Overview
The broad spectrum of the Mari documents provides innumerable opportunities for comparative research into Early Israel, the Bible and Biblical Hebrew. The present volume utilizes these possibilities to obtain a new perspective on Early Israelite times. In 1936, a French archaeological expedition to Mari, the capital of a kingdom on the Middle Euphrates in Syria, began uncovering a vast archive of some 25,000 cuneiform tablets. This huge corpus of Old Babylonian documents, mostly from the Mari palace - a unique royal complex of the eighteenth century BC - is slowly revealing a vivid picture of Mesopotamia at the time when the Israelites were in their earliest formative stage. One most fascinating facet of the archives is the light they shed on the early phases of Israelite socio-history. Indeed, the Mari archives now comprise the prime extra-Biblical source for this period, for they reflect a West Semitic population analogous to the so-called `Patriarchs'. The broad spectrum of the Mari documents, from exotic prophecies to political intrigue, provides innumerable opportunities for comparative research into Early Israel, the Bible, and Biblical Hebrew. The present volume utilizes these possibilities to obtain a new perspective on Early Israelite times.
Full Product Details
Author: Abraham Malamat (Professor of Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Edition: New edition
Volume: 1984
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.329kg
ISBN: 9780197261170
ISBN 10: 0197261175
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 27 February 1992
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
`All students of biblical history and of the Mari texts are indebted to Abraham Malamat for the interesting book that he has presented to us.' The Israel Exploration Journal, Vol 42 (1992) `It is a most useful work of reference, which will facilitate a fresh assessment of the significance of Mari for biblical history.' Journal of Theological Studies This fine volume by a distinguished Israeli scholar offers a comprehensive survey.' Theological Book Review `... the book will commend itself to Bible Students who regard OT history as in a class by itself ... Valuable light is thrown on obscure OT texts as Psa. 74.13 Job 7.12, Jer. 44.19 and many others.' Bible Study Monthly Vol 69, Nov/Dec 92 'This welcome paperback reprint costs well under half the original hardback. The publishers are to be commended for making such studies more widely available.' A.G. Auld 'a book of mature studies by an expert in the field, drawn from his lifelong research into ancient Near Eastern history ... Malamat provides a source book for anyone interested in pursuing biblical studies in relation to their Near Eastern setting. Anyone who has ever puzzled over the subject of prohecy will find a wealth of information in this book. Particularly impressive was his definition of the ancient conception of space and time.' Joan Goodnick Westenholz, The Jerusalem Post Magazine
This fine volume by a distinguished Israeli scholar offers a comprehensive survey. Theological Book Review
This fine volume by a distinguished Israeli scholar offers a comprehensive survey. * Theological Book Review *
