Syria and Egypt: From the Tell el Amarna Letters (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology)

Syria and Egypt: From the Tell el Amarna Letters (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology)
William Matthew Flinders Petrie (Author)

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A pioneering Egyptologist, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained a generation of archaeologists. In the early 1890s, he carried out significant work at Tell el-Amarna, the site of the ancient capital of Akhetaten. The illustrated 1894 excavation report that he co-authored has also been reissued in this series, along with many of his other publications. Petrie played a notable part in the preservation of a number of cuneiform tablets that became known collectively as the Tell el-Amarna letters. In this 1898 work, he presents summaries of the most important documents. They offer insights into war, peace and diplomacy in the Near East during the reigns of Amenhotep III and Akhenaten in the fourteenth century BCE. Informative notes on individuals and places mentioned in the letters help set them in context, while the methods used to interpret them are also elucidated.

• Rank: #2359482 in Books
• Published on: 2013-09-05
• Released on: 2014-02-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .46" h x 5.51" w x 8.50" l, .58 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 202 pages

Mesopotamia and the Bible: Comparative Explorations

Mesopotamia and the Bible: Comparative Explorations
Mark W. Chavalas (Editor), K. LawsonJr. Younger (Editor)
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Thirteen scholars explore possible points of connection between the Bible and its ancient Near Eastern context, illuminating the methadologies, contributions, and limitations of both biblical studies and Assyriology. Contents include: "Assyriology and Biblical Studies: A Century of Tension" --Mark W. Chavalas "The Quest for Sargon, Pul, and Tiglath-Pileser in the Nineteenth Century"--Steven W. Holloway "Sumer, the Bible, and Comparative Method: Historiography and Temple Building"--Richard E. Avergeck "Syria and Northern Mesopotamia to the End of the Third MIllennium B.C.E."--Mark W. Chavalas "Syro-Mesopotamia:The Old Babylonian Period"--Ronald A. Veenker "Syria to the Early Second Millennium"---Victor H. Matthews "Apprehending Kidnapers by Correspondence at Provincial Arrapha"--David C. Deuel "The Bible and Alalakh"--Richard S. Hess "Emar: On the Road from Harran to Hebron"--Daniel E. Fleming "Voices from the Dust: The Tablets from Ugarit and the Bible"--Wayne T. Pitard "The Rise of the Aramean States"--William Schniedewind "Recent Study on Sargon II, King of Assyria: Implications for Biblical Studies"--K. Lawson Younger Jr. "What Has Nebuchadnezzar to Do with David? On the Neo-Babylonian Period and Early Israel"--Bill T. Arnold "The Eastern Jewish Diaspora under the Babylonians"--Edwin Yamauchi

• Rank: #1128509 in Books
• Color: Multicolor
• Published on: 2002-06-01
• Released on: 2002-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .88" h x 6.28" w x 9.20" l, 1.33 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages