Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Biblica
Angaben zur Quelle:
103,1 (2022) 1-25
Keywords:
Bible Comparative studies
;
Bible Antiquities
;
Middle East Civilization To 333 B.C.
;
Eretz Israel Civilization To 70 A.D.
;
Eretz Israel Civilization
;
Foreign influences
Abstract:
The purpose of this contribution is to show that Ancient Israel continuously borrowed important religious and cultural elements from its neighbors. Without attempting to be exhaustive, we pinpoint various influences from Canaan, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece on Ancient Israel. Canaanite religion, Egyptian Wisdom, Mesopotamian covenant diplomacy, prophetism, legislation and scribal culture, and Greek paideia help us understand better biblical literature which never developed in a ivory tower, but adopted and adapted rather than rejected the best that those cultures had to offer.
DOI:
10.2143/BIB.103.1.3290610
URL:
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