{"product_id":"the-context-of-scripture-volume-1-canonical-compositions-from-the-biblical-world","title":"The Context of Scripture  Volume 1 Canonical Compositions from the Biblical World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \"first half of history\" covers the interval between the invention of writing in Sumer and the floruit of classical Greece. During these two and a half millennia (ca. 3000-500 BCE)  the Near East is the primary locus of written documentation  and thus the place where the emergence of humanitys achievements can be followed in detail. Two centuries of persistent exploration of the Near East have led to the recovery of much of this documentation  and the recovery continues at an unabated pace. The discoveries made in the field  and their interpretation in the scholarly literature  are brought to the attention of a wide public in three volumes  prepared by leading scholars in all the principal language areas of the ancient Near East. The first volume  Canonical Compositions from the Biblical World  is devoted to \"literary\" texts - those responses to the world about them by which the creative minds of antiquity sought to come to terms with their environment  real or imaginary. The second volume  Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical World  emphasizes \"historical\" texts: the monuments in which the rulers attempted to memorialize their achievements and lesser mortals expressed their loyalty or piety. The third volume  Archival Documents from the Biblical World  incorporates \"economic\" texts - the unassuming records of daily life which nonetheless go far toward permitting the reconstruction of social  legal and commercial institutions that concerned the majority of humanity. All these canons  monuments and documents provide the context in which Biblical literature flowered. They have therefore been selected in part to illuminate the comparisons or contrasts with specific Biblical passages that have been identified in the scholarly literature. These passages are identified in each selection  and in the extensive bibliography provided. Other selections have been made to illustrate the range of the ancient documentation  or to highlight new discoveries. Elaborate indices are designed to call attention  not only to Biblical parallels  but to those among the ancient sources themselves. This authoritative three-volume reference work is an invaluable research tool and essential reading for all those engaged in the study of the Hebrew Bible in its ancient Near Eastern context.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44949380202549,"sku":"ByrdShop_9004106189","price":900.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9789004106185.jpg?v=1770073684","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-context-of-scripture-volume-1-canonical-compositions-from-the-biblical-world","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}