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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 ...
This may be because the Hebrew terms had close cognates in Semitic languages that were the names of the sun-god and moon-god—that is, to avoid giving the impression that divinities other than Yhwh ruled the day and night. This amounts to a demythologization of heavenly bodies and natural elements.
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
Feb 1, 2015 · He identifies four goals of his book: to make intelligent comparison between biblical and Ancient Near Eastern texts possible; to give a wider view of the texts themselves (discussions of genre or the meaning of the whole text when a text has been excerpted); to provide starting points for analysis and comparison; and to open up avenues for motivated readers to explore further.
Oct 1, 2014 · Read Online 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...
- Christopher B. Hays
- Westminster John Knox Press
- Christianity
Jan 29, 2014 · The next two words are matemenu misetarim (hidden riches of secret places). Misetarim (secret places) comes from the root word sathar which is the word for hidden, concealed or secret. Matemenu comes from the root word tamak which has the preposition from in front of it and is used to express hidden, concealed or protected treasures of knowledge.
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Mar 1, 2016 · Hidden Riches: A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East Christopher B. Hays Westminster John Knox Press 2014 425 pages $45.00 BS1184 Hays juxtaposes texts from the Hebrew Bible with other contemporary texts from the Near East in order to contextualize both and bring them into clearer focus.
