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Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East (4th Edition) is unavailable, but you can change that!

Old Testament Parallels has been, since its first edition, one of Paulist Press's best-regarded and best-selling titles. It has brought fresh and reader-friendly translation of the most important near east documents that share parallel themes and issues within biblical studies. This fourth edition has been completely revised in light of the ongoing and exciting discoveries of more and more...

Bar-Hadad II (798–775 BCE), a ruler of Aram (Syria) probably erected the stela after he defeated Jehoahaz of Israel and Joash of Judah at the battle of Ramoth-Gilead in 798 BCE (2 Kgs 9:1–10:28). The Tel Dan Annals are only the fourth tradition outside the Bible to mention Israel. The others are the Hymn of Merneptah of Egypt (1213–1204 BCE), the Annals of Mesha of Moab (830 BCE), and the Annals of Shalmaneser III of Assyria (858–824 BCE). They are also the only tradition outside the Bible that explicitly
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