Prof. Uri Gabbay is Associate Professor of Assyriology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Department of Archaeology. He received his Ph.D. in Assyriology from the Hebrew University in 2008. He edited (with Shai Secunda) the book Encounters by the Rivers of Babylon: Scholarly Conversations between Jews, Iranians and Babylonians in Antiquity.
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The creative exegetical methods of reading texts both literally and non-literally are not limited to the interpretation of the Bible. Commentaries on ancient cuneiform literature from Mesopotamia have been found dating all the way back to the end of the 8th century B.C.E.
The creative exegetical methods of reading texts both literally and non-literally are not limited to the interpretation of the Bible. Commentaries on ancient cuneiform literature from Mesopotamia have been found dating all the way back to the end of the 8th century B.C.E.
Ancient Near Eastern cultic rituals located the presence of gods and divine messages in nature.
Ancient Near Eastern cultic rituals located the presence of gods and divine messages in nature.
Battle, creation, enthronement, and justice
Battle, creation, enthronement, and justice
Theologians of the ancient Near East made sense of idolatry through the ritual dedication of the statues that made them into gods.
Theologians of the ancient Near East made sense of idolatry through the ritual dedication of the statues that made them into gods.
In the ancient Near East, laments were written to mourn past destructions or to prevent future destructions. With which type of lament were the authors of Lamentations familiar?
In the ancient Near East, laments were written to mourn past destructions or to prevent future destructions. With which type of lament were the authors of Lamentations familiar?
