Context of Scripture (4 Volumes) - Softcover

9789004309609: Context of Scripture (4 Volumes)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9004309608 ISBN 13: 9789004309609

Publisher: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2018

The Context of Scripture illuminatingly presents the multi-faceted world of ancient writing that forms the colourful background to the literature of the Hebrew Bible. Its many distinct advantages over other collections will ensure the place of The Context of Scripture as a standard reference work for the 21st century.

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About the Author

William W. Hallo† was the William M. Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and Curator of the Babylonian Collection at Yale University. He held degrees from Harvard, Leiden, and Chicago. He was author or co-author of The World's Oldest Literature: Studies in Sumerian Belles-Lettres (2009), Seals and Seal Impressions (2001), The Ancient Near East: a History (1998, 1971), and Origins (1997), among other volumes.
K. Lawson Younger, Jr., Ph.D. (1988) is Professor of Old Testament, Semitic Languages, and Ancient Near Eastern History at Trinity International University, Divinity School. He has published numerous works on the ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible, including most recently, A Political History of the Arameans: From Their Origins to the End of Their Polities.

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