Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Cuneiform Textual Background to the Bible

Background information regarding the 2nd mill. life of the patriarchs and the time of the Exodus come from four major cuneiform collections:

Mari Tablets, Syria (ca. 40 tablets, Late Early Dynastic)
Nuzi Tablets, NE Mesopotamia (ca. tablets, )
Ebla Tablets, Syria (ca. 3,600 tablets, Late Early Dynastic)
Amarna Tablets, Egypt (ca. 350 tablets, 1365-1335 BC)



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