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    LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE BIBLE AMONG THE MYTHS JOHN‚ N. OSWALT A SUMMARY PAPER OF THE TEXT ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN THOUGHT AND THE OLD TESTAMENT SUBMITTED TO DR. RANDY G. HANEY DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY BY 03 MARCH 2013 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: HISTORY AND METHODS 3 CHAPTER 2: COMPARATIVE STUDIES‚ SCHOLARSHIP‚ AND THEOLOGY 6 CHAPTER 3: SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST 10 CHAPTER 4: THE GODS 14 CHAPTER 5: TEMPLES AND RITUALS 19 CHAPTER 6: STATE AND FAMILY

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    Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament (Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible) Introduction Using contemporary studies as the foundation of his research John Walton reviews the ancient and Near Eastern and Israelite cognitive context. He provides guidance for students and general public to have a wider understanding and expand their knowledge of today’s culture‚ and historical culture interacts with the ancient world culture. In doing so‚ he tries to balance all

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    John H. Walton’s Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible is broken up into fourteen chapters. Those fourteen chapters are each part of one of five sections. This book also contains over twenty historical images. Before the introduction‚ the author gives readers a full appendix of all images used in this published work. The author then gives his acknowledgements followed by a list of abbreviations. Part 1- Comparative studies The

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    abbreviations. The author uses several contemporary studies as a big part of his research as well as reviews the ancient and Near Eastern and Israelite cognitive context. This section provides a general guidance for students and the audience to have a better understanding by expanding their knowledge of today’s culture‚ and historical culture and the way it interacts with the ancient world culture. This section also provides a nice balance of the different audiences in examining all the research

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    SUMMARY OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN THOUGHT AND THE OLD TESTAMENT Need author‚ publisher A BOOK SUMMARY SUBMITTED TO DR. DANIEL WARNER IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OBST 590 DEPARTMENT OF OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE BY SUSAN MADOO BROOKLYN‚ NEW YORK 28 FEBRUARY 2013 Summary: Ancient Near Eastern Thought and The Old Testament Introduction In today’s society as people begin to comprehend how the ancient people viewed the world; the Old Testament becomes

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    abound in our field. Discussions of the “Bible and‚” focusing on a particular theme or text from the ancient Near Eastern or Mediterranean world‚ are commonplace. What is unusual is a one-volume‚ comprehensive treatment of how the Hebrew Bible participates in and differs from the cultures of the ancient Near East. Drawing from a wide array of scholarship on the textual remains of the ancient Near East (archaeology rarely factors into his discussions)‚ John Walton’s new volume offers just such

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    I. Identify the Ancient Hebrew people and their religious belief system II. Brief Overview of Ancient Near Eastern Religion. III. Consequences of Ancient Near Eastern influence on the Hebrew people. IV. Conclusion.  I. Identify the Ancient Hebrews and their religious belief system: The Ancient Hebrew people had their origins in Mesopotamia and Egypt. As a result they were strongly influenced by these not so foreign religious practices. It is because of this influence that we

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    In Walton’s Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament‚ he writes‚ “ With no revelation . . . there was no way to know what pleased and what angered . . . This is the plight of those who live in a world without revelation. In the end‚ for all of their conscientious ritual‚ they did not know what deity wanted” (p. 145). Please post a 400-word response to Walton’s statement. Discuss the importance of revelation to God and the biblical writers. Seek to answer questions like “Was it important

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    In our history‚ the Bible is a contribution to history that roots in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. It focuses on Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam. The Old Testament is the original Bible written by many different people with composite text. The Bible is a Monotheistic faith and is also impossible to date in time. This religion changed many people’s beliefs and traditions. To begin with‚ the Bible changed previous practices and was different from other religions. It has Hebrew lineage and origin

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    Question 1 There are many elements to consider while reading the bible. Three vital elements to gain knowledge about the New Testament according to NTA (New Testament Antiquity) would be to know the land‚ having an understanding of the history and knowing the culture of the people from the land. Knowing these three items will broaden the bible and the message of Gods word‚ confirming and bringing knowledge from the past. In order to paint a picture that will allow literature to flow the authors

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