The Gods of the Nations: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern National Theology, Paperback - Daniel I. Block

Reducere. About the Contributor(s): Daniel I. Block is the Gunther H. Knoedler Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is the au...

A collection of essays that encompass the two principal approaches to the history of ancient Near Eastern studies: descriptive historiography and i...

Reducere. DescriptionSynopsis: Like the book of Romans in the New Testament, the book of Deuteronomy provides the most systematic and sustained presentation ...

Reducere. This book from Scott B. Noegel offers a comparative, in-depth study of "wordplay" in ancient Near Eastern texts. Noegel establishes comprehensive t...

Reducere. 'The Queen of Heaven' is a step-by-step guide to the symbolism of the so-called 'fertility religions' of the antique worlds. With over 150 illustra...

Reducere. Current discussions about worship are often driven by pragmatics and personal preferences rather than by the teaching of Scripture. True worship, h...

Reducere. "Dying and Rising Gods"--a detailed critique of the scholarly consensus Tammuz, Osiris, Baal, and Adonis are well-known from J.G. Frazer's Golden B...

This volume deals with the exegesis of the Hebrew Bible. Articles are arranged according to Book, chapter, and verse in ninety-six sections with in...

Reducere. Sixty-six colleagues, friends, and former students of Edward L. Greenstein present essays honoring him upon his retirement. Throughout Greenstein's...

Reducere. Sixty-six colleagues, friends, and former students of Edward L. Greenstein present essays honoring him upon his retirement. Throughout Greenstein's...

From the tragic young Adonis to Zashapuna, first among goddesses, this handbook provides the most complete information available on deities from th...

Reducere. Essays on the use of word play in the literature of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, and Israel, and Medieval Hebrew and Arabic literature; incl...

Reducere. In this study, Michael Hundley explores the diverse deities of ancient Near Eastern and biblical literature, from deified doors and diseases to the...

Reducere. Contents by chapter: What was Leviathan? Was Behemoth a Dinosaur? King James' Unicorns Making Sense of Isaiah's Flying Serpents Does Genesis 1: 1 D...

DescriptionLeading evangelical scholar John Walton surveys the cultural context of the ancient Near East, bringing insight to the interpretation of...

Reducere. DescriptionThis pioneering work that first appeared in 1972 in German was the first to compare the conceptual world of a biblical book with ancient...

Ash-sharq is a journal devoted to short articles on the archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East.Publisher: ArchaeopressNumber of ...

Mythology of the American Nations: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Gods, Heroes, Spirits and Sacred Places, Rituals and Ancient Beliefs of the N...

Leading scholar Daniel Block helps students of the Bible understand the big picture of God's covenants with humanity as they play out in both the F...

Reducere. Despite being condensed into neat identities of the Near East and Greece, these two titles cover a wide-ranging period of time, peoples, lands, and...

DescriptionIn this critically acclaimed book, Christian Marek masterfully provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to...

Reducere. Offering an expansive view of the ancient Mediterranean world, Gods, Heroes, and Monsters: A Sourcebook of Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern Myths in ...

Reducere. DescriptionSynopsis: To many people the law stands in opposition to the gospel. While it may be possible to read Paul's epistles this way, the book...

To many people the law stands in opposition to the gospel. While it may be possible to read Paul's epistles this way, the book of Deuteronomy will ...

Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East presents the first extended discussion of the relationship between music and cultic worship in an...

Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East - Joy McCorriston

The Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament serves pastors and teachers by providing them with a careful analysis and interpretation o...

Reducere. Thoth, the ibis-headed god of wisdom, inventor of the art of writing; Osiris, the dead god who arose and set the pattern for death-and-resurrection...

Reducere. This new collection includes such impressive classics as "The Gods of the Copybook Headings, " "The City of Brass, " "Recessional, " "Jubal and Tub...

This volume explores glass composition and production from the mid-second to mid-first millennia BC, the first thousand years of glass-making. Mult...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. This book surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds, with a focus on their physical appearance, on urban f...

A biblically rich, creedally structured, ecumenically evangelical, ethically engaged introduction to Christian theology.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Henry John (Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, USA) WalkerNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dim...

A concise history of warfare between Ancient Middle Eastern cultures in the age of the Old Testament using archaeology and evidence from the Bible....