Historical text book on the Old Testament

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The Historical Textbook on the Old Testament (abbreviation HTAT ) is a collection of extra-biblical ancient oriental source texts in German translation, sorted according to historical periods and subject matter, as an aid for working with the Hebrew Bible . It was released in 2011; the main author is Manfred Weippert .

Content classification

structure designation historical period
A. Canaan in the 2nd millennium Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age
B. Canaan in the transition from the 2nd to the 1st millennium Iron Age I.
C. Palestine and its neighbors in the era of the "nation states" early and middle Iron Age II
D. Palestine and its neighbors in the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid periods late Iron Age II

Work edition