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Tanakh and the Ancient Near East

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Sefer Bereshit

Creation Accounts in the Ancient Near East

The Mabbul and Mesopotamian Myths

Sefer Shemot

The Torah and Ancient Near Eastern Law Codes
Photograph by James Blake Wiener CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

The Reaper's Plea
Photograph by Hanay CC BY-SA 3.0

Sefer Bemidbar

Ketef Hinnom Scrolls - Priestly Benediction
Photograph by Tamar Hayardeni

Sefer Devarim

Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East

Sefer Melakhim

Shishak's Campaign and Egyptian Sources
Photograph by Olaf Tausch CC BY 3.0

Shishak's Campaign and Egyptian Sources
Photograph by Olaf Tausch CC BY 3.0

Shishak's Campaign and Egyptian Sources
Photograph by Olaf Tausch CC BY 3.0

Achav, Aram, and the Battle of Qarqar
Photograph by Olaf Tausch CC BY 3.0

Sefer Melakhim II

The Moabite Rebellion and the Mesha Stele

Aram's Relations with Israel in Assyrian Sources
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Chazael and the Tel Dan Stele
Photograph by Oren Rozen CC BY-SA 4.0

Sancheriv's Campaign and Assyrian Sources
Photograph by Mike Peel CC BY-SA 4.0

The Last Kings of Yehuda and Babylonian Sources
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Sefer Yeshayahu

Sancheriv's Campaign and Assyrian Sources
Photograph by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Sefer Yirmeyahu

Lachish Ostraca
Photograph © Luke Chandler

Ezra

The Cyrus Cylinder
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