 | Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia by Jean Bottero
Buy new: $15.30 / Used from: $10.40 An easy to read introduction to religion in ancient Mesopotamia by an outstanding scholar.
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 | The Heavenly Writing: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture by Francesca Rochberg
Buy new: $80.00 / Used from: $96.58 Ancient Mesopotamians believed the gods communicated with them through the natural world. This book focuses particularly upon astronomy.
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 | Early Mesopotamia: Society and Economy at the Dawn of History by Nichol Postgate
Buy new: $42.30 / Used from: $24.08 Well illustrated introduction to the history of the early period of Mesopotamia. This text follows a more thematic than chronological approach.
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 | Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization by A. Leo Oppenheim
Buy new: $24.00 / Used from: $6.46 Thematic introduction to ancient Mesopotamia from one of the greats in the field.
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 | The Kingdom of the Hittites by Trevor Bryce
Buy new: $65.40 / Used from: $45.00 A history of the peoples that lived in the area of modern Turkey.
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 | The Sacred Bridge: Carta's Atlas of the Biblical World by Anson F Rainey
Buy used from: $95.00 The most authoritative Bible atlas available. Integrates extensive quotations of ancient texts with valuable maps and descriptions. In many ways this is more of a history text than a mere atlas.
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 | The Context of Scripture: Canonical Compositions from the Biblical World (Context of Scripture) (Context of Scripture)
Buy used from: $200.00 Translations of important ancient texts that relate to the Old Testament. Includes introductions and bibliographies.
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 | Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt (Cultural Atlas of) by John Baines
Buy new: $31.50 / Used from: $19.99 Get to know one of ancient Israel's closest and most under appreciated neighbors.
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 | History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction by Erik Hornung
Buy new: $18.90 / Used from: $6.68 A brief overview of the history of ancient Egypt.
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 | Ancient Texts For The Study Of The Hebrew Bible: A Guide To The Background Literature by Kenton L. Sparks
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $24.84 Guide to ancient texts that relate to the Old Testament. Texts are grouped according to genre and include summaries and bibliographies.
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 | Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible by John H. Walton
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $10.24 Very readable book and well reasoned intro to the thought world of the ancient Near East.
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 | From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire by Pierre Briant
Exelent history of the Persian period--quite a long book but worth it.
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 | A Biblical History of Israel by Iain W. Provan
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $24.06 History of Israel and Judah from a conservative perspective.
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 | A History of Ancient Israel and Judah, Second Edition by James Maxwell Miller
Buy new: $39.95 / Used from: $27.95 History of Israel and Judah from a mediating perspective.
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 | The Israelites in History and Tradition (Library of Ancient Israel) by Niels Peter Lemche
Buy used from: $3.99 History of Israel and Judah from a minimalist perspective.
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 | The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament by John H. Walton
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $22.72 Verse by verse commentary that highlights relevant cultural/historical information.
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 | The Invention of Cuneiform: Writing in Sumer by Jean-Jacques Glassner
Buy new: $35.70 / Used from: $34.34 History of this very important ancient writing system.
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 | A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC (Blackwell History of the Ancient World) by Marc Van De Mieroop
Buy new: $34.16 / Used from: $23.04 A chronological history of the ancient Near East.
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 | Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God by Othmar Keel
Buy new: $34.20 / Used from: $38.25 A study of Israelite religion from an iconographic perspective.
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