RT Review
T1 Ancient Near Eastern Treaty Traditions and Biblical Covenants: Recent Surveys
JF The journal of Hebrew scriptures
VO 21
SP 1
OP 22
A1 Morrow, William S. 1953-
A2 Kitchen, Kenneth A. 1932-
A2 Alṭman, Amnon 1935-
A2 Charpin, Dominique 1954-
LA English
PB The National Library of Canada
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1786329891
AB 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.
K1 Rezension
DO 10.5508/jhs29595