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From Mari to Jerusalem and back [electronic resource] : Assyriological and Biblical studies in honor of Jack Murad Sasson / edited by Annalisa Azzoni, Alexandra Kleinerman, Douglas A. Knight, and David I. Owen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Assyriology.
- Middle East--History--To 622.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--Antiquities.
- Bible.
- Antiquities.
- Bible--Antiquities.
- Genre:
- essays.
- History
- Essays
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : Eisenbrauns, 2020.
- Summary:
- "A collection of essays by 35 scholars of the ancient Near East, honoring the career of Jack M. Sasson, and focusing on a variety of Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Amorite, Egyptian, Eblaite, Hittite, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Canaanite, Israelite, biblical, and archaeological subjects"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Kamiš at Ebla / Alfonso Archi
- "Not Tonight, Josephine!": Women at War in Third Millennium BCE Syria? / Maria Giovanna Biga
- L'election du P. Scheil au College de France en 1905 / Dominique Charpin
- Royal Hunt among the Semites, West and East: Fertility and Kingship in Myth and Ritual / Gregorio del Olmo Lete
- Heurs et malheurs de la vie conjugale en Mesopotamie: La separation de corps dans quelques sources cuneiformes / Sophie Demare-Lafont
- "Si ce n'est toi, c'est donc ton frere ... " / Jean-Marie Durand
- Albrecht Goetze: Three Mid-Century Reflections on Cuneiform Studies and Linguistics / Benjamin R. Foster
- A New Manuscript of Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld / Alhena Gadotti and Alexandra Kleinerman
- Priere à Itûr-Mêr pour le salut de Zimrî-Lîm / Michaël Guichard
- Royal Women Sages in Aramaic Literature: The Unnamed Queen in Daniel 5 and Saritrah in the "Revolt of Babylon" / Tawny L. Holm
- The Beginning of the Sumerian Epic "Gilgameš and the Bull of Heaven" and Its Possible Historical-Political Background / Jacob Klein and Yitschak Sefati
- À propos d'une defaite de Mari et d'une negociation diplomatique / Bertrand Lafont
- Paul Haupt: Between Two Worlds / Peter Machinist
- Sumerian Literature at the Crossroads / Piotr Michalowski
- Contributions to the Dossier of Princess Simat-Ištaran / David I. Owen
- The Sitting Moon and the Goats of Gilead: A Rare Akkadian Astronomical Term and a Hapax in Song of Songs / Gonzalo Rubio
- Old Babylonian Bread Offerings / Marten Stol
- Ilumma-ila Unveiled / Karel Van Lerberghe and Gabriella Voe
- "Talking to Doors": Paraklausithyron in Akkadian Literature / Nathan Wasserman
- Die Klausel á mu-ú/u8 -a-še in altbabylonischen Miet- und Feldpachtverträgen aus Nippur, Isin und unbekannter Herkunft: Politische Motive für die Stilisierung von Rechtsurkunden? / Claus Wilcke
- Hurritische Beschwörungen mit Bezugnahme auf Ursprungsmythen / Gernot Wilhelm
- Un enfant à Alep / Nele Ziegler.
- Part II. Biblical Studies. Translating Biblical Dialogue / Robert Alter
- Job and Not / Giorgio Buccellati
- The Earliest Israel: Territorial History in the Highlands of Canaan / Israel Finkelstein
- The Name Yhwȝ as a People: Reconsidering the Amorite Evidence / Daniel E. Fleming
- Joshua and Anomie: Retrojection, Projection, and Recovery / Douglas A. Knight
- The Plague of Darkness and the Creation of Light: A Reading of Psalm 105:26-36 from the Notion of Calamities in Chinese Perspective / Archie C. C. Lee
- The Oracular Insertion in Zechariah 4: Another Look at the Evidence of Akkadian Royal Building Inscriptions / Eric M. Meyers and Carol Meyers
- Myth, Poetry, and Cosmic Construction in Job 38:4-18 / Choon-Leong Seow
- A Mosaic for Miriam / Phyllis Trible.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed March 31, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: From Mari to Jerusalem and back.
- ISBN:
- 9781646023455
- 1646023455
- 9781646023462
- 1646023463
- OCLC:
- 1521388156
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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