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Abstract: This volume provides a thoughtful introduction to the literature of the ancient Near East and a well-considered apology for its importance to exegetical work. John Walton suggests that there are three important roles comparative studies can play in biblical interpretation: critical analysis, defense of the biblical text, and exegesis. He focuses particularly on the third aspect and its importance for preventing misinterpretation through the imposition of modern worldviews. In the main body of the text, Walton offers a thoughtful introduction to ancient Near Eastern literature and the common cognitive environment that it provides for understanding the world of ancient Israel. After surveying types of literature, he considers the perspectives they offer on beliefs about gods, religion, the cosmos, people, and history. Throughout his study, helpful comparative sidebars focus on Old Testament interpretation to illumine the continuities and discontinuities between the Israelites and their neighbors. This study provides an excellent introduction to the field of comparative studies and will be an important guide for students, scholars, and clergy who want to make use of extrabiblical resources to enrich their understanding of ancient Israel and its scriptures
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2006 by John H. Walton
Published by Baker Academic
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.bakeracademic.com
Ebook edition created 2013
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meansfor example, electronic, photocopy, recordingwithout the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
ISBN 978-1-58558-291-4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Contents
Tables
Sidebars
Acknowledgments
I would like to acknowledge the important roles played by my student assistants over the years that this book was in process: Caryn Reeder, Liz Klassen, Melissa Moore, and Alyssa Walker. This book would have been poorer without their able assistance in editing at various levels.
Abbreviations
| AB | Anchor Bible |
| ABD | Anchor Bible Dictionary , ed. D. N. Freedman. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992 |
| AEL | Ancient Egyptian Literature , M. Lichttheim. 3 vols. Berkeley: Univ. of California, 197380 |
| AfO | Archiv fr Orientforschung |
| ANET | Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament , ed. J. B. Pritchard. 3rd ed. with supplement. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969 |
| AOAT | Alter Orient und Altes Testament |
| ARM | Archives royales de Mari |
| ASOR | American Schools of Oriental Research |
| BBR | Bulletin for Biblical Research |
| Bib | Biblica |
| BibOr | Biblica et orientalia |
| BM | B. Foster, Before the Muses . 3rd ed. Bethesda, MD: CDL, 2005 |
| BRev | Biblical Review |
| BSac | Bibliotheca sacra |
| BWL | W. G. Lambert, Babylonian Wisdom Literature . Oxford: Clarendon, 1960 |
| CAD | The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago |
| CANE | Civilizations of the Ancient Near East , ed. J. Sasson. 4 vols. New York: Scribners, 1995 |
| CBQ | Catholic Biblical Quarterly |
| CBQMS | Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series |
| CC | Continental Commentaries |
| ConBOT | Coniectanea Biblica, Old Testament |
| COS | Context of Scripture , ed. W. W. Hallo and K. L. Younger. 3 vols. Leiden: Brill, 19962002 |
| DDD | Dictionary of Demons and Deities , ed. K. van der Toorn. 2nd ed. Leiden: Brill, 1999 |
| EI | Eretz Israel |
| FAT | Forschungen zum Alten Testament |
| FDD | B. R. Foster, From Distant Days . Bethesda, MD: CDL, 1995 |
| HSM | Harvard Semitic Monographs |
| HSS | Harvard Semitic Studies |
| HTO | T. Jacobsen, The Harps That OnceSumerian Poetry in Translation . New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987 |
| HTR | Harvard Theological Review |
| HUCA | Hebrew Union College Annual |
| IEJ | Israel Exploration Journal |
| JANES | Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society |
| JAOS | Journal of the American Oriental Society |
| JBL | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| JCS | Journal of Cuneiform Studies |
| JEOL | Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Gezelschap Ex oriente lux |
| JETS | Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society |
| JNES | Journal of Near Eastern Studies |
| JNSL | Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages |
| JR | Journal of Religion |
| JRitSt | Journal of Ritual Studies |
| JSOT | Journal for the Study of the Old Testament |
| JSOTSup | Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplements |
| KAR | Keilschrifttexte aus Assur religisen Inhalts |
| LABS | Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars |
| LXX | Septuagint |
| MARI | Mari: Annales de recherches interdisciplinaires |
| MFM | S. Dalley, Myths from Mesopotamia . Repr. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991 |
| NICOT | New International Commentary on the Old Testament |
| NIDOTTE | New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis , ed. W. A. VanGemeren. 5 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997 |
| NIV | New International Version |
| NIVAC | New International Version Application Commentary |
| OEAE | Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt , ed. D. B. Redford. 3 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001 |
| OEANE | Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East , ed. E. M. Meyers. 4 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997 |
| Or | Orientalia |
| OTL | Old Testament Library |
| OTP | V. H. Matthews and D. J. Benjamin, Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East . 2nd ed. New York: Paulist Press, 1997 |
| OtSt | Oudtestamentische Studin |
| RA | Revue dassyriologie et darchologie orientale |
| RAI | Rencontre assyriologique internationale |
| RANE | B. T. Arnold and B. Beyer, Readings from the Ancient Near East . Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002 |
| RB | Revue biblique |
| RIMA | Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Assyrian Periods |
| RIME | Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Early Periods |
| SAA | State Archives of Assyria |
| SAALT | State Archives of Assyria Literary Texts |
| SAAS | State Archives of Assyria Studies |
| SBLDS | Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series |
| SBLMS | Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series |
| SBLWAW | Society of Biblical Literature Writings from the Ancient World |
| SBTS | Sources for Biblical and Theological Study |
| SJOT | Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament |
| TCS | Texts from Cuneiform Sources |
| TDOT | Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament , ed. G. J. Botterweck et al. Trans. D. E. Green et al. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974 |
| TynBul | Tyndale Bulletin |
| UBL | Ugaritisch-biblische Literatur |
| VAT | Vorderasiatische Abteilung Tontafel |
| VT | Vetus Testamentum |
| VTSup | Vetus Testamentum, Supplements |
| WBC | Word Biblical Commentary |
| WTJ | Westminster Theological Journal |
| YOS | Yale Oriental Series |
| ZA | Zeitschrift fr Assyriologie |
History and Methods
History
The rediscovery of Egypt began in earnest in the eighteenth century AD and of Mesopotamia in the mid-nineteenth century AD. With the decipherment of the ancient languages, the tens of thousands of texts that were being unearthed began to be translated and analyzed. In many cases the motives of the adventurers and scholars represented a strange combination of politics, interest in antiquities (or treasures), and biblical apologetics. Initial studies were inclined to be defensive of the Bible, even if such a stance required the dismissal or distortion of the cuneiform texts. The flurry of activity in connection with the relationship of these texts to the Bible had reached a critical mass of sorts by the turn of the century; and, consequently, widespread attention was attracted by the series of lectures presented in 1902 under the auspices of the German Oriental Society and attended by Kaiser Wilhelm II. What the Scopes trial was to the discussion of evolution, these lectures were to comparative studies. The lecturer was the noted Assyriologist, Friedrich Delitzsch, son of the famous conservative biblical commentator, Franz Delitzsch.
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