Table of Contents

1: Ancient Egyptian Traditions
2: Ancient Mesopotamian Traditions
3: Israelite Traditions
4: Persian, Greek, and Roman Traditions
5: Early Jewish and Christian Traditions I: The Persistence of Biblical or Ancient Near Eastern Models
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7: Early Jewish and Christian Traditions III: Common Themes & Motifs
8: Later Developments in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Images

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"This well organized volume synthesizes a large corpus of technical scholarship, making it an eminently useful work."--Choice "Authoritative, well written, and carefully documented."--Church & Synagogue Libraries "This well organized volume synthesizes a large corpus of technical scholarship, making it an eminently useful work."--Choice "Authoritative, well written, and carefully documented."--C & S L