Deuteronomy 28 and the Aramaic curse tradition
This study considers the relationship of Deuteronomy 28 to the curse traditions of the ancient Near East. It focuses on the linguistic and cultural means of the transmission of these traditions to the book of Deuteronomy.
| Summary: | This study considers the relationship of Deuteronomy 28 to the curse traditions of the ancient Near East. It focuses on the linguistic and cultural means of the transmission of these traditions to the book of Deuteronomy. Cover -- Deuteronomy 28 and the Aramaic Curse Tradition -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Significance of the Present Study -- 1: Deuteronomy 28 and Ancient Near Eastern Curses -- The Basic Formulation -- Early Criticism -- Consolidation -- The Nature of Text ual Reuse in Ancient Israel -- Later Criticisms and Tell Tayinat -- Moving Beyond the Current Debate -- 2: The Comparative Method in Scripture and Inscription -- The Nature of the Debate -- The Comparative Method in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Legal Studies -- The Many Uses of Intertextuality in Biblical Studies -- The Hittite Question -- Beyond the Impasse -- Transmision and Translation: Assyrian Vassal versus Assyrian Province -- Mesopotamian or Levantine? A Cultural Question -- 3: The Futility Curse as a Northwest Semitic Trope: The Old Aramaic Inscriptions -- The Tell Fakhariyah Bilingual Inscription -- KAI 309: 18-19 -- KAI 309: 19 -- KAI 309: 20 -- KAI 309: 20-21 -- KAI 309: 21 -- KAI 309: 22 -- The Sefire Treaties -- Sefire I A -- KAI 222: A 21 -- KAI 222: A 21-22 -- KAI 222: A 22 -- KAI 222: A 22-23 -- KAI 222: A 23-24 -- KAI 222: A 24 -- Sefire IIA 1-9 -- KAI 223: A [1a] -- KAI 223: A [1b] -- KAI 223: A [1-2] -- KAI 223: A [2-3] -- KAI 223: A [3] -- The Bukān Stele -- KAI 320: 5-6 -- KAI 320: 6-8 -- Futility Curses in Mesopotamia and Anatolia? -- A Sumerian Mythological Text -- Old Hittite Mythological Texts -- CTH 324: The Disappearance of Telipinu (Version One) -- CTH 325: The Disappearance of the Storm God -- CTH 326: The Storm God, the Personal God of Queen Asmunikal -- A Neo-Assyrian Treaty and a Neo-Babylonian Annal -- SAA II, 2: The Treaty of Assur-nerari V with Mati'ilu, King of Arpad -- SAA II, 2: vi 3 -- SAA II, 2: vi 4 -- The Ninth Campaign of Assurbanipal -- 4: Futility Curses in the Hebrew Bible. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0192539027 |