The ʾmnh in Nehemiah 10: An Imitation of Mesopotamian Contracts from the Long Sixth Century B.C.E.
The אמנה in Nehemiah 10 An Imitation of Mesopotamian Contracts from the Long Sixth Century B.C.E.
The אמנה in Nehemiah 10 shares substantial parallels with Neo- and Late Babylonian contracts. Like them it contains a list of the parties to the agreement, a statement that an oath has been taken, and stipulations in the first-person plural. Several features show, however, that the canonical text of...
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| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2023
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Biblica
Year: 2023, Volume: 104, Issue: 3, Pages: 350-368 |
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| Summary: | The אמנה in Nehemiah 10 shares substantial parallels with Neo- and Late Babylonian contracts. Like them it contains a list of the parties to the agreement, a statement that an oath has been taken, and stipulations in the first-person plural. Several features show, however, that the canonical text of Nehemiah 10 is a literary imitation of that tradition. The same conclusion is warranted for an earlier version of the chapter. As examples of post-colonial mimicry, both compositions recall circumstances during the Persian era when the community committed itself to support the temple establishment in Jerusalem under oath. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/BIB.104.3.3292417 |