Mesopotamia and the Bible

Mark W. Chavalas, K. Lawson Younger, Jr., Mark W. Chavalas, K. Lawson Younger, Jr.

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Year: 2003
• Print ISBN:
  9780567082312
• eBook ISBN:
  9780567569004
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

The study of Syro-Mesopotamian civilization has greatly advanced in the past twenty-five years. In particular the renewed interest in Eastern (or 'Mesopotamian') Syria has radically altered our understanding of not only the ancient Near East, but of the Bible as well. With Syria east of the Euphrates becoming one of the most active areas of archaeological investigation in the entire Near East, the need for a synthesis of this research and its integration with the Hebrew Bible has greatly increased.This volume charts the state of our knowledge, following a general chronological flow, and will appeal not only to scholars of the ancient Near East but also to Biblical specialists interested in the historical and religious backgrounds to the Israelite and Judahite kingdoms.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• List of Contributors
• Assyriology and Biblical Studies: A Century of Tension
• The Quest for Sargon, Pul, and Tiglath-Pileser in the Nineteenth Century
• Sumer, the Bible, and Comparative Method: Historiography and Temple Building
• Syria and Northern Mesopotamia to the End of the Third Millennium BCE
• Syro-Mesopotamia: The Old Babylonian Period
• Syria to the Early Second Millennium
• Apprehending Kidnappers by Correspondence at Provincial Arrapha
• The Bible and Alalakh
• Emar: On the Road from Harran to Hebron
• Voices from the Dust: The Tablets from Ugarit and the Bible
• The Rise of the Aramean States
• Recent Study on Sargon II, King of Assyria: Implications for Biblical Studies
• What has Nebuchadnezzar to do with David? On the Neo-Babylonian Period and Early Israel
• The Eastern Jewish Diaspora under the Babylonians
• Index of References
• Index of Authors