The Tel Dan inscription : a reappraisal and a new interpretation / George Athas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Athas, George.

Series:

Copenhagen international seminar ; 12.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 360.

Copenhagen international seminar ; 12

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 360

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel--Dan (Extinct city).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Inscriptions, Aramaic--Israel--Dan (Extinct city).

Inscriptions, Aramaic.

Dan (Extinct city).

Israel--Antiquities.

Israel.

Bible. Old Testament--Antiquities.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 331 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first book-length treatment of the most important, and controversial, inscription found in Israel in recent years. The inscription contains a possible mention of the name 'David' and is thought by many scholars to verify the existence of this king. Contains a full account of the discovery, epigraphic analysis, palaeographical analysis, possible arrangement of the three fragments discovered, textual analysis and historical commentary. It is more thorough in each of these treatments than any preceding discussion, and reviews all of the major theories about the inscription, with a well-consid

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF THE FRAGMENTS; Chapter 3 EPIGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; Chapter 4 PALAEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; Chapter 5 ARRANGEMENT OF THE FRAGMENTS; Chapter 6 TEXTUAL ANALYSIS; Chapter 7 HISTORICAL COMMENTARY; Chapter 8 CONCLUDING REMARKS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-326) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611803070

9781281803078

1281803073

9780567322821

0567322823

OCLC:

276866943