.
Fleming argues in contrast that Yahweh was not taken from
outsiders. Rather, this divine name is evidence for the diverse
background of Israel itself.
Yahweh is the proper name of the biblical God. His early character
is central to understanding the foundations of Jewish, Christian,
and Islamic monotheism. As a deity, the name appears only in
connection with the peoples of the Hebrew Bible, but long before
Israel, the name is found in an Egyptian list as one group in the
land of tent-dwellers, the Shasu. This is the starting-point for
Daniel E. Fleming's sharply new approach to the god Yahweh. In his
analysis, the Bible's 'people of Yahweh' serve as a clue to how one
of the Bronze Age herding peoples of the inland Levant gave its
name to a deity, initially outside of any relationship to Israel.
For 150 years, the dominant paradigm for Yahweh's origin has
envisioned borrowing from peoples of the desert south of Israel.
Fleming argues in contrast that Yahweh was not taken from
outsiders. Rather, this divine name is evidence for the diverse
background of Israel itself.
Democracy's Ancient Ancestors examines the political landscape of
the ancient Near East through the archive of over 3000 letters
found in the royal palace of Mari. These letters display a rich
diversity of political actors, encompassing major kingdoms, smaller
states and various tribal towns. Mari's unique contribution to the
ancient evidence is its view of tribal organization, made possible
especially by the fact that its king Zimri-Lim was first of all a
tribal ruler, who claimed Mari as an administrative base and source
of prestige. These archaic political traditions are not essentially
unlike the forms of pre-democratic Greece, and they offer fresh
reason to recognize a cultural continuity between the classical
world of the Aegean and the older Near East. This book bridges
several areas of interest, including archaeology, ancient and
classical history, early Middle and Near East, and political and
social history.
The Legacy of Israel in Judah's Bible undertakes a comprehensive
re-evaluation of the Bible's primary narrative in Genesis through
Kings as it relates to history. It divides the core textual
traditions along political lines that reveal deeply contrasting
assumptions, an approach that places biblical controversies in
dialogue with anthropologically informed archaeology. Starting from
close study of selected biblical texts, the work moves toward
historical issues that may be illuminated by both this material and
a larger range of textual evidence. The result is a synthesis that
breaks away from conventional lines of debate in matters relating
to ancient Israel and the Bible, setting an agenda for future
engagement of these fields with wider study of antiquity.
The Legacy of Israel in Judah's Bible undertakes a comprehensive
re-evaluation of the Bible's primary narrative in Genesis through
Kings as it relates to history. It divides the core textual
traditions along political lines that reveal deeply contrasting
assumptions, an approach that places biblical controversies in
dialogue with anthropologically informed archaeology. Starting from
close study of selected biblical texts, the work moves toward
historical issues that may be illuminated by both this material and
a larger range of textual evidence. The result is a synthesis that
breaks away from conventional lines of debate in matters relating
to ancient Israel and the Bible, setting an agenda for future
engagement of these fields with wider study of antiquity.
Democracy's Ancient Ancestors examines the political landscape of
the ancient Near East through the archive of over 3000 letters
found in the royal palace of Mari. These letters display a rich
diversity of political actors, encompassing major kingdoms, smaller
states and various tribal towns. Mari's unique contribution to the
ancient evidence is its view of tribal organization, made possible
especially by the fact that its king Zimri-Lim was first of all a
tribal ruler, who claimed Mari as an administrative base and source
of prestige. These archaic political traditions are not essentially
unlike the forms of pre-democratic Greece, and they offer fresh
reason to recognize a cultural continuity between the classical
world of the Aegean and the older Near East. This book bridges
several areas of interest, including archaeology, ancient and
classical history, early Middle and Near East, and political and
social history.
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