Studies and Texts in Jewish History and Culture, The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, University of Maryland, no. 3Essays on the physical and cultural geography of Jewish popula
Examination of the nature and power of words and literature to explain rhetorical and textual anomalies and difficulties within the Hebrew Scriptures.Occasional Publications of the Department of Near
transliterations, translations, commentary, and photographs of Assyrian cuneiform letters from the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC from ancient Mesopotamia
Transliteration, translation, commentary, and photos of 9 new literary compositions dating to the beginning of the third millennium BCE in the Sumerian language
Analysis of economic cuneiform documents from 2nd-millennium BC Nuzi. Business relationships and processes are explored. Seal impressions are drawn and analyzed. Includes photos, transliteration, tran
Transliteration, copy, and commentary of the earliest and previously unpublished economic tablets from ancient Mesopotamia around the beginning of the third millennium BCE
Translation, transliteration, copy, and commentary on previously unpublished ancient Mesopotamian incantations, as well as an in-depth discussion of incantation performance.
photographs, transliterations, translations, and commentary on ancient cuneiform texts from ancient Iraq during the dynasty of Sargon of Akkad dating to ca. 2300 BC
Translation, transliteration, commentary, and photographs of several hundred cuneiform documents from ancient Mesopotamia from the time of the Sargonic empire ca. 2300.
"Analysis and publication (translation, transliteration, commentary, scans) of newly discovered cuneiform documents written by the Judean exiles living in Babylonia in the sixth century BC, after Nebu
"Photographs, copies, transliterations, translations, and commentary on 300 cuneiform tablets and objects from Mesopotamia in the third millennium BCE"--
Translation into Papiamento, a Creole language spoken mainly in Curacao and the Netherlands, of Gibran's "The Prophet", along with an introduction and discussion of the Papiamento language in both Eng
Photographs, copies, transliterations, and commentary on previously unpublished cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia. These are the very earliest tablets discovered.
Economic documents dealing with the administration and distribution of barley, emmer, flour, seed, malt, bread, and wheat in Sumer in the middle of the third millennium BC
Transliteration, Translation, and Commentary on economic and literary cuneiform documents from the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE from ancient Sumer.
The catalogue makes public 107 cuneiform texts that fall into the genres of royal inscription, commemorate inscription, chronology, and historiography, and other formal texts that shed light on histor
The 15 papers collected in this volume are from an April 2005 conference at the University of Maryland. They cover Caesarea Palaestinae in transition; devastation and survival during the Persian invas
Analysis of the laws in Exodus and Leviticus that involve the sale of a daughter as a slave, the forced prostitution of a daughter, and a priest's daughter who is a prostitute. Other relevant Near Eas
The volume contains complete transliterations with accompanying in-text copies by Sauren, along with full transliterations and comprehensive indexes.The Columbia University tablet collection has been
transliteration, translation, and commentary on 369 Sargonic texts from ancient AdabDetail: Visicato and Westenholz have provided an in-depth introduction to the historical issues raised by these text
Essays on the history, religion, and culture of the ancient Near East and biblical Israel. Also includes articles on the Septuagint, the Talmud, Psalms, Book of Enoch, Numbers and others.
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
