ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN TEXTS RELATING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
Book Details + Condition: Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ). First Edition, 1950. Folio hardcover (11" x 13"). 492 pages with Indices. James B. Pritchard was a religious and biblical archaeology scholar, and his anthology contains the most important historical, legal, mythological, liturgical, and secular texts of the ancient Near East. He aims to provide a thorough context for understanding the people, cultures, and literature of the Old Testament. For this work, Pritchard recruited the foremost linguists, historians, and archaeologists to select and translate the texts. Content includes:
- Myths, Epics, and Legends
- Legal Texts
- Historical Texts
- Hymns and Prayers
- Didactic and Wisdom Literature
- Lamentations
- Secular Songs and Poems
- Letters
- Miscellaneous Texts
- And much more.
From the massive collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Firm binding; light shelf wear to boards, with minor discoloration; Parker's bookplate and name to front endpapers; interior is clean and free of markings.
