The Bible and the Ancient Near East

By Cyrus Herzl Gordon

Subjects: Oudheid, Oude Testament, Bible., O.T. - History of contemporary events, History of contemporary events, Bible, history of contemporary events, History of Biblical events, Zeithintergrund, Altes Testament, Bible, Bibel

Description: This up-to-date revision of a classic work draws on the latest archaeological and linguistic research to fill in the historical realities behind the great stories of the Bible. This account of the historical context for the Hebrew Bible explores the diverse origins of such stories as the creation and the flood in the cultures of the ancient Near East. The authors show the striking parallels in the foundational stories told in the Egyptian, Persian, Greek, and Hebrew cultures of the time.