Reformed Churchmen: Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Bright: Beginners' Bibliography on Ancient Near Eastern Backgrounds

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We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Friday, September 13, 2013

Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Bright: Beginners' Bibliography on Ancient Near Eastern Backgrounds

Bright, John. A History of Israel (2nd Ed.). Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1972. The fourth edition is 574 pages and is available at: http://www.amazon.com/A-History-Israel-John-Bright/dp/0664220681/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376674505&sr=8-1&keywords=john+bright+history+of+israel

Aside from Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Bright's written work, one gets a good bibliography, as expected. We're going to start cataloguing what's on hand and developing a larger bibliography ourselves.

Even the briefest of study of the Ancient Near East does at least three things: (1) It widens one's horizons beyond the Biblical narrative. (2) It re-orients one beyond "Western Civilization." There are 2 millennia "before" the Hebrews. There are 2 millennia before "Western Civilization" and church history. In short, Eurocentricity gets a lesson in humility. Never mind "American Exceptionalism," a term of art with some today. (3) It also affords backgrounds to Old Testament study. But, back on track. The bibliography will grow.

Albright, William F. Archaeology and the Religion of Israel. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006. http://www.amazon.com/Archaeology-Religion-Israel-Testament-Library/dp/0664227422/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379096943&sr=1-1&keywords=william+f.+albright

------From the Stone Age to Christianity: Monotheism and the Historical Process. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2003. http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Age-Christianity-Monotheism-Historical/dp/1592443397/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379097182&sr=1-2&keywords=william+f.+albright

Anati, Emmanuel. Palestine Before the Hebrews. New York: Knopf, 1963. http://www.amazon.com/Palestine-Hebrews-History-Earliest-Conquest/dp/0224600060/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379093734&sr=1-1&keywords=Palestine+Before+the+Hebrews

Cerny, J. Ancient Egyptian Religion. London: Hutchinson’s University Library, 1952. http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Egyptian-Religion-J-Cerny/dp/B0000CIERE/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379096691&sr=1-1&keywords=J.+Cerny+Ancient+Egyptian+Religion

Ehrich, R.W. (ed.) Chronologies in Old World Archaeology. The University of Chicago Press, 1965. http://www.amazon.com/Chronologies-Old-World-Archaeology-Vols/dp/0226194477/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379093562&sr=1-1

Frankfort, Henri. Ancient Egyptian Religion. Dover Publications, 2011. http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Egyptian-Religion-Henri-Frankfort/dp/0486411389/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379096600&sr=1-1&keywords=henri+frankfort+ancient+egyptian+religion

------Birth of Civilization in the Near East. Earnest Benn, Ltd., 1968. http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Civilization-Near-Henri-Frankfort/dp/0510268013/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379095758&sr=1-9&keywords=henri+frankfort

------Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature (Oriental Institute Essays). Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. http://www.amazon.com/Kingship-Gods-Religion-Integration-Institute/dp/0226260119/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379095246&sr=1-2&keywords=H.+Frankfort+Archaeology

Hooke, S.H. Babylonian and Assyrian Religion. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963. http://www.amazon.com/Babylonian-Assyrian-Religion-S-Hooke/dp/0806105534/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379095910&sr=1-1&keywords=S.H.+Hooke+Babylonian

Jacobsen, T. The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. http://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Adventure-Ancient-Man-Speculative/dp/0226260089/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379096277&sr=1-1&keywords=Jacobsen+Intellectual+Adventure+of+Ancient+Man

Kenyon, Kathleen M. Amorites and Canaanites. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967. http://www.amazon.com/Amorites-Canaanites-Schweich-Lectures-Archaeology/dp/0197258956/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379097469&sr=1-1&keywords=Kathleen+Kenyon%3DAmorites+Canaanites

------Digging Up Jericho. Praeger/Ernest Benn,1957. http://www.amazon.com/Digging-Jericho-results-excavations-1952-1956/dp/B0007DPQFO/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379094128&sr=1-2&keywords=Kathleen+Kenyon+Digging+Up+Jericho

Kramer, Samuel Noah. The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. http://www.amazon.com/Sumerians-History-Culture-Character-Phoenix/dp/0226452387/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379094852&sr=1-1&keywords=S.N.+Kramer+Sumerians

Mallowan, M.E.L. Early Mesopotamia and Iran. McGraw Hill, 1971. http://www.amazon.com/Early-Mesopotamia-Iran-M-Mallowan/dp/0070398011/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379094395&sr=1-3&keywords=M.E.+L.+Mallowan

Mellaart, James. Earliest Civilizations of the Near East. McGraw-Hill, 1965. http://www.amazon.com/Earliest-Civilizations-Near-James-Mellaart/dp/0070414610/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379093902&sr=1-2&keywords=Mellaart

Moscati, S. The Semites in Ancient History. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1959. http://www.amazon.com/Semites-Ancient-History-S-Moscati/dp/070830074X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379096834&sr=1-1&keywords=Moscati+Semite+in+Ancient+History

Oppenheim, A.L. Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Mesopotamia-Portrait-Dead-Civilization/dp/0226631877/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379096149&sr=1-1&keywords=A.L.+Oppenheim+Ancient+Mesopotamia

Perkins, Ann L. The Comparative Archaeology of Early Mesopotamia. Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1972. http://www.amazon.com/COMPARATIVE-ARCHEOLOGY-EARLY-MESOPOTAMIA/dp/B00AGAR9I0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379094242&sr=1-1&keywords=Ann+L.+Perkins

Speiser, E.A. Mesopotamian Origins. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1930. http://www.amazon.com/Mesopotamian-origins-basic-population-Near/dp/B007T0QMB0/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379095568&sr=1-6

Van Seters, John. The Hyksos: A New Investigation. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010. http://www.amazon.com/Hyksos-Investigation-John-Van-Seters/dp/160899533X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379097313&sr=1-1&keywords=Van+Seter+The+Hyksos

Wilson, J.A. The Burden of Egypt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967. http://www.amazon.com/Burden-Egypt-J-Wilson/dp/B000ND1PF8/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379096463&sr=1-1&keywords=J.A.+wilson+burden+of+egypt

Wright, G.E. An Introduction to Archaeology. Gerald Duckworth Publications, 1961. http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Biblical-Archaeology-G-Wright/dp/0715601881/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379095108&sr=1-11&keywords=G.E.+Wright

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