Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East

by Victor H. Matthews; Don C. Benjamin

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 2023

Overview

An exploration of the parallels between Old Testament texts and contemporary writings from Mesopotamia, Egypt, and elsewhere in the Middle East. The fifth edition expands on the first four with additional texts.

Key Features

• Expands on the first four editions with additional texts
• Explores the parallels between Old Testament texts and contemporary writings from the Ancient Near East
• Serves as a guide to this larger world of lawmaking and storytelling tp help students engage with the past

Contents

Genesis

• Hymn to Atum
• Hymn to Ptah
• Stories of Atrahasis
• Enuma Elish Stories
• Stories of Adapa
• Stories of Gilgamesh
• Sumerian King List
• Nuzi Archives
• Annals of Dedumose II
• Annals of Kamose
• Annals of Hatshepsut
• Stories of Anubis and Bata
• Stories of Aqhat

Exodus

• Birth Story of Sargon I
• Treaty between Ramesses II and Hattušilis III
• A Hymn of Merneptah
• Egyptian Execration Texts

Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

• Laws of Ur-Nammu and Shulgi
• Sumerian Laws
• Laws of Hammurabi
• Hittite Laws
• Middle Assyrian Laws
• Stories of Balaam

Joshua, Judges

• Stories of Sinuhe
• Annals of Idrimi
• Annals of Tuthmosis III
• Tell el-Amarna Letters
• Annals of Ramesses III
• Gezer Almanac

Ruth

• Archives of Babatha

Samuel, Kings

• Story of Sargon I’s Rise to Power
• Annals of Tiglath-Pileser I
• Annals of Mesha
• Annals of Shalmaneser III
• Tel Dan Annals
• Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III
• Annals of Sheshonq I
• Annals of Azitiwada
• Annals of Sargon II
• Azekah Annals
• Annals of Sennacherib
• Succession Treaties of Esarhaddon
• Story of the Siloam Channel
• Annals of Nebuchadnezzar II
• Arad Letters
• Lachish Letters

Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah

• Annals of Cyrus II
• Elephantine Letters

Job, Ecclesiastes

• Declarations of Innocence
• A Sufferer and a Soul in Egypt
• A Peasant and the Courts in Egypt
• A Sufferer and a Friend in Babylon
• Stories of Kirta

Psalms, Lamentations

• Laments for Ur
• Kuntillet ’Ajrud Blessings
• Hymn to Ninkasi
• Poetry of Enheduanna .
• Šuilla Prayers
• Stories of Ba’al and Anat
• The Great Hymn to the Aten

Proverbs, Sirach, Wisdom

• Teachings of Ptah-Hotep
• Teachings of Khety
• Thirty Teachings of Amen-em-ope
• Teachings of Ahiqar
• Teachings of Ankhsheshonq

Song of Songs

• Egyptian Love Songs
• Love Songs of Dumuzi and Inanna

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos

• Visions of Neferti
• Mari Letters
• Stories of Wen-Amun
• Yavne-Yam Letter

Product Details

• Title: Old Testament Parallels, 5th Edition: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East
• Authors: Victor H. Matthews, Don C. Benjamin
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Pages: 502
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• ISBNs: 9780809156252, 0809156253
• Resource ID: LLS:LDTSTMNT5NCNTST
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-02-06T22:32:46Z