Mari And the Early Israelite Experience - Couverture rigide

Malamat, Abraham

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0197260721 ISBN 13 : 9780197260722

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1989

Synopsis

This work looks at the significance of the vast archive of cuneiform tablets discovered by a French archaeological expedition to Mari, the capital of a kingdom on the Middle Euphrates in Syria. They reveal Mesopotamia, when the Israelites were in their earliest, formative stage. The archives shed light on the early phases of Israelite socio-history and are a prime extra-biblical source for this period as they reflect a West Semitic population analogous to the so-called Patriarchs.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The broad spectrum of the Mari documents provides innumerable opportunities for comparative research into Early Israel, the Bible and Biblical Hebrew. The present volume utilizes these possibilities to obtain a new perspective on Early Israelite times. In 1936, a French archaeological expedition to Mari, the capital of a kingdom on the Middle Euphrates in Syria, began uncovering a vast archive of some 25,000 cuneiform tablets. This huge corpus of Old Babylonian documents, mostly from the Mari palace - a unique royal complex of the eighteenth century BC - is slowly revealing a vivid picture of Mesopotamia at the time when the Israelites were in their earliest formative stage. One most fascinating facet of the archives is the light they shed on the early phases of Israelite socio-history. Indeed, the Mari archives now comprise the prime extra-Biblical source for this period, for they reflect a West Semitic population analogous to the so-called `Patriarchs'. The broad spectrum of the Mari documents, from exotic prophecies to political intrigue, provides innumerable opportunities for comparative research into Early Israel, the Bible, and Biblical Hebrew. The present volume utilizes these possibilities to obtain a new perspective on Early Israelite times.

Revue de presse

This fine volume by a distinguished Israeli scholar offers a comprehensive survey. (Theological Book Review)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0197260721
• ISBN 13: 9780197260722
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 174
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Oxford University Press; https://corp.oup.com/; ; WMF Platz 1; Geislingen/Steige; Baden-W?rttemberg; 73312; Allemagne