History, Archaeology, and Culture of the Levant – serie
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13 produkter
Wilderness Itineraries
Genre, Geography, and the Growth of Torah
Inbunden, 2011
865 kr
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As we read the wilderness narrative, we are confronted with a wide variety of cues that shape our sense of what kind of narrative it is, often in conflicting ways. It often appears to be history, but it also contains genres and content that are not historiographical. To explain this unique blend, …
Donkeys in the Biblical World
Ceremony and Symbol
Inbunden, 2011
876 kr
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In this volume, Kenneth Way explores the role of donkeys in the symbolism and ceremonies of the biblical world. His study stands alone in providing a comprehensive examination of donkeys in ancient Near Eastern texts, the archaeological record, and the Hebrew Bible. Way demonstrates that donkeys …
Temples and Sanctuaries from the Early Iron Age Levant
Recovery After Collapse
Inbunden, 2012
959 kr
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The vision for this impressive work on temple architecture in the Levant grew out of the author’s work on Roman temple designs on the Iberian Peninsula and continual references to Semitic influences on the designs of sanctuaries both on the Peninsula and in North Africa. It was assumed that …
Poetic Astronomy in the Ancient Near East
The Reflexes of Celestial Science in Ancient Mesopotamian, Ugaritic, and Israelite Narrative
Inbunden, 2013
902 kr
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Modern science historians have typically treated the sciences of the ancient Near East as separate from historical and cultural considerations. At the same time, biblical scholars, dominated by theological concerns, have historically understood the Israelite god as separate from the natural world. …
Monetary and Political History of the Phoenician City of Byblos in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E.
Inbunden, 2014
651 kr
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Arwad (now in Syria), Byblos (now Jbeil in Lebanon), Sidon (Saida in Lebanon), and Tyre (Sour in Lebanon)—the four major cites of Persian-period Phoenicia—all minted their own coins. Archaeologists and historians have found these coins to be a major resource for the reconstruction of Phoenician …
Land Before the Kingdom of Israel
A History of the Southern Levant and the People who Populated It
Inbunden, 2016
802 kr
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Ancient Israel is widely regarded as having been set apart from the nations, representing a unique sociopolitical entity in the ancient world. United by a common tribal identity and a commitment to worshiping the God who delivered them from Egypt exclusively, the Israelites established an …
Baal, St. George, and Khidr
A Study of the Historical Geography of the Levant
Inbunden, 2019
822 kr
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In Western tradition, St. George is known as the dragon slayer. In the Middle East, he is called Khidr (“Green One”), and in addition to being a dragon slayer, he is also somehow the prophet Elijah. In this book, Robert D. Miller II untangles these complicated connections and reveals how, …
Scribal Tools in Ancient Israel
A Study of Biblical Hebrew Terms for Writing Materials and Implements
Inbunden, 2020
1676 kr
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In this book, Philip Zhakevich examines the technology of writing as it existed in the southern Levant during the Iron Age II period, after the alphabetic writing system had fully taken root in the region. Using the Hebrew Bible as its corpus and focusing on a set of Hebrew terms that designated …
Scribal Tools in Ancient Israel
A Study of Biblical Hebrew Terms for Writing Materials and Implements
Häftad, 2025
477 kr
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In this book, Philip Zhakevich examines the technology of writing as it existed in the southern Levant during the Iron Age II period, after the alphabetic writing system had fully taken root in the region. Using the Hebrew Bible as its corpus and focusing on a set of Hebrew terms that designated …
Camels in the Biblical World
Inbunden, 2021
2224 kr
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Camels are first mentioned in the Bible as the movable property of Abraham. During the early monarchy, they feature prominently as long-distance mounts for the Queen of Sheba, and almost a millennium later, the Gospels tell us about the impossibility of a camel passing through a needle’s eye. Given …
Political Change and Material Culture in Middle to Late Bronze Age Canaan
Inbunden, 2022
1517 kr
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Do shifts in material culture instigate administrative change, or is it the shifting political winds that affect material culture? This is the central question that Shlomit Bechar addresses in this book, taking the transition from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (seventeenth–fourteenth centuries BCE) …
Political Change and Material Culture in Middle to Late Bronze Age Canaan
Häftad, 2024
418 kr
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Do shifts in material culture instigate administrative change, or is it the shifting political winds that affect material culture? This is the central question that Shlomit Bechar addresses in this book, taking the transition from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (seventeenth–fourteenth centuries BCE) …
Horsemen of Israel
Horses and Chariotry in Monarchic Israel (Ninth-Eighth centuries B.C.E)
Inbunden, 2011
440 kr
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Almost every book in the Hebrew Bible mentions horses and chariots in some manner, usually in a military context. However, the importance of horses, chariots, and equestrians in ancient Israel is typically mentioned only in passing, if at all, by historians, hippologists, and biblical scholars. …
