John Walton's Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament:
http://tinyurl.com/ynp6qq
On Feb 6, 2008 3:16 PM, Douglas Hayworth <haythere.doug@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone recommend any good books that describe the ancient cosmology of
> the bible (i.e., the cosmologies of the biblical writers from Moses
> through John)? Ideally it would be a commentary that is consistent with
> extrabiblical literature of the relevant cultures and times, provides many
> specific references to Scripture, but does not attempt to make too many
> conclusions or applications with regard to Christian doctrines, etc. In
> other words, I'm looking for something that is primarily descriptive and
> generally uncontroversial. For example, I want to know that where there are
> important numerological or other structural motifs that were consistent with
> the cosmological worldviews of the time, but I'm not interested in being
> told what that means about their inspirational or divine intent.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Douglas Hayworth
> "snowed in" in Rockford, IL
>
>
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