Solving Riddles and Untying Knots
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Solving Riddles and Untying Knots: Biblical, Epigraphic, and Semitic Studies in Honor of Jonas C. Greenfield

Solving Riddles and Untying Knots: Biblical, Epigraphic, and Semitic Studies in Honor of Jonas C. Greenfield


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About the Book

Jonas Greenfield was one of the foremost epigraphers and biblical scholars of this generation. This volume, dedicated to Professor Greenfield by his students, colleagues, and friends, reflects the broad spectrum of academic interests he pursued: Bible, Qumran, epigraphy, and Semitics.

Table of Contents:
Preface Bibliography of the Published Writings of Jonas C. Greenfield Abbreviations BIBLE Jes P. Asmussen: Copenhagen - Some Bird Names in the Judeo-Persian Translations of the Hebrew Bible Joshua Blau: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities - The Monophthongization of Diphthongs as Reflected in the Use of Vowel Letters in the Pentateuch Ariel A. Bloch: University of California at Berkeley - The Cedar and the Palm Tree: A Paired Male/Female Symbol in Hebrew and Aramaic William M. Brinner: University of California at Berkeley - Some Problems in the Arabic Transmission of Biblical Names Magen Broshi: Israel Museum and Ada Yardeni: Hebrew University - On ‘netinim’ and False Prophets Andre Caquot: College de France, Paris - Grandeur et purete du sacerdoce: Remarques sur le ‘Testament de Qahat’ (4Q542) Henri Cazelles: Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris - Ahiqar, ‘Umman’ and ‘Amun,’ and Biblical Wisdom Texts Riccardo Contini: University of Venice - Epistolary Evidence of Address Phenomena in Official and Biblical Aramaic Moshe Greenberg: Hebrew University - The Etymology of ‘ndh’ (Menstrual) Impurity William W. Hallo: Yale University - Slave Release in the Biblical World in Light of a New Text Stephen A. Kaufman: Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati - Paragogic ‘nun’ in Biblical Hebrew: Hypercorrection as a Clue to a Lost Scribal Practice Michael L. Klein: Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem - A Fragment-Targum of ‘Onqelos’ from the Cairo Genizah Tryggve Kronholm: University of Uppsala - Abraham, the Physician: The Image of Abraham the Patriarch in the Genuine Hymns of Ephraem Syrus Jacob Lassner: Northwestern University - Ritual Purity and Political Exile: Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, and the Events of 586 B.C.E. in a Yemenite Folktale Baruch A. Levine: New York University - The Semantics of Loss: Two Exercises in Biblical Hebrew Lexicography Peter Machinist: Harvard University - Fate, ‘miqreh,’ and Reason: Some Reflections on Qohelet and Biblical Thought Abraham Malamat: Hebrew University - A Recently Discovered Word for ‘Clan’ in Mari and Its Hebrew Cognate Emile Puech: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Note de lexicographie hebraique qumranienne (‘m-sw / yrwq, mhsbym, swt’) Elisha Qimron: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - A Work concerning Divine Providence: 4Q413 Nahum M. Sarna: Brandeis University - Variant Scriptural Readings in Liturgical Texts Lawrence H. Schiffman: New York University - 4QMysteriesa: A Preliminary Edition and Translation Stanislav Segert: University of California at Los Angeles - Poetic Structures in the Hebrew Sections of the Book of Daniel Shaul Shaked: Hebrew University - Qumran: Some Iranian Connections J. A. Soggin: Universita di Roma—La Sapienza - Abraham and the Eastern Kings: On Genesis 14 Michael E. Stone: Hebrew University - A New Edition and Translation of the ‘Questions of Ezra’ Hayim Tadmor: Hebrew University - Was the Biblical ‘saris’ a Eunuch? Shemaryahu Talmon: Hebrew University - A Calendrical Document from Qumran Cave 4 (mismarot D, 4Q325) Jeffrey H. Tigay: University of Pennsylvania - ‘He Had Not Become Wrinkled’ (Deuteronomy 34:7) Emanuel Tov: Hebrew University - A Paraphrase of Exodus: 4Q422 J. P. Weinberg: Jerusalem - The Word ‘nbd’ in the Bible: A Study in Historical Semantics and Biblical Thought EPIGRAPHY Shmuel Ahituv: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Flour and Dough: Gleanings from the Arad Letters Walter E. Aufrecht: The University of Lethbridge, Canada - A Phoenician Seal Klaus Beyer: Heidelberg University - The Ammonite Tell Siran Bottle Inscription Reconsidered Frank Moore Cross: Harvard University - Paleography and the Date of the Tell Fahariyeh Bilingual Inscription Philippe Gignoux: Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris - The Pahlavi Inscription on Mount Thomas Cross (South India) Andre Lemaire: Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris - The Xanthos Trilingual Revisited E. Lipinski: Katholiek Universiteit Leuven - The Inscribed Marble Vessels from Kition Philip Mayerson: New York University - Grain Prices in Late Antiquity and the Nature of the Evidence Alan Millard: University of Liverpool - Latin in First-Century Palestine Joseph Naveh: Hebrew University - Phoenician Ostraca from Tel Dor SEMITICS Tzvi Abusch: Brandeis University - The Socio-Religious Framework of the Babylonian Witchcraft Ceremony ‘Maqlu’: Some Observations on the Introductory Section of the Text, Part II Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo: Universita degli Studi di Roma - More on the Latin Personal Names Ending with ‘-us’ and ‘-ius’ in Punic Arnold J. Band: University of California at Los Angeles - Regelson, Pagis, and Wallach: Three Poems on the Hebrew Language M. A. Dandamayev: Institute for Oriental Studies, St. Petersburg - The Neo-Babylonian ‘tamkaru’ M. J. Geller: University College, London - An Eanna Tablet from Uruk in Cleveland Victor Avigdor Hurowitz: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - An Old Babylonian Bawdy Ballad William L. Moran: Harvard University - Some Reflections on Amarna Politics David I. Owen: Cornell University - Pasuri-Dagan and Ini-Tessup’s Mother Shalom M. Paul: Hebrew University - The ‘Plural of Ecstasy’ in Mesopotamian and Babylonian Love Poetry Jack M. Sasson: University of North Carolina - Water beneath Straw: Adventures of a Prophetic Phrase in the Mari Archives Marcel Sigrist: Ecole Biblique, Jerusalem - Some di-til-la Tablets in the British Museum Aaron Skaist: Bar-Ilan University - ‘Simu gamru’: Its Function and History Mark S. Smith: St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia - The God Athtar in the Ancient Near East and His Place in KTU 1.6 I Index of Authors Index of Scripture Index of Ancient Texts


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  • ISBN-13: 9780931464935
  • Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Eisenbrauns
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 704
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Biblical, Epigraphic, and Semitic Studies in Honor of Jonas C. Greenfield
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0931464935
  • Publisher Date: 30 Jun 1995
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
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  • Spine Width: 56 mm
  • Weight: 1406 gr


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