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London: Tyndale Press, 1966. Hbk. pp.191.
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		Page
	Preface pdf	ix
	Abbreviations pdf	xi
	PART ONE Problems and Solutions
1	ANCIENT ORIENT AND OLD TESTAMENT: THE BACKGROUND I An Age of Change - II The Basis of the Main Problems - III Some Basic Principles of Study pdf	15
2	EARLY HEBREW CHRONOLOGY I Before Abraham - II The Date of the Patriarchal Age pdf	35
3	LATER HEBREW CHRONOLOGY I The Date of the Exodus and Israelite Invasion of Canaan - II The Monarchy and Later pdf	57
4	SOME HISTORICAL PROBLEMS I Alleged Anachronisms - II False Identifications pdf	79
5	HEBREW CONTACTS WITH NEAR EASTERN RELIGIONS I Introduction: Some General Principles - II Creation and Flood Stories - III The Sinai Covenant - IV Enthronement Festivals and Divine Kingship - V Judaean and Egyptian Kingship pdf	87
6	THE QUESTION OF LITERARY CRITICISM I Documentary Hypotheses - II Form Criticism - III Oral Tradition pdf	112
7	PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTIC STUDY I The Need for Sound Method - II The Role of Emendation - III Lexical Criteria and the Dating of Old Testament Literature pdf	139
8	FURTHER ASPECTS OF BIBLICAL AND ORIENTAL STUDIES I Ancient Law in the Biblical World - II The Topography of Bible Lands pdf	147
	PART TWO Illumination and Illustration
9	NEAR EASTERN LIGHT ON THE BIBLICAL TEXT I Ancient Legal Custom and the Patriarchs - II The Period of Moses - III Examples from Later Hebrew History - IV Light on Old Testament Hebrew from Linguistic Studies - V The Old Testament Illustrated - VI The Issue of Confirmation pdf	153
10	CONCLUSION pdf	171
	INDEXES
	Index of Biblical References pdf	175
	Index of Subjects pdf	179
	Complete Volume in one file [0.864 MB] pdf