Articles on the etymology of Sephardi names and naming practices in Sephardi communities throughout the world. Sephardi communities discussed include those in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Tunisia, Morocco, Gr
A collection of sealed tablets emanating from a fortress on the Tigris called Daur-Abieesuuh provides us with substantial Old Babylonian texts and information on the affairs of the city as well as on
These texts add significantly to our understanding of Sargonic history, socio-economics, lexicography and language.Chapter 1 deals with the possible provenance of the tablets, their dating, and a disc
This volume contains copies and editions of 474 cuneiform tablets inscribed with records of the First Sealand Dynasty.The texts consist of letters and administrative texts dated to the reigns of two k
This book examines the outlook of the ancient Mesopotamians in such areas as their religious values; views on death and burial, health and healing, and scholarship. Specific topics discussed include t
Analysis of the history of the research on the nature of the Semitic Root. Presentation and evaluation of the various historical theories as to the nature the Semitic root, including G. del Olmo Lete'
This book examines the relationship between Jewish literature and the historical setting in which it was written. The types of literature analyzed in this study include ghost stories; Yiddish, Ukraini
The Garshana archives detail the administration of various aspects of a household associated with the royal estate of the general and physician Shu-Kabta and his wife, the princess Simat-Ishtaran.This
The tablets belong to the late fourth millennium BCE and range from proto-literate to Uruk III/Jemdet-Nasr periods.The texts presented in this volume are provided with photographs, copies, and transli
Discussion of the nature of Sumerian wisdom literature and complete editions of many Sumerian wisdom texts, including the Instructions of Shuruppak, Instructions of Ur-Ninurta, Counsels of Wisdom, Sum
Monographs and collections of essays on the history, religion, social life, and literature of northern Mesopotamia during the second millennium B.C., when the Hurrians, a people with their own languag
Essays by Carleton Hodge on Semitics, Egyptian, Afroasiatic, Chadic, and Indo-European languages; edited by Drs. Scott Noegel and Alan S. Kaye, who have added a brief explanatory introduction to each.
An analysis of the interplay between private entrepreneurship and government fiscal policies and procedures under Darius I of Persia, as exemplified by a member of the wealthy and prestigious Egibi fa
Scholars mostly from US universities explore how assumptions over a century old continue to inform studies of antiquity, particularly the peculiar place of Jews, Judaism, and Jewish texts in the 19th-
Studies and Texts in Jewish History and Culture, The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, University of Maryland, no. 10.Scholars from various American religious denominations, who
Scholars of major languages and literatures of the ancient and late antique Near East whose writings have demonstrated interest in word play phenomena analyze them in the literature of Egypt, Mesopota
Professor Visicato studies all the scribes mentioned in the administrative documents from the Pre-Sargonic through the Sargonic periods, discussing their roles and functions within the institutions in
Studies and Texts in Jewish History and Culture, The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, University of Maryland, no. 5Essays on the architecture, art, religious institutions, cemet
Presents five new perspectives on the free will problem, and six interpretations of what Jewish thinkers of the past had to say about the problem. Topics include the concept of freedom that exists ind
Ross Brann is the Milton R. Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies and the Chair of Near-Eastern Studies at Cornell University. His books include "The Compunctious Poet," recipient of the 1992 Nat
A selection and abridgment of Benjamin Foster's comprehensive, two-volume work on Babylonian and Assyrian literature, Before the Muses. This paperback edition is well-suited for college courses in Bib
Transliteration, translation, commentary, and photos of over 200 economic documents from the ancient Near East during the middle of the third millennium BCE.
Twenty essays on the history, culture, and literature of Ancient Mesopotamia, the land of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians, from ca. 3000–400 BC. Essays include analysis of previously unpubli
Kelder, an archaeological scholar, analyzes the contemporary scholarship regarding the continuity and character of Mycenaean culture and palace sites in the late Bronze Age period. Drawing on four set
Provides translations and full contexts for the terminology in the Garshana documents and is an indispensable tool for anyone working on texts from third-millennium Mesopotamia.This volume provides a
Monographs and collections of essays on the history, religion, social life, and literature of northern Mesopotamia during the second millennium B.C., when the Hurrians, a people with their own languag
Monographs and collections of essays on the history, religion, social life, and literature of northern Mesopotamia during the second millennium B.C., when the Hurrians, a people with their own languag
Analysis of the roles of those involved in the herding of domestic animals and the distribution of animal products in a Sumerian city of the late third millennium. Discussed are: animal breeds, the or
The history of the formation of Judaism and the description and analysis of its structure derive from the analysis of the traits of the documents of rabbinic literature. The correlation between these
