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Title: Ancient Israelite Literature in Its Cultural Context by John H. Walton ISBN: 0-310-36591-0 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 08 August, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Is There Any Other Way?
Comment: The relationship between biblical history and a text that purports to transmit it has long been an interest of mine. Only Fundamentalists can not see that there is a difference between the order of creation found in Genesis 1 and 2. Long ago it occurred to me that the most appropriate way to analyze the historicity of the Bible is to compare it to other writings.
Walton breaks down the literature of the Old Testament into categories such as cosmology, personal archives, legal texts, etc. Each chapter considers the related material, discusses the possibility of borrowing, and suggests further reading. Most of all Walton discusses questions such as whether the Patriarchal Narratives could be personal archives. Though he is a Christian Evangelical, he is willing to concede that Thomas Thompson's _Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives_ et al have made a significant case.
The whole of this debate will go on for years more. This book is for those who want to begin wading through James Pritchard's _Ancient Near Eastern Texts_ or Hallo's and Younger's _Context of Scripture_ in order to compare Israelite literature with that of surrounding cultures. In the final analysis, is there any other way?
Rating: 5
Summary: Critically and evangelical study of literary parallels
Comment: The author thoroughly reviews ancient near eastern texts, and compares them to the texts and books of the Old Testament. He gives an analyses of all major genres of the Old Testament literature, and looks for meaningful parallels. This book is highly recommendables, because it is unique in viewing the Old Testament as God's revelation, but nevertheless being honest to the texts he compares them to.Simply a must for every student of theology and for every pastor who takes bible and the ancient world for serious
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Title: Readings from the Ancient Near East: Primary Sources for Old Testament Study by Bill T. Arnold, Bryan Beyer ISBN: 0801022924 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Old Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors by Douglas Stuart ISBN: 066422315X Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Pentateuch by T. Desmond Alexander ISBN: 0801025974 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: The Pentateuch (Interpreting Biblical Texts) by Terence E. Fretheim, Gene M. Tucker, Charles Cousar ISBN: 0687008425 Publisher: Abingdon Press Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction by James L. Crenshaw ISBN: 0664254624 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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