Mesopotamia and the Bible: Comparative Explorations

Thirteen scholars explore possible points of connection between the Bible and its ancient Near Eastern context, illuminating the methadologies, contributions, and limitations of both biblical studies and Assyriology. Contents include: "Assyriology and Biblical Studies: A Century of Tension" --Mark W. Chavalas "The Quest for Sargon, Pul, and Tiglath-Pileser in the Nineteenth Century"--Steven W. Holloway "Sumer, the Bible, and Comparative Method: Historiography and Temple Building"--Richard E. Avergeck "Syria and Northern Mesopotamia to the End of the Third MIllennium B.C.E."--Mark W. Chavalas "Syro-Mesopotamia:The Old Babylonian Period"--Ronald A. Veenker "Syria to the Early Second Millennium"---Victor H. Matthews "Apprehending Kidnapers by Correspondence at Provincial Arrapha"--David C. Deuel "The Bible and Alalakh"--Richard S. Hess "Emar: On the Road from Harran to Hebron"--Daniel E. Fleming "Voices from the Dust: The Tablets from Ugarit and the Bible"--Wayne T. Pitard "The Rise of the Aramean States"--William Schniedewind "Recent Study on Sargon II, King of Assyria: Implications for Biblical Studies"--K. Lawson Younger Jr. "What Has Nebuchadnezzar to Do with David? On the Neo-Babylonian Period and Early Israel"--Bill T. Arnold "The Eastern Jewish Diaspora under the Babylonians"--Edwin Yamauchi

• Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament
• Scripture in Context: Essays on the Comparative Method (Pittsburgh Theological Monograph)
• Readings from the Ancient Near East: Primary Sources for Old Testament Study (Encountering Biblical Studies)
• The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures
• The Lost World of the Torah: Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context
• The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East
• The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography, Revised and Enlarged Edition
• Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times
• Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible
• Persia and the Bible