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
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
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
Garfinkle (history, Western Washington U., Bellingham) presents a long-delayed, much-revised version of his doctoral dissertation (no date or institution cited) that incorporates a significant amount
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
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. 3Essays on the physical and cultural geography of Jewish popula
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
Translation, transliteration, copy, and commentary on previously unpublished ancient Mesopotamian incantations, as well as an in-depth discussion of incantation performance.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
Photographs, copies, transliterations, and commentary on previously unpublished cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia. These are the very earliest tablets discovered.
This volume grew out of a collaborative study of the eighteen mostly unpublished Late Babylonian commodity price-only tablets in the British Museum. The purpose of this project was two-fold. First, to
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
Hana was a Syrian kingdom located in the Middle Euphrates region north of Mari, which included the ancient city of Terqa. Hana is known only from a few dozen texts, but those texts are dated to the r
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 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
Transliteration, Translation, and Commentary on economic and literary cuneiform documents from the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE from ancient Sumer.
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.
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
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
Transliteration, translation, commentary, and photos of 9 new literary compositions dating to the beginning of the third millennium BCE in the Sumerian language
"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
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.
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
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
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
