The Ancient Near East: An Essential Guide (Biblia.com)

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The cultures of the great empires of the ancient Near East from Egypt to Mesopotamia influenced Israel's religion, literature, and laws because of Israel's geographic location and political position situation. Anyone who wishes to understand the Old Testament texts and the history of ancient Israel must become familiar with the history, literature, and society of the surrounding kingdoms that at...

Mesopotamian King List attributes great age to the kings who ruled prior to the flood, with the reigns of the earliest Sumerian kings of up to 62,000 years far outstripping the 969-year life span of Methuselah, the oldest man in the Bible (Gen 5:27). Nevertheless, there is a shared view that the flood marks a dividing line in terms of the length of human life, although in the Bible, God announces a shorter human life span just before the flood (Gen 6:3). In addition, according to Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta,

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