David B. Schreiner is associate professor of Old Testament and Associate Dean at Wesley Biblical Seminary.Drew S. Holland is assistant professor and Program Coordinator of Religion and Philosophy at the University of Tennessee Southern.

The comparative method continues to mature and shed greater light as our knowledge and self-awareness increase, and this new volume carries that conversation forward. Students of the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East will benefit from exploring its case studies alongside Schreiner and Holland.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Convergence of Form Criticism and the Contextual ApproachChapter One: The Enuma Elish, the Memphite Theology, and Genesis 1: A Contextual TrialogueChapter Two: The Birth Narratives of Sargon, Cyrus, and MosesChapter Three: Torn Garments, Mourning, and History: The Historiographical Appropriation of Tearing GarmentsChapter Four: Gilgamesh, Akka, and RehoboamChapter Five: Israel’s Appropriation of the King List TraditionChapter Six: A Prototype? Comparing the Letter-prayers of Sin-iddinam and HezekiahChapter Seven: Song of Songs and “Give It Away” as a Study in Contextual DifferenceConclusions and Ways ForwardBibliographyIndexAbout the Authors

David B. Schreiner is associate professor of Old Testament and Associate Dean at Wesley Biblical Seminary.Drew S. Holland is assistant professor and Program Coordinator of Religion and Philosophy at the University of Tennessee Southern.

The comparative method continues to mature and shed greater light as our knowledge and self-awareness increase, and this new volume carries that conversation forward. Students of the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East will benefit from exploring its case studies alongside Schreiner and Holland.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Convergence of Form Criticism and the Contextual ApproachChapter One: The Enuma Elish, the Memphite Theology, and Genesis 1: A Contextual TrialogueChapter Two: The Birth Narratives of Sargon, Cyrus, and MosesChapter Three: Torn Garments, Mourning, and History: The Historiographical Appropriation of Tearing GarmentsChapter Four: Gilgamesh, Akka, and RehoboamChapter Five: Israel’s Appropriation of the King List TraditionChapter Six: A Prototype? Comparing the Letter-prayers of Sin-iddinam and HezekiahChapter Seven: Song of Songs and “Give It Away” as a Study in Contextual DifferenceConclusions and Ways ForwardBibliographyIndexAbout the Authors