The Origin of Biblical Traditions

by Albert T. Clay

Book Overview

Many scholars during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries argued that ancient Israel simply borrowed most of its culture and religion from Babylonia. In this volume Clay counters that West Semitic cultures (the Amorites) were already a developed civilization before Israel came under Babylonian influence. Writing a decade before the discoveries of Ugarit and Mari, Clay noted that there were numerous clues to West Semitic cultures. While...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597527181
• ISBN13: 9781597527187
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"