Ancient Near Eastern Treaty Traditions and Biblical Covenants: Recent Surveys

The Biblical Creation in its Ancient Near Eastern Context

Comparative Observations on the Near Eastern Epic Traditions

We must not doubt that stories were told and enjoyed long before humans learned how to transpose what the ear hears into what the eye sees. Whether brief or developed, transmitted verbatim or embellished, these tales were likely sung, chanted, intoned, or declaimed, with or without bodily accompaniments. Neither must we doubt that long before what we call writing (characters with visual codes) ...

Admonition and Curse: The Ancient Near Eastern Treaty/Covenant Form as a Problem in Inter-cultural Relationships

Weeks presents here his findings on the differing forms treaties and covenants can take throughout ancient Near Eastern governments and cultures and what those forms can reveal about the people employing them. He presents his work in a terse manner, which allows him to be comprehensive in his evaluation of the evidence within the confines of such a diminutive book. Along with this terseness Wee...

Adam in Ancient Mesopotamian Traditions

Since the recovery and publication of texts from the Ancient Near East is a continuing endeavor, the materials already published need to be reexamined from time to time in the light of more recent information. The case in point for reexamination here is the Mesopotamian story of Adapa, which is noted for its parallel with the early chapters in Genesis as a reference to man's squandered opportun...

Recent Additions to the near Eastern Collections

The reopening of the Near Eastern galleries, on the second floor of Wing E, offers the Museum an opportunity to show to the public many new additions to its collections made during the war years. Although quite a number of these objects were purchases, many more were gifts from generous Museum friends, particularly Horace Havemeyer, Francis M. Weld, A. B. Martin, and the Kress Foundation, which...