| Treaty, Law and Covenant in the Ancient Near East: Part 1: The Texts - Part 2: Text, Notes and Chromograms - Part 3: Overall Historical Survey 1., Aufl. Edition Contributor(s): Kitchen, Kenneth A. (Author), Lawrence, Paul Jn (Author) |
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ISBN: 3447067268 ISBN-13: 9783447067263 Publisher: Harrassowitz OUR PRICE: $371.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Egypt - History | Middle East - General - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General |
| Physical Information: 3.9" H x 8.9" W x 12" (12.12 lbs) 1641 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - North Africa - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work presents a far-reaching social profile of life in the Ancient Near East, based on its wealth of law-collections, treaties and covenants through three millennia. Volume 1 (The Texts) sets out a uniquely comprehensive corpus of over 100 such documents in 10 languages, mostly displayed in facing-page transliterations and English translations with individual bibliographies. Volume 2 (Text, Notes, and Chromograms) provides essential philological and background commentary to the texts, fully indexes their subject-matter, and concludes with a revolutionary and innovative series of full-colour diagrams of every text, vividly highlighting variations through the centuries. Finally, Volume 3 (Overall Historical Survey) outlines the flowing interplay of political history, changing social norms and varying documentary formats throughout the whole period. Taken together, this tryptich offers a striking and indispensable new overview of its multifaceted world for Ancient Near-Eastern and biblical studies. |
