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The Minor Prophets, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament), Volume 5 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This series brings to life the world of the Old Testament through informative entries and full-color photos and graphics. Here readers find the premier commentary set for connecting with the historical and cultural context of the Old Testament. Many today find the Old Testament a closed book. The cultural issues seem insurmountable and we are easily baffled by that which seems obscure....

to Assyria betrays an awareness of Assyrian practice. A relief dating to the reign of Tiglath-pileser III (744–727 B.C.) shows a line of Assyrians carrying away various god-statues from vanquished areas. Despite a regal posture, each god is lugged away on the shoulders of a measly four Assyrians. One prominently featured god is reminiscent of the weather god Baal with its horned cap and an axe held in one hand and a thunderbolt in the other.61 Assyrians carry away gods from defeated city ▲ Michael
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