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List of texts corresponding with the Bible

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Texts corresponding with the bible are often used to corroborate history surrounding the events mentioned

Title Date Biblical Parallels
Memphite Creation 2700 BC Gen 1-2
Famine Stela 2700 BC Gen 12:10; 41:1-57
Instructions of Ptah Hotep ~2500 BC Prov 2; 6:1-35; 23:1-35; 25:1-26:28; Eccl 1-12
Sargon Legend 2000s BC Exod 2
Epic of Gilgamesh 1900 BC Gen 6-9
Code of Hammurabi ~1750 BC Exod 20-24; Lev 16-26; Duet 12-26
Mari Tablets 1700s BC Gen 1:1-Num 36:13
Atrahasis Epic 1700s BC Gen 1-11
Amarna Letters and Tell el-Amarna Tablets 1550~1150 BC Josh 1-24
Ras Shamra Tablets 1400s BC
Merneptah Stela 1209 BC Josh 1-24
Ludlul Bel Nemeqi 1000 BC Job 1:1-42:17}

See also

Bibliography

  • Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer: Readings from the Ancient Near East (2002)
  • William W. Hallo & K. Lawson Younger: The Context of Scripture (2003)
  • Miriam Lichtheim: Ancient Egyptian Literature (1971-1980)
  • Victor H. Matthews & Don C. Benjamin: Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East (2006)
  • James B. Pritchard: Ancient Near East Texts Relating to the Old Testament (1969)
  • Kenton L. Sparks: Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible (2005)

References

  1. "Readings from the ancient near east". Ancient texts. Breata. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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