"Emigration" from Netherworld in the Ancient Near East
Author: Shalom M. Paul
Publisher:
Published: 1995*
Total Pages: 7
ISBN-13:
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Immigration and Emigration Within the Ancient Near East
Author: Karel van Lerberghe
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9789068317275
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The Origins of Biblical Monotheism
Author: Mark S. Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003-11-06
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 0195167686
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the leading scholars of ancient West Semitic religion discusses polytheism vs. monotheism by covering the fluidity of those categories in the ancient Near East. He argues that Israel's social history is key to the development of monotheism.
Sefer Moshe: The Moshe Weinfeld Jubilee Volume
Author: Chaim Cohen
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2004-06-23
Total Pages: 561
ISBN-13: 157506541X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMoshe Weinfeld’s contributions to the study of the Bible and its literature, as well as the social and political situation of the Bible in its ancient Near Eastern context, are well known. In this volume, 35 colleagues and students contribute essays organized according to four subjects: (1) Exegetical and Literary Studies on the Bible; (2) Studies on Biblical Hebrew, History, and Geography; (3) Ancient Near Eastern and Amarna Studies; and (4) Studies on Qumran, Post biblical Judaism, and the Jewish Medieval Commentaries. A bibliography and biography of the honoree round out the volume.
Puzzling Out the Past
Author: Marilyn J. Lundberg
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2012-05-03
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9004227164
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBruce Zuckerman has transformed the way we look at ancient Semitic inscriptions. Through his efforts, the most important inscriptions of biblical times have been reread and the history of the biblical and Second Temple periods reimagined. He has made contributions to the fields of biblical studies and modern Judaism, and, in founding Maarav: A Journal for the Study of the Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures, has made the research of many scholars available to the scholarly community. The series of articles included here honor his many contributions through discussions of a wide variety of inscriptional materials, Biblical texts, archaeology, lexicography and teaching methodology. Included in the volume is a republication of his path breaking exhibition catalogue, Puzzling Out the Past.
Art and Immortality in the Ancient Near East
Author: Mehmet-Ali Ataç
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-03-08
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 1107154952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFar from being a Judeo-Christian invention, apocalyptic thought had its roots in the ancient Near East and was expressed in its art.
Migration and Migrant Identities in the Middle East from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Author: Justin Yoo
Publisher:
Published: 2018-10-29
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781351254731
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book brings together recent developments in modern migration theory, a wide range of sources, new and old tools revisited (from GIS to epigraphic studies, from stable isotope analysis to the study of literary sources) and case studies from the ancient eastern Mediterranean that illustrate how new theories and techniques are helping to give a better understanding of migratory flows and diaspora communities in the ancient Near East. A geographical gap has emerged in studies of historical migration as recent works have focused on migration and mobility in the western part of the Roman Empire and thus fail to bring a significant contribution to the study of diaspora communities in the eastern Mediterranean. Bridging this gap represents a major scholarly desideratum, and, by drawing upon the experiences of previously neglected migrant and diaspora communities in the eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic period to the early mediaeval world, this collection of essays approaches migration studies with new perspectives and methodologies, shedding light not only on the study of migrants in the ancient world, but also on broader issues concerning the rationale for mobility and the creation and features of diaspora identities.
Samson
Author: Pnina Galpaz-Feller
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9783039108527
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of Samson in the Bible is told in just four chapters of the Book of Judges, but the story of his life is composed of a mosaic of events. This book examines many aspects of the unique figure of Samson: Samson as the chosen of God, who is destined to save the Israelites from Philistine oppression, and who ultimately dies with the Philistines; Samson, who appears on the stage of history as a promising leader but whose leadership fails; Samson the dissolute Nazirite; a powerful man who rips apart a lion as though it were a lamb, who uproots the gates of the city of Gaza and pulls down a pagan temple - but at the same time he succumbs to his women and is ruled by them. This book invites the reader to contemplate Samson's highly contradictory personality, to take up moral issues, and to reflect upon love and betrayal, life and death, family and society - subjects that have concerned people from antiquity to the present.
What Really Happened in the Garden of Eden?
Author: Ziony Zevit
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013-11-26
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 0300178697
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Birkat Shalom
Author: Chaim Cohen
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2008-06-23
Total Pages: 1122
ISBN-13: 1575065908
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis magnificent volume is a compilation of the writings of friends, colleagues, and former students in tribute to Shalom Paul, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Bible Department at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. More than 60 essayists contribute new ideas in the areas of research most loved by Prof. Paul, such as biblical literature and criticism, prophecy, comparative exegesis and linguistics, ancient Near Eastern historical and cultural milieus, and biblical and Mesopotamian law. Contributors include scholars of renown such as Adele Berlin, Frank Moore Cross, William G. Dever, Michael V. Fox, William W. Hallo, Sara Japhet, André Lemaire, Carol Meyers, Jacob Milgrom, Elisha Qimron, Gary A. Rendsburg, Jack M. Sasson, Shemaryahu Talmon, Emanuel Tov, James C. VanderKam, Joan Goodnick Westenholz, and Ziony Zevit.
