Language & Texts

ISBN: 9783110179675
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
In this detailed study Sebastian Grätz focuses on the dating on one particular biblical text, Ezra 7, which comprises a letter from King Artaxerxes to Ezra. The author argues that the letter has far more to do with the ideology of Hellenistic rath... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783934628472
Published by : Ugarit-Verlag
These twelve papers form the proceedings of a colloquium held in Basle in 2003 which focused on the languages of ancient Egypt, the Near East, North Africa and the Aegean and the evidence for an Egyptian influence. Arranged geographically, the spe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780268033033
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
Keter Malkhut is perhaps the greatest religious Hebrew poem of the Middle Ages which, in three parts, celebrates God, the wonders of creation and is penitential. Written by Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021-1058), a Jewish philosopher living in Spain, th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780415258579
Published by : Routledge Ltd
`There is no king who, just by himself, is truly powerful.' This statement reflects the situation in the Near East at the beginning of the second millennium BC. From the 17th to 12th century BC the Near East was governed by five main kingdoms, the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783447047074
Published by : Harrassowitz Verlag
This volume presents transcriptions, translations with a full commentary of 23 Ur III incantations from Nippur now held in a collection in Jena. Geller here completes work begun by the late van Dijk in editing the tablets which were composed to... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783896466839
Published by : Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH
This monograph presents a detailed analysis of one of the least studied ancient Semitic languages, Sabaic or Ancient South Arabian. Stein's discussion of the phonology and morphology of the language is based on a complete reading of all epigrap... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781883925390
Published by : Andrews University Press
The eighth volume in the Andrews University Studies series concludes the publication of the Ur III and Old Babylonian cuneiform tablets of the Horn Archaeological Museum - presenting hand copies of some 276 Old Babylonian texts. The content of the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783980846615
Published by : ISLET Verlag Dresden
This volume presents 48 Babylonian texts, in transcription and in German translation, in order to compare the ways in which marriage, property and succession rights were dealt with in documents from different archives. The book also includes illus... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781885923288
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Series: Oriental Institute Publications
Volume: 122
The 173 texts contained in this volume were acquired by the Oriental Institute Tablet Collection over a long period of years from various sources. The texts are dated from 699 to 423 BC, during the Neo-Babylonian period. The more noteworthy sub... .... Learn More