Ancient Near Eastern Treaty Traditions and Biblical Covenants: Recent Surveys
Three recent books survey ancient Near Eastern treaty texts and discuss their relevance to biblical covenants. Kitchen and Lawrence present the most extensive anthology now available. Altman tends to concentrate on Hittite diplomacy, while Charpin highlights evidence from Old Babylonian city-states....
| Published in: | The journal of Hebrew scriptures |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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The National Library of Canada
2021
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The journal of Hebrew scriptures
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| Review of: | Treaty, law and covenant in the ancient near east (Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2012) (Morrow, William S.)
Beritot mediniut ba-mizraḥ ha-ḳadum (Yerushalayim : Mosad Byaliḳ, 2018) (Morrow, William S.) "Tu es de mon sang" (Paris : Collège de France, 2019) (Morrow, William S.) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Divine covenant
/ Ancient Orient
/ Contract
/ Research report
/ Anthology
/ Hittites
/ Mesopotamia
/ City-state
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | Three recent books survey ancient Near Eastern treaty texts and discuss their relevance to biblical covenants. Kitchen and Lawrence present the most extensive anthology now available. Altman tends to concentrate on Hittite diplomacy, while Charpin highlights evidence from Old Babylonian city-states. Taken together, they demonstrate that biblical scholars should bear in mind the flexibility of these political instruments when making comparisons to ancient Israel’s covenantal traditions. |
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| ISSN: | 1203-1542 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5508/jhs29595 |