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Sep 10, 2022 · "This study considers the historical, cultural, and literary significance of some of the most important Ancient Near East (ANE) texts that illuminate the Hebrew Bible. Christopher B. Hays provides primary texts from the Ancient Near East with a comparison to literature of the Hebrew Bible to demonstrate how Israel's Scriptures not only draw from these ancient contexts but also reshape them in ...
What does it mean to give proper attention to the ancient Near Eastern nature of the Hebrew Scriptures? Minimally, it means reading other ancient Near Eastern texts. The Scriptures are exceedingly “respiratory”: they breathe in the culture of their times, and breathe it back out in a different form. To the reader who learns to breathe the same
But this does not mean that Enūma Eliš presents all that is known of Babylonian cosmology. On the contrary, the Epic uses only a selection of the wealth of available material.”17 Seventeen other brief (and sometimes fragmentary) “creation tales” are collected in his Babylonian Creation Myths, and there are still more passing references to creation in other genres.
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Aug 10, 2024 · The book includes summaries to help instructors and students identify key points for comparison. By considering the literary and historical context of other literature, students will come away with a better understanding of the historical, literary, and theological depth of the Hebrew Bible"--
- Christopher B. Hays
- 2014
Oct 1, 2014 · Summary. Key Selling Points: Shows how the Hebrew Bible was shaped by Ancient Near East texts, addressing literary, historical, and cultural contexts Offers Hebrew Bible texts with side-by-side comparison to Ancient Near East texts Ideal for introductory courses in Hebrew Bible...
Top Highlights “Enuma Elish features prominently in the Babylonian akitu festival (see chap. 8). The akitu festival as a whole seems to have revolved around vanquishing chaos and restoring order at the beginning of each new year, 20 so the story of Ea and Marduk’s defeat of the chaos monsters and subsequent establishment of the heavens and earth would have been one of its central myths.”
