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Read and Download Margaretha Folmer book Elephantine Revisited in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TElephantine Revisited. This book was released on 2022-03-11 with total page 256 pages. Book excerpt: The Judean community at Elephantine has long fascinated historians of the Persian period. This book, with its stellar assemblage of important scholarly voices, provides substantive new insights and approaches that will advance the study of this well-known but not entirely understood community from fifth-century BCE Egypt. Since Bezalel Porten’s pioneering Archives from Elephantine, published in 1968, the discourse on the subject of the community of Elephantine during the Persian period has changed considerably, due to new data from excavations, the discovery and publication of previously unknown texts, and original scholarly insights and avenues of inquiry. Running the gamut from archaeological to linguistic investigations and encompassing legal, literary, religious, and other aspects of life in this Judean community, this volume stands at a crossroads of research that extends from Hebrew Bible studies to the history of early Jewish communities. It also features fourteen new Aramaic ostraca from Aswan. The volume will appeal to students and scholars of the Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism, as well as to a wider audience of Egyptologists, Semitists, and specialists in ancient Near Eastern studies. In addition to the editor, the contributors to this volume include Annalisa Azzoni, Bob Becking, Alejandro F. Botta, Lester L. Grabbe, Ingo Kottsieper, Reinhard G. Kratz, André Lemaire, Hélène Nutkowicz, Beatrice von Pilgrim, Cornelius von Pilgrim, Bezalel Porten, Ada Yardeni, and Ran Zadok. Moreover, a video recording of an interview conducted with Porten on his long career in Elephantine studies accompanies the book through a link on the Eisenbrauns website.

Read and Download Library of Congress book Library of Congress Subject Headings in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TLibrary of Congress Subject Headings. This book was released on 1994 with total page 1484 pages. Book excerpt:

Read and Download Christian Frevel book Mixed Marriages in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TMixed Marriages. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 352 pages. Book excerpt: Intermarriage and group identity in the Second Temple Period will be investigated from different points of view with regard to methodology and analyzed texts. With an introduction to the history of research and a summarizing final section, the individual contributions will be associated with the larger context of the recent debate. Thus not only the diversity of texts on mixed marriage within the Hebrew Bible and related scripture will be shown and emphasized but the question of continuity and discontinuity as well as the socio-historical background of marriage restrictions will be dealt with, too. Covering a wide range of texts from almost every part of the Hebrew Bible as well as from Elephantine, Qumran and several pseudepigrapha, like Jubilees, its focus is on possible counter texts with a more positive notion of foreign wives, in addition to restrictive and prohibitive texts. These different approaches will illuminate the dynamics of the construction of group identity, culminating in conflicts concerning separation and integration which can be found in the debate on the topic of the "correct" marriage.

Read and Download Jochem Kahl book "Ra is My Lord" in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book T"Ra is My Lord". This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Book excerpt: Due to extremely poor and difficult sources, we are as much in the dark about the history of the Egyptian 2nd Dynasty (c.2850-2700 BCE) as we are about the Gods worshipped at that time. Nor are we sure about the reigns and order of kings from this period. having assumed that veneration of the Sun God Re began during the 2nd Dynasty, opinion has changed over the last thirty years: evidence for the worship of Re has been found only for the beginning of the 3rd Dynasty.

Read and Download William Donald Davies book The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 1, Introduction: The Persian Period in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TThe Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 1, Introduction: The Persian Period. This book was released on 1984-02-16 with total page 500 pages. Book excerpt: This volume opens with three introductory chapters to the work as a whole dealing with the geographical background, the chronology and the numismatic history of Judaism.

Read and Download Holger Gzella book Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volume XVI in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TTheological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volume XVI. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 1280 pages. Book excerpt: Volume XVI concludes the monumental, critically acclaimed Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament with an Aramaic dictionary. This latest and last TDOT volume incorporates nearly the complete lexicon of Biblical Aramaic as well as a major portion of the theologically, culturally, and historically relevant terms in other ancient Aramaic writings. Each article provides information on the term’s meaning and usage, is fully annotated, and contains a bibliography with cross-references to the entire TDOT series. Further enhancing this volume are an introductory overview of the history of Aramaic and a comparative grammatical outline of ancient Aramaic at the end of the book.

Read and Download A. E. Cowley book Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C. in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TAramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C.. This book was released on 2005-09-14 with total page 372 pages. Book excerpt: The Aramaic papyri found on the island of Elephantine, Egypt (ancient Yeb, opposite Syene) come from the fifth century BC. They include letters, personal archives, public archives, the 'Words of Ahikar,' the Behistun inscription, accounts, and lists. Cowley provides here the Aramaic transcriptions and English translations for all the texts available to him. In this edition, an updated bibliography is provided.

Read and Download Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office book Library of Congress Subject Headings in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TLibrary of Congress Subject Headings. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1662 pages. Book excerpt:

Read and Download book Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TZeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete. This book was released on 1911 with total page 420 pages. Book excerpt:

Read and Download Stefan Weninger book The Semitic Languages in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TThe Semitic Languages. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 1296 pages. Book excerpt: The handbook The Semitic Languages offers a comprehensive reference tool for Semitic Linguistics in its broad sense. It is not restricted to comparative Grammar, although it covers also comparative aspects, including classification. By comprising a chapter on typology and sections with sociolinguistic focus and language contact, the conception of the book aims at a rather complete, unbiased description of the state of the art in Semitics. Articles on individual languages and dialects give basic facts as location, numbers of speakers, scripts, numbers of extant texts and their nature, attestation where appropriate, and salient features of the grammar and lexicon of the respective variety. The handbook is the most comprehensive treatment of the Semitic language family since many decades.

Read and Download Shawn W. Flynn book A Story of YHWH in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TA Story of YHWH. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 403 pages. Book excerpt: A Story of YHWH investigates the ancient Israelite expression of their deity, and tracks why variation occurred in that expression, from the early Iron Age to the Persian period. Through this text, readers will gain a better appreciation for the complexities and contexts in the development of YHWH, from its earliest origins to the Persian period. Two interpretive frameworks–cultural translation and subversive reception–are offered for filtering through the textual data and contexts. Comparative study with ancient Near Eastern deities and select biblical texts lead readers through early YHWHism, YHWH’s original outsider status, and the eventual impact of urbanization on the expression. Perceived and real pressures then challenge urbanite YHWHism and invite new directions for forming a unique expression of divinity in the ancient world. This book is intended for those interested in the study of ancient divinity broadly as well as those who study ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible. The work provides generalists with a better appreciation for the particular challenges in working in the ancient Near East and with the bible specifically, while it provides specialists with a broad theory that can be continually tested. For both, the study provides two reading lenses to work through similar questions and an accounting of why the many contextually driven and varied constructions of YHWH may have occurred.

Read and Download J. Cheryl Exum book The Historical Books in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TThe Historical Books. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Book excerpt: This volume is part of a series which brings together the best articles on major fields of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible studies from the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. The aim of the series is to provide for scholars and students a convenient and up-to-date briefing on developments in the field. The so-called historical books embrace a vast amount of diverse biblical material, from Joshuah to Nehemiah, and this selection of 20 essays covers a breadth of biblical material using a wide range of methodological approaches. The breadth of its scope combined with the depth of scholarship makes this Reader a useful and comprehensive resource for both undergraduate and graduate courses.

Read and Download Barry J. Kemp book Ancient Egypt in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TAncient Egypt. This book was released on 1991 with total page 372 pages. Book excerpt: From an archaeological perspective, and drawing on new excavations, Kemp (Egyptology, Cambridge) explores ways in which Egypt of about 3000-1000 BC prefigures our own culture. He discusses what he sees as major shaping forces of the civilization, such as political myth and ideology, bureaucracy, the quest for food and work, charismatic rule, the political and economic constraints on daily life, and the interplay between change and stability through the centuries. Contains many plans of buildings and towns, and redrawings of carvings. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Read and Download Michele Asolati book Kom al-Ahmer – Kom Wasit II: Coin Finds 2012–2016 / Late Roman and Early Islamic Pottery from Kom al-Ahmer in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TKom al-Ahmer – Kom Wasit II: Coin Finds 2012–2016 / Late Roman and Early Islamic Pottery from Kom al-Ahmer. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 356 pages. Book excerpt: This volume presents over 1070 coins (ca. 310 BC–AD 641) and 1320 examples of Late Roman and Early Islamic pottery. Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit emerge as centers of an exchange network involving large-scale trade of raw materials to and from the central and eastern Mediterranean.

Read and Download Joseph A. Fitzmyer book A Wandering Aramean in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TA Wandering Aramean. This book was released on 1979 with total page 316 pages. Book excerpt:

Read and Download British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities book Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TSynopsis of the Contents of the British Museum. This book was released on 1874 with total page 130 pages. Book excerpt:

Read and Download Yonatan Adler book The Origins of Judaism in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TThe Origins of Judaism. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 384 pages. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking new study that utilizes archaeological discoveries and ancient texts to revolutionize our understanding of the beginnings of Judaism Throughout much of history, the Jewish way of life has been characterized by strict adherence to the practices and prohibitions legislated by the Torah: dietary laws, ritual purity, circumcision, Sabbath regulations, holidays, and more. But precisely when did this unique way of life first emerge, and why specifically at that time? In this revolutionary new study, Yonatan Adler methodically engages ancient texts and archaeological discoveries to reveal the earliest evidence of Torah observance among ordinary Judeans. He examines the species of animal bones in ancient rubbish heaps, the prevalence of purification pools and chalk vessels in Judean settlements, the dating of figural representations in decorative and functional arts, evidence of such practices as tefillin and mezuzot, and much more to reconstruct when ancient Judean society first adopted the Torah as authoritative law. Focusing on the lived experience of the earliest Torah observers, this investigative study transforms much of what we thought we knew about the genesis and early development of Judaism.