The Ancient Near East refers to a broad region and time period that includes early civilizations in areas such as Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Egypt, and the lands around Israel and neighboring regions. The term is used by modern scholars to group societies that were connected through trade, politics, conflict, and shared ideas and these cultures produced early forms of writing, law, storytelling, and religious practice that influenced later traditions including the Hebrew bible. The label is modern and does not reflect how these societies described themselves, rather it is used when studying their shared history and cultural connections.
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- Tov, Emanuel, "Literary Analysis, the So-Called Original Text of Hebrew Scripture, and Textual Evaluation" in Cohen, Chaim, and Shalom M. Paul (eds.) Birkat Shalom: Studies in the Bible, Ancient Near Eastern Literature, and Postbiblical Judaism Presented to Shalom M. Paul on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday
- Walton, John H., The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate
- Oppenheim, A. Leo, The Interpretation of dreams in the Ancient Near East
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