J. J. M. Roberts

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Roberts, J. J. M. (1969). The Early Akkadian Pantheon: A Study of the Semitic Deities Attested in Mesopotamia before UR III (PhD dissertation). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. OCLC   76997136.
  • (1972). The Earliest Semitic Pantheon: A Study of the Semitic Deities Attested in Mesopotamia before Ur III . Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-801-81388-7. OCLC   379068.
  • ; Goedicke, Hans (1975). Unity and Diversity: Essays in the History, Literature, and Religion of the Ancient Near East. Johns Hopkins Near Eastern Studies. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-801-81638-3. OCLC   1322165.
  • ; Miller, Patrick D. (1977). The Hand of the Lord: A Reassessment of the "Ark Narrative" of 1 Samuel . Johns Hopkins Near Eastern Studies. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-801-81920-9. OCLC   2542903.
  • (1991). Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah: A Commentary. Old Testament Library (1st ed.). Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster, John Knox Press. ISBN   978-0-664-21937-6. OCLC   22732269.
  • (2002). The Bible and the Ancient Near East: Collected Essays. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. ISBN   978-1-575-06066-8. OCLC   50422851.
  • ; Dobbs-Allsopp, F. W.; Seow, Choon-Leong; Whitaker, Richard E. (2004). Hebrew Inscriptions: Texts from the Biblical Period of the Monarchy with Concordance. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-10397-7. OCLC   469281919.
  • (2015). Machinist, Peter (ed.). First Isaiah: A Commentary . Hermeneia – A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press. ISBN   978-0-800-66080-2. OCLC   908176161.
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    J. J. M. Roberts
    Born (1939-05-28) May 28, 1939 (age 83)
    Occupation(s)Biblical commentator, professor
    TitleWilliam Henry Green Professor of Old Testament Literature (Emeritus) at Princeton Theological Seminary
    Academic background
    Education Abilene Christian University, Harvard University
    Thesis The Early Akkadian Pantheon: a study of the Semitic deities attested in Mesopotamia before UR III (1969)