Publisher's Synopsis
An exploration of the parallels between Old Testament texts and contemporary writings from Mesopotamia, Egypt, and elsewhere in the Middle East. The fifth edition expands on the first four with additional texts.
Don Benjamin and Victor Matthews have been working in the field of Old Testament scholarship for almost forty years. Matthews is dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs at Missouri State University, and Don Benjamin teaches biblical and Near Eastern studies at Arizona State University.
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