Tell el Amarna and the Bible
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TELL EL AMARNA AND THE BIBLE
CONTENTS
Illustrations
PREFACE
I DISCOVERIES AT AMARNA
The Beginnings
The Amarna Tablets
Excavations at Amarna
II THE RESTLESS PHARAOH
The New Kingdom
Young Amenhotep IV
The Break with Amon
The New Capital
The End of an Era
III THE HORIZON OF ATON
The Boundaries of Akhetaton
The Move to the New Capital
The Plan of the City
The Rock Tombs
IV ATONISM
Ancient Egyptian Religion
Aton Worship
The Triumph of Aton
Moses and Aton
The Death of Aton
V THE HYMN TO THE ATON
The Splendor and Power of Aton
Nighttime
Daytime
The Creation: Man
The Creation: Animal Life
Aton’s Glory in Creation
Aton Waters the Earth
Aton: Lord of the Seasons
Aton’s Providence
VI THE AFFAIRS OF EMPIRE
The Kings of Mitanni
Emerging Assyria
The Hittite Challenge
Rib-Addi of Byblos
Lab‘ayu of Shechem
Abdi-Khepa of Jerusalem
Amarna Age Palestine
The ‘Apiru
VII TRADE AND COMMERCE DURING THE AMARNA AGE
Minoan Crete
The Phoenicians
VIII THE ART OF AMARNA
Sunken Relief
Realism
Caricature
Transitional Art Forms
The Development of Amarna Art
IX THE END OF AN ERA
Smenkhkare
Tutankhaton-Tutankhamon
Eye and Horemhab
X AMARNA AND THE BIBLE
Written Records
Canaanite Glosses
Amarna Age Palestine
Affairs of Government
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Archaeology
History
Art and Tomb Inscriptions
Religion
The Amarna Tablets
Texts
Transcription and Translation
Studies
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
Baker Studies in Biblical Archaeology
Transcriber’s Notes
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