Skip to contentSkip to navigation SUNetID Login The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute Search Main menu Home King Papers Liberation Curriculum King Resources The Institute News & Events “Light on the Old Testament from the Ancient Near East” Author: King, Martin Luther, Jr. (Crozer Theological Seminary) Date: September 14, 1948 to November 24, 1948 […]
Light on the Old Testament from the Ancient Near East
MESOPOTAMIAN LAW CODES: the HUMAN ROOTS OF MOSES’ LAWS.
This paper will consider the law codes of ancient Mesopotamia and compare them with the Moses’ Law Code and Jesus’ pronouncements at Gethsemane. Both the latter are here considered as offshoots of the Mesopotamian law traditions in that both function as founder declarations of future societal normalcy. In the ancient world such documents optimistically sounded […]
Gilgamesh, Atrahasis and the Flood
Article Articles Gilgamesh, Atrahasis and the Flood By Pete Enns on June 01, 2010 The Bible in Ancient Context The Flood #Introduction The biblical flood story (Genesis 6-9) has certainly taken a beating over the last two or three centuries. The problems began in earnest once geologists realized that a literal submersion of the entire earth in […]
THE GILGMESH EPIC AND OLD TESTAMENT PARALELLS PDF
FESTIVALS AND CALENDARS IN MESOPOTAMIA
FESTIVALS AND CALENDARS IN MESOPOTAMIA FESTIVALS IN MESOPOTAMIA Mesopotamian Festivals and the Seasons Calendars and Years in Mesopotamia Hours, Minutes and Time Measurement in Mesopotamia Farmers Instructions, Gods and the Agricultural Seasons of Mesopotamia Mesopotamian New Year Hymns and Lamentations for Mesopotamian Festivals Akitu Festival at Ur Description of the Akitu Festival at Ur Babylonian […]
MESOPOTAMIAN MOTIFS IN THE EARLY CHAPTERS OF GENESIS
Volume 5 Issue 1 Originally Published in 1962 By: E.A. Speiser View PDF Biblical history proper begins with the call to Abraham to leave his native country and set out for a destination that is to become the Promised Land. The event is recorded in Genesis 12. All that precedes, i.e. Gen. 1-11, is thus in a […]