TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pritchard, James B., ed
TI  - Ancient Near Eastern texts relating to the Old Testament
AV  - BS1180 .P83 1955 
PY  - 1950///, 1955
CY  - Princeton, NJ
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Middle Eastern--literature
KW  - FAST
KW  - Mythology--Mesopotamian
KW  - Mythology--Sumerian
N1  - 2nd ed., corrected and enlarged, 1955.. Translators and annotators: W.F. Albright [and others]; Part 1 - Myths, epics, and legends. Part 2 - Legal texts. Part 3 - Historical texts. Part 4 - Rituals, incantations, and descriptions of festivals. Part 5 - Hymns and prayers. Part 6 - Didactic and wisdom literature. Part 7 - Lamentations. Part 8 - Secular songs and poems. Part 9 - Letters. Part 10 - Miscellaneous texts
N2  - 'The purpose of this work is to make available to students of the Near East...the most important extrabiblical texts in translations which represent the best understanding which present-day scholarship has achieved. Many of the relevant texts have been hitherto accessible only in obscure and highly technical journals. Some have been circulated widely in translations which represent a stage of understanding now happily superseded by more thorough study. Yet other texts included here have not hitherto been published in translation into a modern language.' -- Introduction
ER  -