Ancient Orient and Old Testament

Kenneth A. Kitchen

Lecturer, School of Archaeology
and Oriental Studies, University of Liverpool

London: Tyndale Press, 1966. Hbk. pp.191.
[Reproduced by permission of the author]

Page

Preface

ix

Abbreviations

xi

PART ONE
Problems and Solutions

1

ANCIENT ORIENT AND OLD TESTAMENT: THE BACKGROUND
I An Age of Change - II The Basis of the Main Problems - III Some Basic Principles of Study

15

2

EARLY HEBREW CHRONOLOGY
I Before Abraham - II The Date of the Patriarchal Age

35

3

LATER HEBREW CHRONOLOGY
I The Date of the Exodus and Israelite Invasion of Canaan - II The Monarchy and Later

57

4

SOME HISTORICAL PROBLEMS
I Alleged Anachronisms - II False Identifications

79

5

HEBREW CONTACTS WITH NEAR EASTERN RELIGIONS
I Introduction: Some General Principles - II Creation and Flood Stories - III The Sinai Covenant - IV Enthronement Festivals and Divine Kingship - V Judaean and Egyptian Kingship

87

6

THE QUESTION OF LITERARY CRITICISM
I Documentary Hypotheses - II Form Criticism - III Oral Tradition

112

7

PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTIC STUDY
I The Need for Sound Method - II The Role of Emendation - III Lexical Criteria and the Dating of Old Testament Literature

139

8

FURTHER ASPECTS OF BIBLICAL AND ORIENTAL STUDIES
I Ancient Law in the Biblical World - II The Topography of Bible Lands

147

PART TWO
Illumination and Illustration

9

NEAR EASTERN LIGHT ON THE BIBLICAL TEXT
I Ancient Legal Custom and the Patriarchs - II The Period of Moses - III Examples from Later Hebrew History - IV Light on Old Testament Hebrew from Linguistic Studies - V The Old Testament Illustrated - VI The Issue of Confirmation

153

10

CONCLUSION

171

INDEXES

Index of Biblical References

175

Index of Subjects

179