Ancient Near Eastern texts relating to the Old Testament

PRITCHARD James B.

Item #M9140

Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1950. First edition. Large in-4, xxi & 526 pages. Original cloth, some stains on the front cover, otherwise a very good copy. From the library of Egyptologist Nora E. Scott with her handwritten name on the first (blank) page, then from the library of Egyptologist Virginia Burton. Contents: I. Myths, epics, and legends. 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 -- II. Legal texts. Collections of laws from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor ; Egyptian and Hittite treaties ; Hittite instructions ; Documents from the practice of law -- III. Historical texts. Egyptian historical texts ; Babylonian and Assyrian historical texts ; Hittite historical texts ; Palestinian inscriptions -- IV. Rituals, incantations, and descriptions of festivals. Egyptian rituals and incantations ; Akkadian rituals ; Hittite rituals, incantations, and description of festival -- V. Hymns and prayers. Egyptian hymns and prayers ; Sumerian petition ; Sumero-Akkadian hymns and prayers ; Hittite prayers -- VI. Didactic and wisdom literature. Fables and didactic tales ; Proverbs and precepts ; Observations on life and the world order ; Oracles and prophecies -- VII. Lamentations. A Sumerian Lamentation -- VIII. Secular songs and poems. Egyptian secular songs and poems -- IX. Letters. An Egyptian letter ; A Sumerian letter ; Akkadian letters ; Aramaic letters -- X. Miscellaneous texts. Egyptian texts ; Sumerian love song ; Hittite omen. Language: English. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Language, Texts & Writing, Biblical Studies, Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia.

Language: English.

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