Description: Ancient Near Eastern Texts : Relating to the Old Testament With Supplement, Hardcover by Pritchard, James B., ISBN 0691035032, ISBN-13 9780691035031, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
This anthology brought together the most important historical, legal, mythological, liturgical, and secular texts of the ancient Near East, with the purpose of providing a rich contextual base for understanding the people, cultures, and literature of the Old Testament. A scholar of religious thought and biblical archaeology, James Pritchard recruited the foremost linguists, historians, and archaeologists to select and translate the texts. The goal, in his words, was "a better understanding of the likenesses and differences which existed between Israel and the surrounding cultures." Before the publication of these volumes, students of the Old Testament found themselves having to search out scattered books and journals in various languages. This anthology brought these invaluable documents together, in one place and in one language, thereby expanding the meaning and significance of the Bible for generations of students and readers. As one reviewer put it, "This great volume is one of the most notable to have appeared in the field of Old Testament scholarship this century."
Princeton published a follow-up companion volume, The Ancient Near East in Pictures Relating to the Old Testament (1954), and later a one-volume abridgment of the two, The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures (1958). The continued popularity of this work in its various forms demonstrates that anthologies have a very important role to play in education--and in the mission of a university press.
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Book Title: Ancient Near Eastern Texts : Relating to the Old Testament With S
Number of Pages: 744 Pages
Publication Name: Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament with Supplement
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Middle East / Egypt (See Also Ancient / Egypt)
Publication Year: 1969
Item Height: 1.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 69.1 Oz
Item Length: 11.3 in
Author: James B. Pritchard
Subject Area: Religion, History
Series: Princeton Studies on the Near East Ser.
Item Width: 8.7 in
Format: Hardcover
