This item ancient israelite literature in its cultural context by john h walton paperback 2499 only 15 left in stock order soon ships from and sold by amazoncom. In ancient israelite literature in its cultural context evangelical biblical scholar john h walton compares and contrasts the writings in the hebrew bible with writings from the ancient near east particularly mesopotamia and egypt walton argues that there are differences between the hebrew bible and the ancient near eastern documents. Barbara kaiser ancient israelite literature and its cultural context a survey of parallels between biblical and ancient near eastern texts john h walton journal of near eastern studies 53 no 1 jan 1994 70 71. Ancient israelite literature in its cultural context a survey of parallels between biblical and ancient near eastern texts this unique book surveys within the various literary genres the parallels between the bible and the literature of the ancient near east each section begins with a survey of the available ancient literature continues with a