The world of the Aramaeans. II / edited by P.M. Michele Daviau, John W. Wevers and Michael Weigl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wevers, John William.

Daviau, P. M. Michèle.

Weigl, Michael, 1963-

Dion, Paul-Eugène, 1934-

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 325.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 325

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arameans--History.

Arameans.

Middle East--History--To 622.

Middle East.

Bible. Old Testament--History of contemporary events.

Bible.

Dion, Paul-Eugène, 1934-.

Dion, Paul-Eugène.

Dion, Paul-Eugène, 1934---Bibliography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The World of the Aramaeans is a three-volume collection of definitive essays about the Aramaeans and the biblical world of which they were a part. Areas of interest include the language, epigraphy and history of the Aramaeans of Syria as well of their neighbours, the Israelites, Phoenicians, Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites. The second volume, devoted to history and archaeology, includes contributions by Brian Peckham, Wolfgang Röllig, Carl S. Ehrlich, Guy Couturier, Stafania Mazzoni, Timothy P. Harrison, Michael Heltzer, John S. Holladay Jr., Michéle Daviau, Paolo Xella, Emile Pusch, Piotr Bi

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Paul-Eugène Dion: An Appreciation; Phoenicians and Aramaeans: The Literary and Epigraphic Evidence; Aramaica Haburensia V: Limu-Datierungen in aramäischen Urkunden des 7. Jh. v. Chr.; The bytdwd-Inscription and Israelite Historiography: Taking Stock after Half a Decade of Research; Quelques observations sur le bytdwd de la stèle araméenne de Tel Dan; Tell Afis and the Lu'ash in the Aramaean Period; Tell Ta'yinat and the Kingdom of Unqi; A New Weight from Hamath and Trade Relations with the South in the Ninth-Eighth Centuries BCE

Toward a New Paradigmatic Understanding of Long-Distance Trade in the Ancient Near East: From the Middle Bronze II to Early Iron II-A SketchFamily Religion: Evidence for the Paraphernalia of the Domestic Cult; Les plus anciens témoignages sur le dieu Eshmoun: Une mise au point; Un nouvel autel à encens de Palmyre; Iron Age Settlement in Edom: A Revised Framework; Aramaic Funerary Practices in Egypt; Bibliography of Paul-Eugène Dion; Index of Modern Authors; Index of Subjects; Index of Personal and Tribal Names; Index of Geographical Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-84174-9

9786611841744

0-567-10166-5

OCLC:

808805405