Texts corresponding with the bible are often used to corroborate history surrounding the events mentioned
Title Date Biblical Parallels Memphite Creation 2700 BC Gen 1-2 Famine Stela 2700 BC Gen 12:10; 41:1-57 Instructions of Ptah Hotep ~2500 BC Prov 2; 6:1-35; 23:1-35; 25:1-26:28; Eccl 1-12 Sargon Legend 2000s BC Exod 2 Epic of Gilgamesh 1900 BC Gen 6-9 Code of Hammurabi ~1750 BC Exod 20-24; Lev 16-26; Duet 12-26 Mari Tablets 1700s BC Gen 1:1-Num 36:13 Atrahasis Epic 1700s BC Gen 1-11 Amarna Letters and Tell el-Amarna Tablets 1550~1150 BC Josh 1-24 Ras Shamra Tablets 1400s BC Merneptah Stela 1209 BC Josh 1-24 Ludlul Bel Nemeqi 1000 BC Job 1:1-42:17}
See also Ludlul bēl nēmeqi
Bibliography Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer: Readings from the Ancient Near East (2002) William W. Hallo & K. Lawson Younger: The Context of Scripture (2003) Miriam Lichtheim: Ancient Egyptian Literature (1971-1980) Victor H. Matthews & Don C. Benjamin: Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East (2006) James B. Pritchard: Ancient Near East Texts Relating to the Old Testament (1969) Kenton L. Sparks: Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible (2005)
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