
Brent A Strawn
D. Moody Smith Distinguished Professor of Old Testament -- The Divinity School, Duke University
Professor of Law -- Duke University School of Law
McDonald Distinguished Fellow in Religion and Law -- Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University
Formerly William Ragsdale Cannon Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at the Candler School of Theology; Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; and Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies at Emory University
Phone: 919.660.3536
Address: 407 Chapel Drive, Internal Box #90968
Durham, NC 27708
Professor of Law -- Duke University School of Law
McDonald Distinguished Fellow in Religion and Law -- Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University
Formerly William Ragsdale Cannon Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at the Candler School of Theology; Graduate Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; and Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies at Emory University
Phone: 919.660.3536
Address: 407 Chapel Drive, Internal Box #90968
Durham, NC 27708
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Here is the TABLE OF CONTENTS for the volume.
1. Introduction: Genesis and the status quaestionis (Bill T. Arnold)
PART ONE: COMPOSITION & STRUCTURE OF GENESIS
2. Genesis in the history of critical scholarship (Jean-Louis Ska)
3. Genesis in source and redaction criticism today (Jan Christian Gertz)
4. Genesis in form and tradition criticism today (Christoph Levin)
5. Rhetorical features and characteristics (Michaela Bauks)
PART TWO: SOCIAL WORLD OF GENESIS
6. Genesis and its ancient literary analogues (Alice Mandell)
7. Genesis and the conceptual world of the ancient Near East (John H. Walton)
8. Family, clan, and tribe in the book of Genesis (Naomi A. Steinberg)
9. Women's status and feminist readings of Genesis (Sarah Shectman)
PART THREE: THEMES & LITERARY MOTIFS OF GENESIS
10. From Imago to Imagines: The image(s) of God in Genesis (Brent A. Strawn)
11. Genesis, science, and theories of origins (Jitse M. van der Meer)
12. Genesis and ethics (Eckart Otto)
13. Genesis and the problem of evil: Philosophical musings on the Bible's first book (Paul M. Gould)
PART FOUR: RECEPTION HISTORY OF GENESIS
14. Modern philosophical receptions of Genesis (Frederick D. Aquino)
15. Jewish reflections on universalism and particularism in Genesis (Joel S. Kaminsky)
16. Before Moses: Genesis among the Christians (Iain Provan)
What people groups interacted with ancient Israel? Who were the Hurrians and why do they matter? What do we know about the Philistines, the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and others?
In this up-to-date volume, leading experts introduce the peoples and places of the world around the Old Testament, providing students with a fresh exploration of the ancient Near East. The contributors offer comprehensive orientations to the main cultures and people groups that surrounded ancient Israel in the wider ancient Near East, including not only Mesopotamia and the northern Levant but also Egypt, Arabia, and Greece. They also explore the contributions of each people group or culture to our understanding of the Hebrew Scriptures.
This supplementary text is organized by geographic region, making it especially suitable for the classroom and useful in a variety of Old Testament courses. Approximately eighty-five illustrative items are included throughout the book.
Contents
Introduction
Bill T. Arnold and Brent A. Strawn
1. The Amorites
Daniel E. Fleming
2. Assyria and the Assyrians
Christopher B. Hays with Peter Machinist
3. Babylonia and the Babylonians
David S. Vanderhooft
4. Ugarit and the Ugaritians
Mark S. Smith
5. Egypt and the Egyptians
Joel M. LeMon
6. The Hittites and the Hurrians
Billie Jean Collins
7. Aram and the Arameans
K. Lawson Younger Jr.
8. Phoenicia and the Phoenicians
Christopher A. Rollston
9. Transjordan: The Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites
Joel S. Burnett
10. Philistia and the Philistines
Carl S. Ehrlich
11. Persia and the Persians
Pierre Briant
12. Arabia and the Arabians
David F. Graf
13. Greece and the Greeks
Walter Burkert†
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