New Perspectives on Aramaic Epigraphy in Mesopotamia, Qumran, Egypt and Idumea

New Perspectives on Aramaic Epigraphy in Mesopotamia, Qumran, Egypt and Idumea
Author: Aren M. Maeir
Publisher:
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9783161598944

This volume contains the proceedings of two international meetings held by the Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times (RIAB) in Ramat-Gan/Jerusalem (March 2017) and Leipzig (May 2018). Most of the papers relate to various aspects of the Aramaic epigraphy in different contexts with a second part of the volume dealing with Idumean ostraca. The papers will be of interest to ancient historians, archaeologists of the ancient Near East, scholars of Semitic and Biblical studies and the ancient Near East.

New Perspectives on Aramaic Epigraphy in Mesopotamia, Qumran, Egypt and Idumea

New Perspectives on Aramaic Epigraphy in Mesopotamia, Qumran, Egypt and Idumea
Author: Aharon Maʾir
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: History
ISBN: 9783161598951

This volume contains the proceedings of two international meetings held by the Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times (RIAB) in Ramat-Gan/Jerusalem (March 2017) and Leipzig (May 2018). Most of the papers relate to various aspects of the Aramaic epigraphy in different contexts with a second part of the volume dealing with Idumean ostraca. The papers will be of interest to ancient historians, archaeologists of the ancient Near East, scholars of Semitic and Biblical studies and the ancient Near East.

Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea, Volume 5

Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea, Volume 5
Author: Bezalel Porten
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2024-07-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1646022556

Since the early 1990s, about two thousand Idumean Aramaic ostraca have found their way onto the antiquities market and are now scattered across a number of museums, libraries, and private collections. This fifth and final volume of the Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea completes the work of bringing these ostraca together in a single publication. Volumes 1–4 published some 1,600 ostraca that gave us insight into agriculture, economics, politics, onomastics, and scribal practices from fourth/third-century BCE Idumea and Judah. The ostraca in volume 5 come from the same milieu, but the information they provide is entirely new and different. This volume presents 485 ostraca, including 99 land descriptions, 168 uncertain texts, and 218 assorted remains, scribal exercises, and forgeries, along with useful indexes and tables and a comparative list of entries. The land descriptions—which record local landmarks, ownership boundaries, and land registration—provide rich complementary material to the rest of the Idumean ostraca. The “uncertain texts” are fragmentary, in poor condition, or contain other abnormalities. As the TAO corpus becomes better understood and as imaging techniques improve, these texts will help to fill gaps in knowledge. The final section includes the remains of scribal practices and forgeries, important because they help to show the authenticity of the other two thousand pieces. A unique collection of documentary sources for fourth/third-century BCE Idumea—and, by extension, Judah—this multivolume work will be a powerful resource for those interested in onomastics and social and economic history.

The Neo-Assyrian Empire

The Neo-Assyrian Empire
Author: Simonetta Ponchia
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 757
Release: 2024-06-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 3110690799

The ancient historians considered the Assyrian empire the crucial starting point of a new political system which was adopted by later empires. In modern historical research, this problem still needs to be investigated in a global perspective that studies the development of the imperial model through ages. Abundant epigraphical and archaeological sources can be used in investigating the expansionistic tacticts, the control structures, and the administrative procedures implemented by the Assyrians through a continuous effort of adaptation to evolving situations and changing needs. The book provides an updated outline of the history of the Assyrian empire and its neighbours, a detailed analysis of the technical and ideological aspects of the construction of the Assyrian empire, and of its long-lasting legacy in the Near East and in the West. For its broad theoretical framework, which includes the reference to studies of ancient and modern empires and imperialism, the book is intended not only for the specialists of Ancient Near Eastern history, but also for a wider public of Classical and Medieval historians and of historians interested in world and global history.

History of Ancient Israel

History of Ancient Israel
Author: Christian Frevel
Publisher: SBL Press
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2023-05-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1628375140

This English translation of the second edition of Christian Frevel’s essential textbook Geschichte Israels (Kohlhammer, 2018) covers the history of Israel from its beginnings until the Bar Kokhba revolt (132–135 CE). Frevel draws on archaeological evidence, inscriptions and monuments, as well as the Bible to sketch a picture of the history of ancient Israel within the context of the southern Levant that is sometimes familiar but often fresh and unexpected. Frevel has updated the second German edition with the most recent research of archaeologists and biblical scholars, including those based in Europe. Tables of rulers, a glossary, a timeline of the ancient Near East, and resources arranged by subject make this book an accessible, essential textbook for students and scholars alike.

Late Babylonian Administrative and Legal Texts, Concerning Craftsmen, from the Eanna Archive

Late Babylonian Administrative and Legal Texts, Concerning Craftsmen, from the Eanna Archive
Author: Yuval Levavi
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2024-08-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0300271905

More than three hundred previously unpublished texts from the Yale Babylonian Collection Yuval Levavi and Elizabeth E. Payne present 315 previously unpublished texts held in the Yale Babylonian Collection at the Yale Peabody Museum. The texts shed light on textile and metal workers in the Eanna temple in Uruk during the Neo-Babylonian Period, about 626 to 539 BCE. This volume of the Yale Oriental Series features a full edition of each text, including hand copies, transliterations, translations, and essential commentary, allowing unprecedented access to these primary sources.

Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch

Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch
Author: Jeffrey Stackert
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2022-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0300167512

This indispensable monograph synthesizes current debates and offers a new historical and literary analysis of the book of Deuteronomy "In this exciting addition to the Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library, Stackert offers something genuinely new: he brilliantly weaves together biblical scholarship, cuneiform literature, and contemporary literary theory. This clearly written and engaging volume examines how the concept of scripture shaped ancient readers' understanding of Deuteronomy."--Bernard M. Levinson, University of Minnesota The book of Deuteronomy introduces and develops many of the essential ideas, events, and texts of both Judaism and Christianity, and it has thus been a resource--and in some instances even a starting point--for investigations of themes and concepts beyond it. In this volume, Jeffrey Stackert deftly guides the reader through major topics in the interpretation of Deuteronomy and its relationship to the other four pentateuchal books. Considering subjects such as the relationship between law and narrative, the role of Deuteronomy in Israel's history, its composition and reception history, the influence of cuneiform legal and treaty traditions, textual and archaeological evidence from the Levant and Mesopotamia, and the status of Deuteronomy within the larger biblical canon, this book introduces ongoing debates surrounding the book of Deuteronomy and offers a contemporary evaluation of the latest textual and material evidence.

The IOS Annual Volume 22: “Telling of Olden Kings”

The IOS Annual Volume 22: “Telling of Olden Kings”
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2022-12-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 900452679X

The IOS Annual volume 22: “Telling of Olden Kings” brings forth cutting-edge studies devoted to a wide array fields and disciplines of the Middle East, from the beginning of civilization to modern times.

LUX: Studies in Greek and Latin Literature

LUX: Studies in Greek and Latin Literature
Author: Myrto Aloumpi
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 954
Release: 2024-10-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3111448843

This volume of essays in honor of Lucia Athanassaki offers a great variety of chapters on a number of topics in Greek and Latin literature and genres, from Greek epic and lyric poetry to Greek drama and late antiquity, Greek historiography, and Latin lyric poetry.