Title Ancient Near Eastern texts relating to the Old Testament / edited by James B. Pritchard

Edition Third edition with supplement Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1969

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Description [xxvi], 710 pages ; 29 cm Contents Egyptian myths, tales, and mortuary texts -- Sumerian myths and epic tales -- Akkadian myths and epics -- Hittite myths, epics, and legends -- Ugaritic myths, epics, and legends -- Collections of laws from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor -- Egyptian and Hittite treaties -- Akkadian treaties from Syria and Assyria -- Hittite instructions -- Documents from the practice of law -- Egyptian historical texts -- Babylonian and Assyrian historical texts -- Hittite historical texts -- Palestinian inscriptions -- Egyptian rituals and incantations -- Akkadian rituals -- Hittite rituals, incantations, and description of festivals -- Egyptian hymns and prayers -- Sumerian petition -- Sumero-Akkadian hymns and prayers -- Sumerian hymns -- Hittite prayers -- Fables and didactic tales -- Proverbs and precepts -- Observations on life and the world order -- Oracles and prophecies -- Sumerian lamentations -- Egyptian secular songs and poems -- An Egyptian letter -- A Sumerian letter -- Akkadian letters -- Aramaic letters -- Egyptian texts -- Sumerian sacred marriage texts -- Sumerian miscellaneous texts -- Sumerian love song -- Hittite omen -- Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions -- South-Arabian inscriptions Notes 1st ed. published 1950 Companion volume to the editor's The ancient Near East in pictures, 2nd ed. with supplement, 1969 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011927 -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002344 Bible. Old Testament http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011927 -- History of contemporary events. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006054 Subject Akkadian language -- Texts. Aramaic language -- Texts. English literature -- Translations from Middle Eastern languages Hittite language -- Texts. Middle Eastern literature -- Translations into English. Oriental literature -- Translations into English. Sumerian language -- Texts. SUBJECT Middle East -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004414 Middle East -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090502 -- History -- Sources. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012011 Author Pritchard, James B. (James Bennett), 1909-1997. LC no. 78076499 ISBN 0691035032

Other Titles Society of Biblical Literature abbreviation: ANET ANET

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