The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives: The Quest for the Historical AbrahamThe series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world. BZAW welcomes submissions that make an original and significant contribution to the field; demonstrate sophisticated engagement with the relevant secondary literature; and are written in readable, logical, and engaging prose.
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Names of the Patriarchs and the Patriarchal | 17 |
Mari and the Patriarchs | 52 |
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The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives: The Quest for the Historical ... Thomas L. Thompson No preview available - 2002 |
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AASOR Abraham adoption aḥātūti contracts Akkadian Alalakh Amorites Amurru Ancient ANET Aramaeans Archaeology basis BASOR Bible biblical traditions Bronze Age brother Byblos Canaanite century chronology clause cuneiform E. A. Speiser early Second Millenium Early West Semitic East Eastern EB IV/MB Egypt Egyptian evidence Excavations Execration Texts Festschrift G. E. Wright Gadd 51 genealogy Genesis Glueck Gordon groups Hapiru Harran Hebrew heir historical HSS V 67 Huffmon Hurrian Hyksos hypocoristic Ibid identified inheritance Inscriptions interpretation Israel Jacob JAOS Jericho Laban land MAR.TU Mari marriage MB IIA Mesopotamia Middle Bronze Mirgissa Negev nomadic Nuzi Nuzi contracts Nuzi tablets Old Babylonian Old Testament Orientalia Palestine parallel patriarchal narratives Posener Posener texts pottery prince referred reign seems Seters Sethe texts similar stories suggested Syria tombs Transjordan translation tribal tribes Twelfth Dynasty Ugarit Vaux W. F. Albright West Semitic names wife ZDPV