Jack M. Sasson's Books

From the Mari Archives

An Anthology of Old Babylonian Letters

By: Jack M. Sasson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

From the Mari Archives

An Anthology of Old Babylonian Letters

By: Jack M. Sasson

For over 40 years, Jack M. Sasson has been studying and commenting on the cuneiform archives from Mari on the Euphrates River, especially those from the age of Hammurabi of Babylon. Among Mari’s wealth of documents, some of the most interesting are letters from and to kings, their advisers and functionaries, their wives and daughters, their scribes and messengers, and a variety of military personnel. The letters are revealing and often poignant. Sasson selects more than 700 letters as well as several excerpts from administrative documents, translating them and providing them with illuminating comments. In distilling a lifetime of study and interpretation, Sasson hopes to welcome readers into a fuller appreciation of a remarkable period in Mesopotamian civilization. Sasson’s presentation is organized around major institutions in an ancient culture: (1) Kingship, treating accumulation of wealth, control of vassals, dynastic marriages, treaty-obligations, as well as illustrating the hazards and vexation of ruling a large territory; (2) Administration, from palaces that teem with bureaucrats, musicians, and cooks, to the management of provinces and vassal kingdoms; (3) Warfare, military establishment and martial practices; (4) Society, including organs of justice (and shortcuts to it), crime, punishment, and civil transactions; (5) Religion, including notices on diverse pantheons, rituals, priesthood, cultic paraphernalia, vows, ordeals, and channels to the gods (divination, dreams, and prophecy); and (6) Culture, including ethnic distinctions, class structure, and moments in the life cycle (birth, childhood, family life, health matters, death, and commemoration). Sasson’s presentation of the material brings to life a world entombed for four millennia, concretizes the realities of ancient life, and gives it a human perspective that is at once instructive and entertaining. The book is accompanied by extensive concordances and indexes (including to biblical passages) that will be useful to those who wish to study the letters more intensively.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

475

Publisher

Penn State Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

157506376X

ISBN 13

9781575063768

Jeremiah

A Study in Ancient Hebrew Rhetoric

By: Jack R. Lundbom

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Jeremiah

A Study in Ancient Hebrew Rhetoric

By: Jack R. Lundbom

Completely retypeset including a new chapter on the history of rhetorical criticism in North America and a fully updated bibliography, Jack Lundbom’s landmark contribution to rhetorical criticism is here reissued by Eisenbrauns. This book serves a dual purpose as both an introduction to Jeremiah and an introduction (with illustration) to rhetorical criticism of the Hebrew Bible.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

257

Publisher

Penn State Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1575065061

ISBN 13

9781575065069

David and Zion

Biblical Studies in Honor of J.J.M. Roberts

By: Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

David and Zion

Biblical Studies in Honor of J.J.M. Roberts

By: Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts

J. J. M. Roberts was graduated from Harvard University, taught at The Johns Hopkins University, and then spent the bulk of his teaching career at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he influenced and was well loved by several generations of students. Here, 21 colleagues and former students contribute essays that reflect Roberts' core interests.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

472

Publisher

Eisenbrauns

Published Date

ISBN 10

1575060922

ISBN 13

9781575060927

The Code of Hammurabi

A Case Study

By: Jeanne Breazeale,Jack Sholl

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Code of Hammurabi

A Case Study

By: Jeanne Breazeale,Jack Sholl

This case study shows that a widely used U. S. Government high school textbook puts an ancient King of Babylon on the same level as American founding fathers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. The research study finds that the assertion that the Hammurabi Code is an underlying document of the United States--as millions of American high school students are being taught today--is not correct. The U.S. Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights are the founding documents of the United States. The study challenges the claim by both legalists and religionists to the presumed importance of this ancient code to the foundations of American government--now and in the past. It warns that historical revisionism of this type poses a threat to U.S. national security at a time when American values are being challenged abroad, especially in the Middle East. It finds no overall uniform oversight or coordination of parties at all levels involved in high school textbook content. The present system for fully reviewing textbooks and curricula--a combination of publishers, school boards, issue-blind teachers and academics, government and national security agencies--is not working. Unless corrected, the foundations of freedom and democracy and the Judeo-Christian spiritual values upon which they are built will continue to be seriously eroded in the nation's high schools.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Author House

Published Date

ISBN 10

1491813644

ISBN 13

9781491813645

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East

By: Jack M. Sasson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East

By: Jack M. Sasson

Consists of articles organized in eleven parts: the ancient Near East in Western thought; the environment; population; social institutions; history and culture; economy and trade; technology and artistic production; religion and science; language, writing, and literature; visual and performing arts; and retrospective essays.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

896

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

0684192799

ISBN 13

9780684192796

The Bible and the Ancient Near East

Collected Essays

By: Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Bible and the Ancient Near East

Collected Essays

By: Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts

Presented in this volume is a collection of the shorter writings of one of the more innovative scholars working on the relationship between the writings of the Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near East context. Topics include: ANE environment, literature of the ANE, myth versus history, Nebuchadnezzar I's Elamite crisis, Job and the Israelite religious tradition, motif of the weeping God in Jeremiah, lament tradition in ANE, the hand of Yahweh, and whether God lies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

450

Publisher

Eisenbrauns

Published Date

ISBN 10

1575060663

ISBN 13

9781575060668

From the Mari Archives

An Anthology of Old Babylonian Letters

By: Jack M. Sasson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

From the Mari Archives

An Anthology of Old Babylonian Letters

By: Jack M. Sasson

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

475

Publisher

Penn State Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

157506376X

ISBN 13

9781575063768

Book's by Jack M. Sasson

From the Mari Archives

From the Mari Archives

Jeremiah

Jeremiah

David and Zion

David and Zion

The Code of Hammurabi

The Code of Hammurabi

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East

The Bible and the Ancient Near East

The Bible and the Ancient Near East

From the Mari Archives

From the Mari Archives

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email