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Bible Background › Old Testament


Book or monograph Readings from the Ancient Near EastBill T. Arnold & Bryan E. Beyer, Readings from the Ancient Near East: Primary Sources for Old Testament Study. Grand Rapids: Baker. ISBN: 0801022924. pp.256.
On-line Resource Phillips Barry, "Antiochus IV, Epiphanes," Journal of Biblical Literature 29.2 (1910): 126-138.View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Book or monograph Becking & Korpel: The Crisis of Israelite ReligionBob Becking & Marjo C.A. Korpel, eds., The Crisis of Israelite Religion: Transformation of Religious Tradition in Exilic and Post-Exilic Times. Oudtestamentische Studien. Leiden: Brill, 1999. Hbk. ISBN: 9004114963. pp.320.
Book or monograph Old Testament ParallelsDon C. Benjamin & Victor H. Matthews, Old Testament Parallels: Law and Stories from the Ancient Near East. Paulist Press, 1999. Hbk. ISBN: 0809182785. pp.384.
On-line Resource Daniel P. Bricker, "Innocent Suffering in Mesopotamia," Tyndale Bulletin 51.2 (2000): 193-214. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Daniel P. Bricker, "Innocent Suffering in Egypt," Tyndale Bulletin 52.1 (2001): 83-100.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Arthur C. Cundall, "Sacral Kingship--The Old Testament Background," Vox Evangelica 6 (1969): 31-41.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph Robert C. Denton, ed., Idea of History in the Ancient Near East. American Oriental Series. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1983. Pbk. ISBN: 0940490382.
Article in Journal or Book Charles Lee Feinberg, "The Old Testament in Jewish Thought and Life, Part 1," Bibliotheca Sacra 111: 441 (1954): 27-38.
On-line Resource Robert McQueen Grant, "Causation and the ancient world view," Journal of Biblical Literature 83.1 (March 1964): 34-40.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by kind permission of the copyright holder]
Article in Journal or Book Manahem Haran, "Book Scrolls in Israel in Pre-Exilic Times," Journal of Jewish Studies 33 (1982): 161-73.
Book or monograph Harrison: Old Testament TimesR.K. Harrison, Old Testament Times. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson. Hbk. ISBN: 1565636562. pp.384.
Article in Journal or Book John F. Healey, "The Writing on the Wall: Law in Aramaic Epigraphy," Piotr Bienkowski, Christopher Mee & Elizabeth Slater, eds., Writing and Ancient Near Eastern Society. Library of Hebrew Old Testament Studies 426. London & New York: T & T Clark, 2005. Hbk. ISBN: 0567026914. pp.127-142.
Book or monograph Eric Alfred Havelock, The Literate Revolution in Greece and Its Cultural Consequences. Princeton Series of Collected Essays. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992 Pbk. ISBN: 0691000263. pp.362.
On-line Resource D. Keith Innes, "Heaven and Sky in the Old Testament," Evangelical Quarterly 43.3 (July-Sept. 1971): 144-148.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by kind permission of the copyright holder]
On-line Resource Andreas J. Köstenberger, "Jesus the Good Shepherd Who Will Also Bring Other Sheep (John 10:16): The Old Testament Background of a Familiar Metaphor," Bulletin for Biblical Research 12.1 (2002): 67-96.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource H. Lansdell, "Tithe-giving Among Ancient Pagan Nations," Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 31 (1899): 123-139.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph M.A. Littauer, Peter Raulwing & J.H. Crouwel, Selected Writings on Chariots and Other Early Vehicles, Riding and Harness. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 6. Leiden: Brill, 2002. Hbk. ISBN: 9004117997. pp.609.
Article in Journal or Book M.C.A. MacDonald, "Literacy in an Oral Environment," Piotr Bienkowski, Christopher Mee & Elizabeth Slater, eds., Writing and Ancient Near Eastern Society. Library of Hebrew Old Testament Studies 426. London & New York: T & T Clark, 2005. Hbk. ISBN: 0567026914. pp.49-118.
On-line Resource Gerald T. Manley, "'Officers' in the Old Testament," The Evangelical Quarterly 29.3 (1957): 149-156.View in PDF format pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
Article in Journal or Book Ernest William Gurney Masterman [1867-1943], "Hygiene and Disease in Palestine in Modern and in Biblical Times. (Pt 1)," Palestine Exploration Quarterly 50 (1918): 13-20.[This material is in the Public Domain]
Article in Journal or Book Ernest William Gurney Masterman [1867-1943], "Hygiene and Disease in Palestine in Modern and in Biblical Times. (Pt 2)," Palestine Exploration Quarterly 50 (1918): 56-71. [This material is in the Public Domain]
Article in Journal or Book Ernest William Gurney Masterman [1867-1943], "Hygiene and Disease in Palestine in Modern and in Biblical Times. (Pt 3)," Palestine Exploration Quarterly 50 (1918): 112-19. [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource George B. Michell [1864-1936], "The So-Called Babylonian Epic of Creation," Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 64 (1932): 102-122.View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Alan R. Millard, "Mass Communication and Scriptural Proclamation: The First Step," The Evangelical Quarterly 50.2 (Apr.-June 1978): 67-70.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Michael S. Moore, "Big Dreams and Broken Promises: Solomon's Treaty with Hiram in Its International Context," Bulletin for Biblical Research 14.2 (2004): 205-221.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource John N. Oswalt, "The Myth of the Dragon and Old Testament Faith," Evangelical Quarterly 49.3 (Jul.-Sept. 1977): 163-172.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Richard D. Patterson, "The Widow, the Orphan, and the Poor in the Old Testament and the Extra-Biblical Literature," Bibliotheca Sacra 130: 519 (1973): 223-234.
On-line Resource Theophilus G. Pinches [1856-1934], "The Sumerian Poem of the Golden Age or Epic of Paradise," Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 64 (1932): 159-178.View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource John Dyneley Prince, "Two Assyro-Babylonian parallels to Dan. v.5ff," Journal of Biblical Literature 22.1 (1903): 32-40.View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource M.E.J. Selman, "The Social Environment of the Patriarchs," Tyndale Bulletin 27 (1976): 114-136.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book N. Shupak, "Learning Methods in Ancient Israel," Vetus Testamentum 53.3 (2003): 416-426.
On-line Resource George Smith, "The Chaldean Account of the Deluge," Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 2 [1873] 213-34.
Book or monograph Sparks: Ancient Texts for the Study Pf the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to Background LiteratureKenton L. Sparks, Ancient Texts for the Study Pf the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to Background Literature. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers Inc., 2005. Hbk. ISBN: 1565634071. pp.608.
Book or monograph Stol & Vleeming: The Care of the ElderlyMarten Stol & Sven P. Vleeming, The Care of the Elderly. Studies in the History & Culture of the Ancient Near East. Leiden: Brill, 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 9004108963. pp.250.
Book or monograph The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old TestamentJohn Walton, Victor Harold Matthews, Victor Matthews & Mark Chavalas, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament. Downers Gove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 0830814191. pp.800.
Article in Journal or Book Ian M. Young, "Israelite Literacy: Interpreting the Evidence," Vetus Testamentum 48.2 (1998): 239-253.
Article in Journal or Book Ian M. Young, "Israelite Literacy: Interpreting the Evidence," Vetus Testamentum 48.3 (1998): 408-422.

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