Mari and the Bible Library binding - 1998

Brill Academic Pub, 1998-07-01. Library Binding. Like New. 0.9000 9.6000 6.3000. Brand New! Sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Never opened! No signs of wear.

E-044: Brill. Very Good. 1998. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Brill Academic Pub, Leiden, Netherlands. 1999. Viii, 270 pgs. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 12. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The town of Mari is situated on the Euphrates, near the eastern Syrian border. This study compares the 18th century BC Old Babylonian texts from Mari with the Hebrew Scriptures and the early history of Israel. Given the West Semitic or Amorite character of both Mari and the Bible, this comparison may rightly be called imperative. Mari and the Bible contains 22 chapters of essays, both old and new, conveniently assembled here and divided into three sections: 1) Mari and the West, dealing with Mari documents pertaining to Syria and Palestine, as well as the Mediterranean region.… Leer más

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