TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hobson,Russell
TI  - Transforming Literature into Scripture: Texts as Cult Objects at Ninevah and Qumran
T2  - BibleWorld
SN  - 9781317544982
AV  - BS1171.3 .H63 2014 
U1  - 221.6/6221.66 22
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Canonical criticism
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Dead Sea scrolls
KW  - Relation to the Old Testament
KW  - Assyro-Babylonian literature
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Index of Subjects; Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Authoritative Texts in the Hebrew and Cuneiform Traditions; 2. Formulating a New Comparative Approach; 3. Choosing the Right Texts; 4. Study One: Enūma Anu Enlil Tablet 63; 5. Study Two: Mul.Apin; 6. Study Three: The Laws of Hammurabi; 7. Study Four: Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh; 8. Study Five: Mīs Pî; 9. Study Six: Manuscripts of Pentateuchal Texts from Near the Dead Sea; 10. Interpreting the Evidence; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Ancient References; Index of Authors
N2  - Transforming Literature into Scripture examines how the early textual traditions of ancient Israel - stories, laws, and rituals - were transformed into sacred writings. By comparing evidence from two key collections from antiquity - the royal library at Nineveh and the biblical manuscripts from the Dead Sea Scrolls - the book traces the stabilisation of textual traditions in the ancient Near East towards fixed literary prototypes. The study presents a new methodology which enables the quantification, categorisation and statistical analysis of texts from different languages, writing systems
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