Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament with Supplement /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pritchard, James B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Colección:Princeton Studies on the Near East
Temas:
Oriental literature > Translations into English.
HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt).
Oriental literature
Translations
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Introduction. To the Third Edition
  • I. Myths, Epics, and Legends
  • Egyptian Myths, Tales, and Mortuary Texts
  • Sumerian Myths and Epic Tales
  • Akkadian Myths and Epics
  • Hittite Myths, Epics, and Legends
  • Ugaritic Myths, Epics, and Legends
  • II. Legal Texts
  • Collections of Laws from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor
  • Egyptian and Hittite Treaties
  • Hittite Instructions
  • Documents from the Practice of Law
  • III. Historical Texts
  • Egyptian Historical Texts
  • Babylonian and Assyrian Historical Texts
  • Hittite Historical Texts
  • Palestinian Inscriptions
  • IV. Rituals, Incantations, and Descriptions o f Festivals
  • Egyptian Rituals and Incantations
  • Akkadian Rituals
  • Hittite Rituals, Incantations, and Description of Festivals
  • V. Hymns and Prayers
  • Egyptian Hymns and Prayers
  • Sumerian Petition
  • Sumero-Akkadian Hymns and Prayers
  • Hittite Prayers
  • VI. Didactic and Wisdom Literature
  • Fables and Didactic Tales
  • Proverbs and Precepts
  • Observations on Life and the World Order
  • Oracles and Prophecies
  • VII. Lamentations
  • A Sumerian Lamentation
  • VIII. Secular Songs and Poems
  • Egyptian Secular Songs and Poems
  • IX. Letters
  • An Egyptian Letter
  • A Sumerian Letter
  • Akkadian Letters
  • Aramaic Letters
  • X. Miscellaneous Texts
  • Egyptian Texts
  • Hittite Omen
  • SUPPLEMENT TO Ancient Near Eastern Texts
  • Akkadian Myths and Epics
  • Hittite Myths, Epics, and Legends
  • II. Legal Texts
  • Collections of Laws from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor
  • Egyptian and Hittite Treaties
  • Akkadian Treaties from Syria and Assyria
  • Documents from the Practice of Law
  • Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine
  • III. Historical Texts
  • Egyptian Historical Texts
  • Babylonian and Assyrian Historical Texts
  • Palestinian Inscriptions
  • V. Hymns and Prayers
  • Sumerian Hymns
  • V I . Didactic and Wisdom Literature
  • Sumerian Wisdom Text
  • Akkadian Didactic and Wisdom Literature
  • VII. Lamentations
  • Sumerian Lamentation
  • IX . Letters
  • Akkadian Letters
  • Aramaic Letters
  • X. Miscellaneous Texts
  • Sumerian Sacred Marriage Texts
  • Sumerian Miscellaneous Texts
  • Canaanite and Aramaic Inscriptions
  • South-Arabian Inscriptions
  • Addenda
  • Abbreviations
  • Indexes
  • Index of Biblical References
  • Index of Names
  • Addenda
  • SUPPLEMENT TO Ancient Near Eastern Texts
  • Translators and Annotators
  • Contents of the Supplement.

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