Contributor
Chavalas, Mark W. (Mark William), 1954-
Imprint:Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2002.
Description395 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Based on a conference held Nov. 17, 1995 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Note:Assyriology and biblical studies: a century of tension / Mark W. Chavalas -- The quest for Sargon, Pul, and TIglath-Pileser in the 19th century / Steven W. Holloway -- Sumer, the Bible, and comarative method: historiography and temple building / Richard E. Averback -- Syria and Northern Mesopotamia to the end of the third millennium BCE / Mark W. Chavalas -- Syro-Mesopotamia: the Old Babylonian period / Ronald A. Veenker -- Syria to the early second millenium / Victor H. Matthews -- Apprehending kidnappers by correspondence at provincial Arrapha / David C. Deuel -- The Bible and Alalakh / Richard S. Hess -- Emar: on the road from Harran to Hebron / Daniel E. Fleming - Voices from the dust: the tablets from Ugarit and the Bible / Wayne T. Pitard -- The rise of the Aramean states / Wiliam Schniedewind -- Recent study on Sargon II, King of Assyria: implications for biblical studies / K. Lawson Younger, Jr. -- What has Nebuchadnezzar to do with David? On the neo-Babylonian period and early Israel / Bill T. Arnold -- The Eastern Jewish diaspora under the Babylonians / Edwin Yamauchi.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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