“An Eye for Form” Epigraphic Essays in Honor of Frank Moore Cross / ed. by Jo Ann Hackett and Walter E. Aufrecht.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hackett, Jo Ann.

Cross, Frank Moore 1921-2012, Honoree.

Aufrecht, Walter Emanuel, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions, Semitic.

Inscriptions, Ancient.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliographie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the first meeting of his class in Northwest Semitic Epigraphy at Harvard, Frank Cross would inform students that one of the things each of them needed was an “eye for form.” By this, he meant the ability to recognize typological or evolutionary change in letters and scripts. Frank, like his teacher William Foxwell Albright, was a master of typological method. In fact, typology was the dominant feature of his epigraphic work, from the origins of the alphabet to the development of the scripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Indeed, he has written about the importance of typology itself. Because Frank Cross has so dominated the study of the ancient Near East in the last 60 years, Aufrecht once asked him what he considered his primary field of study to be. Without hesitation, he said, “Epigraphy.” It seems, therefore, that the field that he loved and to which he contributed so much is an appropriate subject for this Festschrift in his honor, which is being presented by his colleagues, friends, and former students. Included are an appreciation by Peter Machinist and a contribution by the late Pierre Bordreuil.

Contents:

""Contributors""; ""Preface""; "" JoAnn Hackett Austin, Texas ""; ""An Appreciation of Frank Moore Cross""; ""Peter Machinist""; ""Response by Frank Moore Cross to the Presentation of an 80th Birthday Volume of Essays""; ""Bibliography of Frank Moore Cross""; ""Prologomenon to the Study of Northwest Semitic Paleography and Epigraphy""; ""Christopher A. Rollston""; ""A History of Northwest Semitic Epigraphy""; ""Andre Lemaire""; ""Reconceptualizing the Periods of Early Alphabetic Scripts""; ""Gordon J. Hamilton""; ""The Ugaritic Alphabetic Script""; ""John L. Ellison""

""The Iron Age Phoenician Script""""Christopher A. Rollston""; ""Prolegomenon to the Study of Old Aramaic and Ammonite Lapidary Inscriptions""; ""Walter E. Aufrecht""; ""Iron Age Moabite, Hebrew, and Edomite Monumental Scripts""; ""David S. Vanderhooft""; ""On the Authenticity of Iron Age Northwest Semitic Inscribed Seals""; ""Pierre Bordreuila""; ""Phoenician Seal Script""; ""Philip C. Schmitz""; ""Aramaic and Ammonite Seal Scripts""; ""Larry G. Herr""; ""Hebrew, Moabite, and Edomite Seal Scripts""; ""Larry G. Herr""; ""Northwest Semitic Cursive Scripts of Iron II""

""Christopher A. Rollston""""Scripts of Post Iron Age Aramaic Inscriptions and Ostraca""; ""Andre Lemaire""; ""Paleo-Hebrew Texts and Scripts of the Persian Period""; ""Gordon J. Hamilton""; ""The Aramaic Papyri Scripts""; ""Ryan Byrne""; ""Punic Scripts""; ""Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo""; ""Semitic Paleography of the Judean Desert Scrolls""; ""Esther Eshel""; ""Northwest Semitic Scripts on Coins""; ""John W. Betlyon"";

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781575068879

1575068877

OCLC:

922991818