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WELCOMEWelcome to the Eisenbrauns fall 2013 catalog! Within these covers, you will find every

Eisenbrauns title that is or will be published in 2013, some Eisenbrauns titles slated for early 2014, and a wealth of recent books from our associated publishers. Whatever your field of specialty—archaeology, the ancient Near East, languages, or biblical studies—you will find a book addressing those interests.

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CONTENTS Eisenbrauns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–16Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project / State Archives of Assyria . . . . . . . . . . . 17Carta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Deo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18American Oriental Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Harvard Semitic Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Academic Press Fribourg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–21Ugarit-Verlag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–23Mohr Siebeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24–27Yad Ben Zvi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28–29Israel Exploration Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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All the Boundaries of the Land:The Promised Land in Biblical Thought in Light of the Ancient Near EastNili WazanaWhat are the borders of the Promised Land in the Hebrew Bible? What drives and characterizes the descriptions given of them? The starting point for this research lies in the premise that, despite their detailed geographical nature, the biblical texts are not genuinely geographical documents. They are more appropriately to be understood and examined as literary texts composed in the service of an ideological agenda. In order to comprehend properly the idea of the Promised Land presented in the Hebrew Bible—its definitions, dimensions, and significance—we must understand that the descriptions belong to diverse literary genres, were composed according to various lit-erary devices that require decoding, and that reflect a range of perspectives, outlooks, and notions.All the Boundaries of the Land provides engaging fresh perspectives on the variant views of the Promised Land in the interface between literature, history, geography, and ideology. It does not intend to answer the question of how the borders of the land altered throughout the course of history. The reader will find no maps or outlines in this book. The emphasis is on the literary tools that were employed by the biblical au-thors who described the borders, and the ideological motives that guided them.Pp. xiv + 352. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062839

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Of Courtiers and Kings: The Biblical Daniel Narratives and Ancient Story-CollectionsExplorations in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations 1Tawny L. HolmHolm’s book is an innovative approach to the biblical Book of Daniel. It places Daniel against the background of story-collections, an ancient genre that began in Egypt in the mid-second millennium b.c.e. This work focuses on Daniel 1-6 and provides de-tailed comparisons with specific bodies of story-collections and other related material from the ancient Near East. In this regard, special attention is given to Egyptian court tales, a large corpus mostly neglected by previous biblical scholars. Thus, this book brings new evidence and fresh insights to the field of Daniel studies, which in recent years has generated constant interest, especially as it pertains to textual issues and literary matters.When Daniel is studied in the context of story-collections and kindred compositions from the Ancient Near Eastern and neighboring literatures, new light is shed on the lit-erary traditions and processes from which the Daniel stories arose. There are a greater number of court tales and cycles than previously recognized, as in the case of Qumran but also the Egypt Demotic corpus. The detailed discussion of all these materials al-lows us to appreciate the Book of Daniel in a much wider literary milieu and it furthers our understanding of the history of its composition and early transmission.Pp. xvi + 576. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062600

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Literary Motifs and Patterns in the Hebrew Bible: Collected StudiesShemaryahu TalmonThis collection gathers together Shemaryahu Talmon's contributions to the literary study of the Bible and complements his acclaimed Literary Studies in the Hebrew Bible: Form and Content: Collected Studies (Jerusalem: Magnes / Leiden: Brill, 1993). The articles included herein span a broad range of topics, closely and com-prehensively assessing fundamental themes and stylistic conceits present in biblical literature. Each study picks up one of these motifs or patterns and traces its meaning and usage throughout the entire Bible. In Talmon’s estimation, these literary markers transcend all strata of the Bible, and despite diachronic developments, they retain their basic meanings and connotations throughout, even when employed by differ-ent authors over a span of hundreds of years. He employs this synchronic method throughout, frequently invoking an exegetical principle according to which one bibli-cal verse can be employed to interpret the other, if they are found in similar contexts and with overlapping formulation. To use an expression that he coined elsewhere, his hermeneutical method can be described first and foremost as “The World of the Bible from Within.”

Part 1 Conceptual Motifs Relating to History, Time, and ChronologyPart 2 Collocations and Themes and Their Signification

Pp. xiv + 505. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062617$59.50

The Yahwist: A Historian of Israelite OriginsJohn Van SetersThis book on the Yahwist comes at the end of a long career of research on the Penta-teuch in general and the Yahwist in particular. Van Seters's interest in the Yahwist was stimulated by the 1964 presidential address of the Society of Biblical Literature, given by Fredrick Winnett, “Rethinking the Foundations,” which focused on the Yahwist in Genesis. This interest followed a path of work on issues surrounding the Yahwist that culminated in three volumes, Prologue to History: The Yahwist as Historian in Gen-esis (1992), The Life of Moses: The Yahwist as Historian in Exodus–Numbers (1994), and A Law Book for the Diaspora: Revision in the Study of the Covenant Code (2003). In this book, Van Seters seeks to provide a summary sketch of the J history and to make clear how the Priestly corpus has been composed as a supplement to the Yah-wist with a radically different form and point of view that has obscured the Yahwist’s historical narrative and theological perspective. Part one lays out in simple terms the basic form, structure, and theological perspective of the Yahwist’s history, where it has been interrupted by the inclusions of P, and how it is integrated into DtrH. The essays in part two are intended to bring the scholarly discussion of Van Seters's ear-lier books on the Yahwist more up to date, and their order corresponds roughly to the order of the narrative in the first part of the book. Some of these articles have been published previously, but others are new and quite recent.

Part 1 An Outline of the Yahwist’s Antiquities of IsraelPart 2 Studies in Defense of the Yahwist

Pp. xvii + 380. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062860$49.50

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Lamaštu:An Edition of the Canonical Series of Lamaštu Incantations and Rituals and Related Texts from the Second and First Millennia b.c.e.Mesopotamian Civilizations 17 Walter FarberLamaštu was one of the most important Mesopotamian demons, playing a dominant role in the magico-religious and magico-medical beliefs and practices of ancient Mes-opotamia for nearly two millennia. Yet, she has never been the subject of a scholarly monograph dedicated to the textual and visual evidence for her, her activities, and the measures that ancient magical specialists took to counter her. This volume also falls short of this description, because it covers only one part of the material: it is an edition of the textual record only, which is, however, collected here as completely as seems possible today. Walter Farber, who has studied these materials for decades, presents a comprehensive collection of all of the known texts, the texts of the primary incanta-tions in a “score” format, and transliteration and translation of a number of ancillary texts. This much-awaited volume will fill the void in the literature on this aspect of the life and thought of ancient Mesopotamian peoples regarding the character of this malevolent creature and the means of warding off the threat that she posed.Pp. ca. 500; plates. Cloth. Forthcoming, early 2014. ISBN 9781575062587

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Babylonian Creation MythsMesopotamian Civilizations 16W. G. LambertFor much of the last half of the twentieth century, W. G. Lambert devoted much of his research energy and effort to the study of Babylonian texts dealing with Mesopota-mian ideas regarding creation, including especially Enuma Elish. This volume distills a lifetime of learning by the world's foremost expert on these texts. Lambert provides a full transliteration and translation of the 7 known tablets of Enuma Elish, as well as coverage of a number of other texts that bear on Mesopotamian notions of the origin of the world, mankind, and the gods. New editions of seventeen additional “creation tales” are provided, including Enmesharra's Defeat, Enki and Ninmah, The Slaying of Labbu, and The Theogony of Dunnu.Lambert pays close attention to the connection of Enuma Elish with the rise and place of Marduk in the Babylonian pantheon. He traces the development of this deity's origin and rise to prominence and elaborates the relationship of this text, and the others dis-cussed, to the religious and political climate Babylonia. The volume includes 70 plates (primarily hand copies of the various exemplars of Enuma Elish) and extensive indexes.

Part 1 Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Epic of CreationPart 2 Enuma Elish and Marduk

Part 3 Further Babylonian Creation TalesPart 4 Other Material Relating to Enuma Elish

Part 5 Summary

Pp. xvi + 640; 72 plates. Cloth 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062471$99.50

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The Lamentation over the Destruction of UrMesopotamian Civilizations 18Nili SametThe aim of this book is to present a revised edition of the Sumerian Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, along with a new introduction to the literary genre of Sumerian City Laments in general and to the Ur Lament in particular.Lamentation is a well-known genre in world literature. Laments of various types are part of the cultural legacy and literary corpus of many societies, from ancient to modern times, and Sumerian literature is no exception. However, Meospotamian lamentation literature includes a significant body of laments belonging to a unique and almost unparalleled genre—the genre of lamentations over the destruction of cities and temples. This genre has no known ancient parallel outside the ancient Near East; more specifically, it is almost exclusively attested in Sumerian and biblical literature. In this updated and revised publication of the Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, a text last treated systematically by P. Michalowski in “Mesopotamian Civlizations” in 1989, Samet provides a discussion of the Sumerian city-laments in general, a full presentation of the text of the Ur Lament, transliteration, translation, and commentary, as well as an accounting of the extant textual witness in “score” format. Plates and a CD with color photos of many texts are included.

Pp. ca. 400; CD. Cloth. Forthcoming, early 2014. ISBN 9781575062921$89.50t

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Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea, Volume 1Bezalel PortenSome 340 Aramaic ostraca of the Persian and Hellenistic periods have been excavated at 32 sites in Israel, from Yokneam in the north to Eilat in the south, with Arad and Beersheba being the main contributory sites. By far, however, the largest cache of texts is what has come to be known as “the Idumean ostraca.” These began to appear in 1991, not, however, as a result of sanctioned excavation. In the course of the past two decades, ca. 2,000 ostraca from this group are known to have reached institutions and private collections. Of these, the majority are still not formally published, and in this volume (and those to follow), Bezalel Porten undertakes to provide a comprehensive editio princeps of all the texts that are known and for which data is available. Porten, with the expert epigraphic assistance of Ada Yardeni and hand-copies by her as well, here provides the first volume of texts, organized by “dossier” based on the primary personage cited in the text. Color photographs (where available), hand-copies, trans-literation, translation, and commentary are provided for each text, along with intro-ductions and summaries of each dossier. This publication will become the primary resource for information on these texts.Cloth. Forthcoming, 2014. ISBN 9781575062778

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Linguistic Studies in Phoenician:In Memory of J. Brian PeckhamRobert D. Holmstedt and Aaron Schade (eds.)This collection of studies dedicated to the memory of J. Brian Peckham is aimed at advancing our understanding of the grammatical and historical features of the Phoeni-cian language, a favorite topic that Professor Peckham rigorously studied and taught. The first set of studies concentrates on linguistic features of Phoenician qua Phoeni-cian. They include investigations of phonology and morphology, as well as linguistic approaches to syntax and text-level pragmatics. The second set of studies seeks to situate aspects of the Phoenician language typologically or within comparative, et-ymological, and historical Semitics. The result is a group of studies covering topics ranging from case endings, negation, pronominal usage, and phonology to dialectol-ogy, etymologies, and text linguistics. Given the use of Phoenician throughout the Mediterranean littoral, this volume contains something of interest for numerous areas of investigation, including comparative Semitics, Anatolian, early Mediterranean, and even Hebrew and biblical studies.Contributors include: Robert M. Kerr, Paul G. Mosca, Naʾama Pat-El, Philip C. Schmitz, Robert D. Holmstedt, Aaron Schade, Andrés Piquer Otero, Holger Gzella, Rebecca Hasselbach, and Dennis Pardee. Pp. xiv + 250. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062662

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“Thus Speaks Ishtar of Arbela”:Prophecy in Israel, Assyria, and Egypt in the Neo-Assyrian PeriodRobert P. Gordon and Hans Barstad (eds.)Thus Speaks Ishtar is a collection of essays about prophets and prophecy in the ancient Near East during the Neo-Assyrian Period. This was the time when some of Israel’s greatest prophets emerged, and we also have from the same general period a number of prophetic texts found on the site of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. The book examines the basic idea of prophecy and how this is shaped by the way we study the subject, and it then presents a number of fresh insights on a range of prophetic topics. These include the relationship between Israelite and other forms of prophecy in As-syria and Egypt and the relationship between what prophets said and the written forms in which their words were passed on. Other topics of contemporary interest include what these prophetic texts have to say about the environment, the place of intercession in Israelite and Assyrian religion, and whether the message of the trailblazing Israelite prophets of the eighth century was basically about judgment and community ruin or about hope and community well-being.Contributors include: Martti Nissinen, Robert P. Gordon, Jason Atkinson, Hans M. Barstad, Bob Becking, C. L. Crouch, Graham Hamborg, John W. Hilber, Hilary Mar-low, David J. Reimer, Joachim Schaper, Jonathan Stökl, Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, and H. G. M. Williamson. Pp. xiv + 322. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062822

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Interpreting Ecclesiastes:Readers Old and NewCritical Studies in the Hebrew Bible 3Katharine J. DellThis book gives a sample of what both ancient and contemporary readers have brought to the book of Ecclesiastes in the quest for illumination of the text and for their own enlightenment, often furnishing their own agenda. Debates over meaning are formed, shaped, and illuminated by the interpreters themselves. Part One looks at ancient interpreters and at their methods of approaching the text. Jewish and Christian interpreters alike sought to find meaning amongst some of the key puzzles of the book: why does the author call himself “the son of David” and appear to be Solomon when his pen name also seems to be Qoheleth? Why the contra-dictions in content? How did such an unorthodox book come to be canonized? Part Two acknowledges our increasing self-awareness of the importance of method in approaching biblical texts and turns to a sample of modern interpretations from familiar reading groups such as the ecologist, the animal theologian, the liberationist, the post-colonialist, and the feminist. It will be seen that different modern approaches often enlighten the interpretation of specific verses within Ecclesiastes and hence that no one method is a wholesale “solution” to interpretive concerns.

Part 1 Ancient InterpretationsPart 2 Modern Interpretations

Pp. vii + 107. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062815$24.95

A More Perfect Torah:At the Intersection of Philology and Hermeneu-tics in Deuteronomy and the Temple ScrollCritical Studies in the Hebrew Bible 1Bernard M. LevinsonThe historical-critical method that characterizes academic biblical studies too often remains separate from approaches that stress the history of interpretation, which are employed more frequently in the area of Second Temple or Dead Sea Scrolls research. Inaugurating the new Eisenbrauns series, Critical Studies in the Hebrew Bible, A More Perfect Torah explores a series of test cases in which the two methods mutually re-inforce one another. The volume brings together two studies that investigate the rela-tionship between the composition history of the biblical text and its reception history at Qumran and in rabbinic literature. Levinson shows the significance of syntax and historical linguistics for understanding how ancient scribes established claims of religious and textual authority. Appendixes on the use of conditionals in biblical law and the Dead Sea Scrolls provide resources for further research.

Part 1 Revelation Regained: The Hermeneutics of כי and אם in the Temple ScrollPart 2 Reception History as a Window into Composition History: Deuteronomy’s Law of Vows

Pp. xx + 142. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062594$24.95

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Cursed Are You!The Phenomenology of Cursing in Cuneiform and Hebrew TextsAnne Marie KitzThis is a book about curses, that is, petitions to the divine world to render judgment and execute harm on identified, hostile forces.In the ancient world, curses functioned in a way markedly different from our own, and it is into the world of the ancient Near East that we must go in order to appreciate the scope of their influence. For the ancient Near Easterners, curses had authentic meaning. Curses were part of their life and religion. They were not inherently magic or features of superstitions, nor were they mere curiosities. They were real and effec-tive. They were employed proactively and reactively to manage life’s vicissitudes and maintain social harmony. They were principally protective, but they were also the cause of misfortune, illness, depression, and anything else that undermined a comfort-able, well-balanced life. They crossed cultural lines and required little or no explana-tion, for curses were the source of great evil. Curses were everywhere.Because curses were woven into the very fabric of every known ancient Near Eastern society, they emerge frequently and in a wide variety of venues. They appear on public and private display objects, on tomb stelae, tomb lintels, and sarcophagi, on ancient kudurrus and narûs. They are used in political, administrative, social, religious, and familial contexts. They are the subject of incantations. They are tools that exorcise demons and dispel disease; they ban, protect, and heal.Pp. xii + 480. Cloth. Forthcoming, December 2013. ISBN 9781575062716

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The Private Lives of Women in Persian EgyptAnnalisa AzzoniThe Elephantine texts have been variously studied, mainly with respect to their impact on Jewish history. But these texts have more to offer, particularly in relation to the history of women. Annalisa Azzoni, in The Private Lives of Women in Persian Egypt, delves deeply into these texts, examining these Egyptian Aramaic documents in order to make public the lives of women, including their social status, their economic activ-ities, and their private lives. Azzoni recovers the lives of everyday women, allowing them to take their place in the larger context of women in the ancient Near East.Challenging any oversimplification about the lives of ancient women, Azzoni pains-takingly examines legal documents, administrative texts, and letters. The archives provide a wealth of data in terms of legal and economic status as well as position in the community. Three women receive particular attention in this study: the wealthy Judean Mipṭaḥiah, the Egyptian slave Tamut, and Yehoyišmaʿ, Tamut’s manumitted daughter.

Preface, Acknowledgments, and Abbreviations viiIntroduction 1Chapter One: The Transition from Daughter to Wife 12Chapter Two: The Rights and Duties of a Wife 33Chapter Three: Matrimonial Property 43Chapter Four: The Law of Divorce 64

Chapter Five: Women’s Legal Capacity and Activity 81Chapter Six: Women and Religion 100Chapter Seven: Private Life 122Chapter Eight: Three Remarkable Women 134Bibliography 141Indexes 147

Pp. viii + 151. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062709$39.50

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Chronicling the Chronicler:The Book of Chronicles and Early Second Temple HistoriographyPaul S. Evans and Tyler F. Williams (eds.)The thirteen essays in this volume are largely revised papers were originally presented as part of the Ancient Historiography Seminar of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies. They investigate particular texts of Chronicles, examine central themes, and consider future prospects for Chronicles study. The volume includes chapters by Shannon E. Baines, Ehud Ben Zvi, Mark J. Boda, Keith Bodner, Paul S. Evans, Louis Jonker, Gary N. Knoppers, Christine Mitchell, Peter J. Sabo, Steven J. Schweitzer, and John W. Wright.The essays represent many different perspectives, methodologies, and conclusions re-garding the Chronicler’s work and this volume will be of particular interest to scholars and students of Chronicles, ancient Israelite historiography and biblical literature in general.Pp. ca. xii + 350. Cloth. Forthcoming, December 2013. ISBN 9781575062907

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Creation and Chaos:A Reconsideration of Hermann Gunkel's Chaoskampf HypothesisJoAnn Scurlock and Richard H. Beal (eds.)Hermann Gunkel was a scholar in the generation of the origins of Assyriology, the spectacular discovery by George Smith of fragments of the ‘Chaldean Genesis,’ and the Babel-Bibel debate. Gunkel's thesis, inspired by materials supplied to him by the Assyriologist Heinrich Zimmern, was to take the Chaoskampf motif of Revelation as an event that would not only occur at the end of the world but had already happened at the beginning, before Creation. In other words, in this theory, one imagines God in Genesis 1 as first having battled Rahab, Leviathan, and Yam (the forces of Chaos) in a grand battle, and only then beginning to create.A century has passed since Gunkel introduced his hypothesis, but it remains a provoc-ative topic among scholars of the Bible and the ancient Near East. Creation and Chaos provides several new essays addressing some of the issues raised by Gunkel. Con-tributors include: Karen Sonik, Dennis R. M. Campbell, W. G. Lambert, JoAnn Scur-lock, Douglas Frayne, Amir Gilan, Joanna Töyräänvuori, Brendon C. Benz, Steven Lundström, Peter Feinman, Aaron Tugendhaft, Wayne T. Pitard, Robert D. Miller II, Bernard F. Batto, Richard E. Averbeck, and David Melvin.Pp. xx + 332. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062792

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Windows to the Ancient World of the Hebrew Bible:Essays in Honor of Samuel GreengusBill T. Arnold, Nancy Erickson, and John H. Walton (eds.)This volume of scholarly essays celebrates Dr. Samuel Greengus, Julian Morgenstern Professor of Bible and Near Eastern Literature and Professor of Semitic Languages at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, esteemed teacher and mentor.The contributions are varied in scope, including studies of biblical texts and the an-cient Near East. Together, the essays demonstrate the rich and vast field that is the study of the Hebrew Bible and so highlight the profound and broad influence that Samuel Greengus has had on multiple generations of students, now scholars in a field that he has helped shape. Windows to the Ancient World of the Hebrew Bible is sure to delight the reader and holds unique importance for students of the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near East. Pp. ca. xx + 290. Cloth. Forthcoming, early 2014. ISBN 9781575063027

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Literature as Politics, Politics as Literature:Essays on the Ancient Near East in Honor of Peter MachinistDavid S. Vanderhooft and Abraham Winitzer (eds.)This volume, in celebration of Peter Machinist, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University, includes twenty-six illuminating essays on ancient Near Eastern history and literature, which focus especially on the intersection of these fields. Contributors include one of Machinist’s teachers, several of his students, and numerous colleagues and friends. These essays probe topics for which Machinist’s work has often set new standards. The volume is a must for anyone committed to the ongoing comparative study of the ancient Near East, and within that framework, the historical study of the Hebrew Bible.Pp. xxii + 562. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062723

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From the Depths of Despair to the Promise of Presence:A Rhetorical Reading of the Book of JoelSiphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures 11

Barker, J.

Joel BarkerThe book of Joel begins with a depiction of a locust plague and drought, followed by the terror-inducing threat of Yhwh marching against Zion at the head of an invading army. This prompts a prophetic call to return that eventually leads to restoration, guaranteed by the presence of Yhwh in Zion. From the Depths of Despair to the Promise of Presence approaches Joel through the prism of rhetorical criticism, a discipline that delves into the heart of the text and considers its persuasive intent and effect. It provides a window into the language of prophecy and its struggle to present the reality of Yhwh through the limitation of human speech and thought. It also prompts the interpreter to con-sider the effects of the book’s literary artistry and to explore the ways in which it persuades an audience to adopt its point of view and respond appropriately.

Pp. ca. 280. Cloth. Forthcoming, December 2013. ISBN 9781575062877$44.50t

Melchizedek’s Alternative Priestly Order:A Compositional Analysis of Genesis 14:18–20 and Its Echoes Throughout the TanakBBRSup 8Joshua G. MathewsGen 14:18–20 is a brief episode depicting the encounter between Abram and Melchize-dek. Taking this episode and its context in the Pentateuch as the starting point, Mathews sets out to analyze the text as it has been composed, in order to understand the biblical and theological significance of this priest-king Melchizedek. The thesis proposed and investigated is that Melchizedek’s royal priestly portrayal in Genesis initiates a priest-hood that is intentionally presented as an alternative to Aaron and his priesthood. The claim is that this distinct priestly order is evident in the biblical text as we have it, and it may be discerned by reading the text carefully, on its own terms, with close attention to its compositional features.

Preface and Abbreviations ix1 Introduction 12 Methodology of the Study 243 Genesis 14:18–20 and the Pentateuch 52

4 Genesis 14:18–20 and the Prophets and Writings 1135 Summary, Synthesis, and Future Research 136Bibliography 147Indexes 170


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Toward an Interpretation of the Book of Proverbs:Selfishness and Secularity ReconsideredJTISup 7Zoltán S. SchwábMajor religious themes of the Bible, such as election and covenant, are not mentioned in the book of Proverbs. Furthermore, self-interest underlies its motivational system (“you shall behave well, because it will be good for you”). These “selfish” and “secu-lar” features have posed serious ethical and theological challenges for some interpre-ters, while others have claimed that their presence is only in the eyes of the beholder. Zoltán Schwáb argues that its self-interested and secular nature should not be simply affirmed or dismissed.

Part 1: Theol. Interpretation of Prov in the Last 200 Years 1Part 2: Methodology: A Canonical Approach 72

Part 3: Does Proverbs Promote Selfishness? 88Part 4: ‘The Secular’ in Proverbs 162

Pp. xv + 315. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575067070$37.95

Reading the Way to Heaven:A Wesleyan Theological Hermeneutic of ScriptureJTISup 8Steven Joe Koskie Jr.This monograph develops a Wesleyan theological hermeneutic of Scripture, ap-proached as a craft learned from a tradition-constituted appropriation of John Wes-ley’s hermeneutics. This hermeneutic requires a descriptive analysis of the context, grammar, and ruled reading of the literal sense in Wesley’s interpretive practices, as well as critical interaction with the analysis in light of contemporary issues. As a re-sult of this interaction, continuity and discontinuity between Wesley’s and Wesleyan interpretation emerges and is accounted for.Pp. ca. xii + 220. Paper. Forthcoming, December 2013. ISBN 9781575067063

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A Canonical Exegesis of Psalm 8:Yhwh's Maintenance of the Created Order through Divine Reversal JTISup 9Hubert James KeenerIn this study, Keener does two things: (1) he demonstrates that a canonical exegesis of the variety introduced by Childs is tenable if the task is approached with clarity regarding the core theological foundation of the method; and (2) he uses the approach in a test case, the interpretation of the often thorny questions surrounding the under-standing of Psalm 8. He reveals two intersecting trajectories of thought in the passage, which are then intersected by a third trajectory, that of the redeeming Christ, when read in concert with the New Testament. Pp. ca. xii + 300. Paper. Forthcoming, November 2013. ISBN 9781575067087

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Esther, Queen of the Jews: The Status and Position of Esther in the Old TestamentConiectanea Biblica Old Testament Series 59Tal DavidovichEsther was, is, and always will be regarded as the Queen of Persia, an idea based, perhaps, on the need for security and comfort for diaspora Jews, who passed this story on to their children through the generations to give them hope even in their darkest hours. Esther’s status in Jewish thought as a Persian queen is based on the contents of the different versions of the Book of Esther and also on the Persian sociohistorical background of the events described in the book. This study includes an introduction, an examination of Esther’s character in the Book of Esther, in comparison to other royal women in the OT, and in light of the Resh Ga-luta, and conclusions. The study follows the evolution of Esther’s status inside and outside the royal palace and her power in comparison to other similarly placed women. Whether she was a member of the pilagshim or carried the title of Queen (of the Jews?) is a question of secondary importance. Of more importance is that Esther was indeed Resh Galuta, the one woman in Jewish history who is known to have been the Head of the Diaspora, the formal leader of all the Jews in exile.

1. Introduction 132. “A Beautiful Queen,” or “To Be or Not to Be” 383. Your Majesty 88

4. Head of the Diaspora 1235. Conclusions 1336. Bibliography and Indexes 144

Pp. 164. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 97815750568183$29.50

Personennamen und Religion im alten Israel:untersucht mit besonderer Beruecksichtigung der Namen auf El und BaʿalConiectanea Biblica Old Testament Series 60Stig NorinThe goal of this study is, with the help of personal names bearing El and Baʿal theoph-orics, to describe ancient Israelite religion from its origin, through the monarchic pe-riod to the Persian period. The investigation also deals with the relationship between the pre-Israelite god El and the god of Israel known by the names Elohim and Yhwh (Yahweh), as well as with the relationship between the veneration of the gods of Israel and the so-called Baʿal cult. Moreover, it provides a contribution to the understanding of the origin of the Old Testament and the connection between the various books of the Bible with their various names for the god of Israel.

Einleitung 1I. Das epigraphische Material 12II. Die Personen auf den Scherben 77III. Jhwh und El(ohim) im Alten Testament 116IV. Personennamen auf El im Alten Testament 132

V. Baʿal im Alten Testament 180VI. Namen auf Baʿal im Alten Testament 244VII. Ergebnisse 265Summary in English 274Register, Literaturverzeichnis 283

Pp. xiv + 336. German. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575068190$49.50

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Gezer VII:The Middle Bronze and Later Fortifications in Fields II, IV, and VIIIJoe D. SegerIn 1912, R. A. S. Macalister published reports on his PEF excavations at Tell Gezer in central Israel, including notice of having traced more than 1,400 meters (almost a full mile) of defense walls around the site. Now, a century later, a detailed reassessment of these fortifications is provided here. This volume features work at Gezer sponsored by Hebrew Union College and Harvard University between 1968 and 1974, reporting on excavations at Macalister’s “Southern Gate” (Field IV) and along his “Inner” and “Outer” wall systems both on the southern (Field II) and northern (Field VIII) flanks of the site. These excavations produced much new data, enabling a confident dating of the Southern Gate complex and the Inner Wall system to the latter part of the Middle Bronze period (1700–1500 b.c.e.) and of the Outer Wall to the Late Bronze II and subsequent Hellenistic eras. Among a rich array of cultural remains, intramural occu-pation of the Middle Bronze Age yielded a gold jewelry hoard and early evidence of alphabetic writing.

Chapter 1: General Introduction 1Chapter 2: Cultural and Historical Summary 12Chapter 3: Stratigraphy 37Chapter 4: Pottery 127

Chapter 5: Objects 163Chapter 6: Special Studies 197Locus Lists 199Plates 257

Pp. xviii + 411; 9 plans; many illustrations; CD with field photos. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9781575062682

$99.50

Megiddo V:The 2004–2008 SeasonsMSSMNIA 31Israel Finkelstein, David Ussishkin , and Eric H. Cline (eds.)This 3-volume set is the third in the series of final publications of the Megiddo Expe-dition (see Megiddo III: The 1992–1996 Seasons, 2000; Megiddo IV: The 1998–2002 Seasons, 2006). It reports the finds in the 2004–2008 seasons, with several references to the campaign of 2010. The main topics dealt with are: a final account of the Early Bronze Age cultic compound; excavations of the late Iron I layer in Area H and the Late Bronze II–III layers in Area K; report on the investigation of Schumacher's Nord-burg and Chamber f and its surroundings; the Late Bronze II–III, Iron I, and Iron IIA pottery of Megiddo; and a variety of microarchaeology studies.

Volume 1, Section 1: Introduction 3Volume 1, Section 2: Stratigraphy and Architecture 21

Volume 2, Section 3: Pottery 295Volume 3, Section 4: Other Finds 829

Volume 3, Section 5: Environmental and Physical Studies 1117Volume 3, Section 6: Summary and Conclusions 1317

3 volumes. Pp. xii + 1397; many photographs and drawings. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062761

$289.85


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Lahav III: The Iron Age II Cemetery at Tell Halif (Site 72)Lahav: Reports of the Lahav Research Project / Excavations at Tell Halif, Israel 3Oded BorowskiIn 1965, excavation work for a new swimming pool at Kibbutz Lahav uncovered the first in a series of tombs from an Iron Age cemetery on the hillside south of Tell Halif. In 1972, as bulldozers worked to widen the road along the hill's lower flanks, three additional burial caves were exposed, and in the years that followed, various explo-rations identified still more tomb sites along the ascending slopes. With the initiation of the Lahav Research Project's excavation and survey work at Tell Halif in 1976, the cemetery area was designated as Site 72, and in 1977, in company with a LRP summer campaign at the site, another three tombs were excavated. Now, based on further re-connaisance and reinvestigations at the cemetery by Oded Borowski in 1988, Lahav III provides a comprehensive study of the Site 72 cemetery remains.

Chapter 1: Introduction 1Chapter 2: Cultural and Historical Observations 4

Chapter 3: The Tombs 10Chapter 4: Notes on Special Finds 68

Pp. xii + 111; plates. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062846$39.50

Sepphoris I:The Pottery from Ancient SepphorisSepphoris Excavation Reports 1Eric M. Meyers and Carol Meyers (eds.)Sepphoris, “the ornament of all Galilee” according to Josephus, was an important Gal-ilean site during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods and into early Islamic times. It served as Herod Antipas’s capital of Galilee in the late first century b.c.e. and the early first century c.e., and the Sanhedrin (the supreme Jewish judicial authority) was located there for a time in the third century C.E. Extensive excavations on the western acropolis—probably the location of many of the Jewish occupants of this multicultural city—by the Duke University-Hebrew University project in the mid- to late 1980s and the Duke excavations of the 1990s produced a remarkable assemblage of ceramic wares. This book provides an overview of the history and chronology of the site. It then presents a detailed examination of the pottery. Featuring 55 plates with line drawings as well as some photos of the various ceramic types, this important publication will be essential for all studies of the archaeology of early Judaism and Christianity in the Holy Land.

Chapter 1: Introduction 1Chapter 2: Roman Pottery 13

Chapter 3: Additional Roman Pottery 130Chapter 4: Fine Wares; Byzantine–Early Islamic Wares 142

Pp. viii + 227; plates. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062693$59.50


Divination in the Ancient Near EastA Workshop on Divination Conducted during the 54th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Würzburg, 2008Jeanette Fincke (ed.) This volume contains a collection of revised papers given in the workshop Divination im Alten Orient that was convened on July 22, 2008, as part of the 54th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Würzburg. The aim of this workshop was to bring to-gether Assyriologists and Hittitologists in order to present and discuss the divination methods of their respective fields, most of which had not been studied until recently. The large audience that attended the workshop confirmed how wide is the interest in this subject.Pp. ca. 240. Cloth. Contributions in English and German. Forthcoming, early 2014. ISBN 9781575062556

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From the 21st Century b.c. to the 21st Century a.d.Proceedings of the International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid, 22–24 July 2010Steven J. Garfinkle and Manuel Molina (eds.)

AbbreviationsForewordPart 1: Language and SourcesPart 2: Administration and Ideology:

Part 3: Economy and Society:IndicesProgram of the Conference

Pp. ca. 480. Cloth. Forthcoming, early 2014. ISBN 9781575062969$89.50t

Time and History in the Ancient Near East:Proceedings of the 56th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Barcelona, July 26–30, 2010Lluis Feliu et al., (eds.)This volume contains 70 of the papers read at the 56th annual meeting of the Inter-national Association of Assyriology. Most pertain to the theme of time and history in the ancient Near East, but the volume also includes the papers from several workshop sessions on “architecture and archaeology,” “early Akkadian and its Semitic context,” “Hurrian language,” “law in the ancient Near East,” “Middle Assyrian texts and stud-ies,” and a variety of additional papers not directly related to the conference theme. Pp. xxii + 838. Contributions in English, German, and French. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781575062556

$129.50

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Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project

The Babylonian TheodicyState Archives of Assyria Cuneiform Texts 9

Takayoshi OshimaThis volume, based on nine different manuscripts (two of them new) and numerous new joins, offers the most complete edition of the Babylonian Theodicy available so far. It is now possible to fully or partially recover 272 of the original 297 lines of the composition. The cuneiform text, sign list and glossary attached to the edition make it possible for the first time to read the entire composition in class. The volume also contains an up-to-date introduction to the text, a bibliography of previous studies, and a detailed philological commentary.

lviii + 63. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9789521013430$39.00

The Standard Babylonian Myth of Nergal and EreškigalState Archives of Assyria Cuneiform Texts 8

Simonetta Ponchia, and Mikko LuukkoThis volume provides an in-depth analysis of the myth Ner-gal and Ereškigal and the most complete reconstruction of the Standard Babylonian version yet presented. The recon-structed text is given both in cuneiform and in up-to-date transliteration and translation, complete with a critical appa-ratus, philological commentary, and a full glossary and sign list. A detailed introduction to the text appears also. Ideal both as a textbook for classroom use and as a resource for non-Assyriologists wishing to study the myth first-hand.

192 pages. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9789521013423$44.00

The Babylonian Astrolabe:The Calendar of CreationState Archives of Assyria Studies 22

Rumen K. KolevThe Babylonian Astrolabe, or “Three Stars Each (Month),” as it was called in antiquity, is an enigmatic document that has been the subject of much controversy and debate ever since its discovery in the 1870s. This is the first full critical edition of all currently known astrolabe texts and a ground-breaking study of their astronomical content, showing that the text as it has come down to us consists of three redactional layers dating from different time periods, the earliest of which is to be dated to prehistoric times (ca. 5000 BCE).

Pp. xxii + 298; 193 illustrations. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9789521013454

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The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/NimrudState Archives of Assyria 19

Mikko LuukkoThis critical edition makes the important corpus of Neo-As-syrian political and administrative letters discovered in an-cient Calah (present-day Nimrud) completely accessible to the historian for the first time. It was based on careful study of the originals in the British Museum and the historical background of the letters. Luukko clarifies a host of prob-lems and details pertinent to the reign of Tiglath-pileser III in particular.

Pp. lxxiv + 294 pages. 2013, in print. ISBN 9789521013393Cloth $119.50Paper $89.50


EphesiansPentecostal Commentaries

Trevor GrizzleThis commentary, written from a distinctively Pentecostal perspective, is primarily for pastors, lay persons and Bible students. It is based upon the best scholarship, written in pop-ular language and communicates the meaning of the text with minimal technical distractions. The author offers a running exposition on the text and extended comments on matters of special significance for Pentecostals. He acknowledges and interacts with altnerative interpretations of individual pas-sages, and his commentary also provides periodic opportuni-ties for reflection upon and personal response to the biblical text.


Secularization in Contemporary Religious RadicalismAn IntroductionTheological Seminar Series

Corneliu SimutThis book introduces and examines the thinking of sixteen key theologians, philosophers, and historians of religion to explain (a) why by the late nineteenth century the traditional concept of God as an ontologically real being came to be considered no longer necessary and (b) how the new perspec-tive on God, which accepts him only as an idea, turned into the preferred approach of today's religion and philosophy, namely ‘religious radicalism’.


War and Peace:Carta's Historical Atlas of Israel: Antiquity to Present

Carta, the premier map producer in Israel, presents here a new, revised edition of one of their most popular volumes. More than 90 historical and modern maps together with ex-planatory texts guide the reader through Israel's history. All important aspects of Israel today are portrayed in a set of pictorial maps and texts.

Pp. 63 + 90 maps, plans and charts. Paper. 2013, in print.ISBN 9789652208330

$17.95

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Bound for Exile:Israelites and Judeans under Imperial Yoke: Documents from Assyria and BabyloniaCarta Handbook

Mordechai CoganBound for Exile, the companion volume of The Raging Tor-rent, presents a collection of cuneiform texts that relate to the Israelites and Judeans living under the yoke of the great Mesopotamian empires during the 8th-6th centuries bce. All the texts in this collection have been newly translated from the most recent editions of the original documents. They are introduced by concise historical surveys.

Pp. 192. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9789652208439$64.00


The Material Culture of the Northern Sea Peoples in IsraelStudies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant 5

Ephraim SternThis monograph is the product of Stern's two decades of ex-cavation at Tel Dor on the Carmel Coast, a city that Egyptian sources indicate was ruled in the eleventh century bce by a Sikil king. Near the end of the period during which he directed excavations there, Stern began to notice the unique material culture of the Northern Sea Peoples and connected this mate-rial with discoveries in adjacent regions and in the north of Is-rael. In this volume Stern presents the most complete picture that can be drawn from the evidence uncovered in the past few decades. Lavish illustrations accompany the discussion.

Pp. x + 74; 65 figs. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781570569463$29.50

The Verbal Tense System in Late Biblical Hebrew ProseHarvard Semitic Studies 63

Ohad CohenThis study offers a synchronic and diachronic account of the Biblical Hebrew verbal tense system during the Second Temple period, based on the books of Esther, Daniel, and Ezra and Nehemiah, along with the non-synoptic parts of Chronicles. In analyzing the development of this system, Co-hen discerns the changes that mark the transition from the classical era to the Second Temple period. This book will be widely welcomed by students and scholars of Biblical He-brew, Comparative Semitics, and linguistics.


Is There Continuity between Persian and Caspian?Linguistic Relationships in the South-Central AlborzAmerican Oriental Series Essay 13

Habib BorjianBorjian studies the south-central Alborz as a language tran-sition zone. The following questions are addressed: Is there a sufficient amount of idiosyncrasy within the mountainous area of Qasran to define it as a language group; how do the Qasran dialects relate to neighboring Caspian, Persian, and Tati; and is there a language continuum or disruption?


The Sidat Saňgarā:Text, Translation and CommentaryAmerican Oriental Series 95

James W. Gair, and W. S. KarunatillakeThe Sidat Sangara, (also Sidat Sangarava or Sidat Sangar-awa) ’Compilation of Principles,’ is a medieval Sinhala (Sinhalese) grammar composed in the thirteenth century on the Sinhala poetic language of that period. It can rightly claim to be the earliest indigenous grammar of any current Indo-Aryan language. The present collaborative volume is a completely new translation of the work along with a general introduction, the text of the sutras in both Sinhala and Roman transliteration, a glossary for each sutra, and notes on a num-ber of problematic points.

Pp. xxxix + 244. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9780940490840$49.50

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Corpus der Stempelsiegel-Amulette aus Palastina/IsraelVon den Anfangen bis zur Perserzeit. Band IVOrbis Biblicus et Orientalis Series Archaeologica 33

Othmar KeelLike the earlier members of this series, this volume presents indispensable material not only for the archaeology of Pal-estine/Israel, the historiography of the southern Levant and Egyptology, but also for biblical scholarship. As in volume I ,this material is documented through photographs, drawings and detailed descriptions. In most cases numerous parallels are provided, placing each single object in its precise chron-ological and cultural context.

Pp. 720. German. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783727817328$207.00

Frühe Götterdarstellungen in Mesopotamien Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 261

Eva Andrea Braun-HolzingerThe starting point of this study are deities of the late Early Dynastic period which can easily be recognized as such be-cause of their horned crown. The author critically evaluates whether banquet and combat scenes should be understood in terms of “mythology,” concluding that mythological and cultic scenes involving deities are absent at least from the minor arts preceding the late ED period. Only then is the re-lationship between deities and humans, long determined by ritual, translated into images.

Pp. viii + 238; 46 plates. German. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783727817441

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Goddesses in Context:On Divine Powers, Roles, Relationships and Gender in Mesopotamian Textual and Visual SourcesOrbis Biblicus et Orientalis 259

Julia M. Asher-Greve and Joan Goodnick WestenholzThis richly illustrated book is the first in-depth analysis of-goddesses and the changes they underwent from the earli-est visual andtextual evidence around 3000 bce to the end of ancient Mesopotamiancivilization in the Seleucid period. Goddesses in Context is acompelling contribution to Meso-potamian religion and history as wellas to history, art history, history of religion and gender studies.

Pp. xii + 460. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783727817380$133.00

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Jewelry from the Iron Age LevantOrbis Biblicus et Orientalis Series Archaeologica 32

Amir GolaniThis volume is a final publication of the author's doctoral dissertation made available to the archaeological and aca-demic community at large. It is geared to be a working tool for archaeologists dealing in this period and region and to scholars who study its arts and crafts. The book provides a handy typological structure for jewelry classification as well as a comprehensive andf useful catalogue for research in this and related fields. In addition, it illustrates the significance, meaning and functions of jewelry and the development of the jeweler’s craft in the southern Levant during the first and second millennia bce.

Pp. xii + 336. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783525543849$96.00


God's Permission of Sin: Negative or Conditioned Decree?A Defense of the Doctrine of Francisco Marin-Sola, O.P., based on the Principles of Thomas AquinasThe early 20th-century debate between Francisco Marín-Sola, O.P. and Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., on the proper way to understand God’s permission of sin—an idea connected to many other ideas, such as God’s grace, provi-dence, will, and knowledge—is examined here. Marin-Sola’s central position is defended as grounded in explicit texts and doctrines of Thomas Aquinas and as developing his principles consistently in the light of the Church's subsequent teaching.


Terror of the RadianceAssur Covenant to YHWH CovenantOrbis Biblicus et Orientalis 258

Richard Jude ThompsonThis study thus hypothesizes that the Deuteronomistic His-tory depicts an imperial, military covenant. After a survey of the inscriptions of the 2nd-mill. b.c.e. Levant, the Hittite em-pire, the Neo-Assyrian empire, and the 1st-mill. b.c.e Levant, the study concludes with a hypothesis that the evidence points to the ideology of the Neo-Assyrian empire as the historical precedent for the Dtr covenant. The study challenges two pre-suppositions that underlie both the DH and its scholarship: that of the tôrāh as law and that of Yhwh as a unique god.

x + 266 pages. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783727817373$94.00

Altorientalische Studien zu Ehren von Pascal Attingermu-ni u4 ul-li2-a-as ga2-ga2-de3Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 256

Catherine Mittermayer and Sabine Ecklin (eds.)The present volume brings together twenty contributions by Pascal Attinger’s friends, colleagues and doctoral students, mainly concentrating on the 500 years spanning the turn from the third to the second millennium bce. Some studies deal with linguistic aspects of Sumerian and Semitic Akkadian, including its dialects, while others focus on issues of history and culture. Several contributions present new editions of Sumerian (literary) texts, some of them hitherto unpublished.

Pp. xviii + 452. German. Cloth. 2012, in print. ISBN 9783727817243

$138.00

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Gottes Zorn in den PsalmenOrbis Biblicus et Orientalis 244

Stefan H. WälchliWälchli examines the notion of God’s anger. He proposes to understand God’s wrath as an aspect of His justice. Viewed in this way, anger does not contradict God’s love and grace, but His pity. As such, it may be understood as an aspect of hope, insofar that it allows to incomprehensible suffering in relation to God as a just judge – a view which allowed OT au-thors to interpret suffering, especially the suffering of Israel during the exile.

Pp. viii + 200. German. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783727815430

$65.00


Ugaritische GrammatikAlter Orient und Altes Testament 273–2Josef TropperThis major work, first published in 2000, is the most comprehensive grammar of the Ugaritic language ever published. It contains exhaustive discussions of the writing system, phonology, morphology, and syntax and is complete with extensive indexes. Because its method is largely based on historical and comparative linguistics, it can also be used as a comparative grammar of early Northwest Semitic.This volume is a second edition, revised by the author.

1. Einleitung 12. Schriftlehre 133. Leutlehre 87

4. Das Pronomen 2455. Das Nomen 247

6. Das Zahlwort 3437. Das Verb 4238. Partikeln 7379. Satzlehre 837

Pp. xxii + 1068 pages. German. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783863850692$140.00

Oaths and Curses: A Study in Neo- and Late Babylonian Legal FormularyAlter Orient und Altes Testament 398Malgorzata SandowiczIn most ancient societies divine agency plays an important role in legal procedures. Its advantage is that it can be appealed to where the human factor fails or proves insuffi-cient. In Mesopotamian legal procedures divine agency was invoked in a number of ways, the most common of which were oaths, curses, blessings, ordeals and summon-ing of gods as document witnesses. The present study examines the first two of these means as they appear in clauses of legal documents of the first millennium BC Babylo-nia. It reconstructs the way in which Neo-and Late-Babylonian oaths and curses were formulated and examines the component elements of formulae and the ways they were put together. It also establishes the reasons behind the choice of formulae and deter-mines the extent to which this choice depended on the people involved, the objects and subjects dealt with and the circumstances of time and place. The discursive part is followed by transcriptions and translations of and philological comments on the oaths and curses. The study is supplemented by extensive, especially prosopographic indices.

Prolegomena 1Oaths 3Curses 107 Oaths and Curses 145

Catalogue of Oaths 161Catalogue of Curses and Oath Notations 405Abbreviations, Bibliography, and Indexes 455Copies

Pp. xiv + 542; xli plates. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783868350722$128.00

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Ugarit-Forschungen 43Manfried Dietrich and Oswald Loretz (eds.)

Providing a wealth of scholarly articles of the highest quality in the fields of history, archaeology, and lin-guistics, Ugarit-Forschungen is a vital resource for ev-ery ancient Near Eastern and biblical research library. Scholars from more than a dozen countries contribute dozens of articles and numerous reviews to the 43rd volume of Ugarit-Forschungen.

Pp. vi + 616 pages. Contributions in English, German, and French. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783868350869

$174.00

Assyrien und Urartu I. Der Achte Feldzug Sargon II. im Jahr 714 v. Chr.Alter Orient und Altes Testament 395/1

Mayer, W.

Walter Mayer

Sargon II's letter to the god Assur describing the 8th campaign is an important source about the Urartians and the Assyrian warfare during the late 8th century bc. In this study the emphasis lies on the edition and trans-lation; additionally an analysis of the contents is given.

Pp. xv + 189. German. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783868350784

$80.00

Ritual, Religion and Reason:Studies in the Ancient World in Honour of Paolo Xella

Alter Orient und Altes Testament 404Oswald Loretz et al. (eds.)

Over 50 essays in honor of the renowned scholar Paolo Xella. Essays are in three categories: (1) Archaeology/Art History/Numismatics; (2) Philology/Epigraphy; (3) History/History of Religions/Historiography.

Pp. xxxii + 677. Contributions in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and German. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783868350876

$185.00

Die Sumerologie:Einfuhrung in die Forschung und Bibliographie in AuswahlAlter Orient und Altes Testament 262

W. H. Ph. Römer

Römer's wonderful introduction to the history, lan-guage, and literature of Sumer has now been expanded and made available in a third edition. Die Sumerologie is a vital reference work for those interested in Sumer-ology and Mesopotamian studies.

Pp. xii + 250. German. Cloth. 2012, in print.ISBN 9783868350791

$80.00

An Introduction to Egyptian AramaicLehrbücher orientalischer Sprachen III/1

Takamitsu Muraoka

This is an introductory grammar of Egyptian Aramaic, a form of Aramaic which occurs in documents origi-nating in Egypt, mostly in Elephantine where there was a Jewish community during the Persian period. They date from the end of the 7th to the 3rd century bce. Basic knowledge of Biblical Hebrew is assumed, but not that of any other Aramaic idiom.


Althebräische PersonennamenLehrbücher orientalischer Sprachen II/1

Hans Rechenmacher

The present textbook provides students of Old Testa-ment, Semitic and Ancient Near Eastern Studies with a readily accessible yet thorough and comprehensive in-troduction to ancient Hebrew onomastics. The biblical and extrabiblical epigraphical personal names are pre-sented with consideration toward their syntactical-se-mantic structure. The textbook also covers separate phonological and morphological issues.

Pp. 219. German. Paper. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783868350654

$40.00

L'ornementation des dieux a l'epoque paleo-babylonienne:Étude du matériel ayant appar-tenu aux dieux d’après des docu-ments de la pratiqueAlter Orient und Altes Testament 393

Michèle Maggio

Maggio examines the wide range of objects which have been dedicated to gods and their temples during the Old Babylonian period in Mesopotamia and Syria.

Pp. xiv + 245. French. Cloth. 2012, in print. ISBN 9783868350678

$95.00

Ritual Employs of Birds in Ancient Syria-PalestineAlter Orient und Altes Testament 402

Giuseppe Minunno

This study focuses on the features of the ritual use of birds in the cultures of the preclassical Syro-Palestin-ian area from the end of the 3rd millennium to the 1st millennium B.C. (Ebla, Mari, Alalakh, Emar, Ugarit and the Old Testament). On the basis of a comparison of the results obtained for each context, an outline of historical-religious development is suggested.


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The Words of MosesTexts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 152

Sarah J. K. Pearce

Recent studies highlight the character of Deuterono-my's laws of public officials (Deut. 16.18–18.22) as the first draft for a constitutional government of the future. Sarah Pearce explores what these laws meant for Jew-ish interpreters and their communities in the Second Temple period. Her focus is on the reception and trans-formation of Deuteronomy's laws on the organisation of justice (Deut. 16.18–17.13).

Pp. xviii + 404. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161507335

$222.50

Between Temple and Torah: Essays on Priests, Scribes, and Visionaries in the Second Temple Period and BeyondTexts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 151

Martha HimmelfarbThis volume contains articles by Martha Himmelfarb on topics in Second Temple Judaism and the develop-ment and reception of Second Temple traditions in late antiquity and the Middle Ages.

Pp. xii + 399. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783161510410

$207.00

A Prince without a Kingdom:The Exilarch in the Sasanian EraTexts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 150

Geoffrey Herman

The Exilarchs, professed scions of the biblical Davidic royal line, were leaders of the Jews of Babylonia in antiquity. Geoffrey Herman examines the evidence, culled mainly from the Talmudic and Geonic liter-ature, subjecting the institution of the Exilarchate to literary-historical and source-critical analysis.


Hekhalot Literature in Context:Between Byzantium and BabyloniaTexts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 153

Ra'anan S. Boustan, Martha Himmelfarb, and Peter Schafer (eds.)In the present volume, an international team of experts explores—from a variety of disciplinary perspectives (e.g. linguistics, ritual and gender studies, intellectual history)—the literary formation, cultural meanings, re-ligious functions, and textual transmission of Hekhalot literature.

Pp. xxiv + 439. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783161525759

$216.00

Daniel 10–12 als Schlussel zum BuchForschungen zum Alten Testament 2. 258

Regina Wildgruber

From the 18th century on, reading Daniel 10–12 as a historical source was seen alongside a fundamentalist understanding of the text. More recent studies of Anti-ochus IV reveal problems of a historical interpretation of the Daniel text. Using a literary approach, Wildgru-ber shows that the final vision can be seen as a histor-ical interpretation in the context of biblical theology.

Pp. 325. German. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783161519666

$126.00

Eschatology in GenesisForschungen zum Alten Testament 2. 257

Jonathan Huddleston

In this study, Jonathan Huddleston examines Genesis as a rhetorical whole, addressing Persian-era Judean expectations. While some have contrasted Genesis? ac-count of origins with prophetic accounts of the future, literary and historical evidence suggests that Genesis narrates Israel’s origins precisely in order to ground Judea’s hopes for an eschatological restoration. Prom-ises to the ancestors semiotically apply to those who preserved, composed, and received the text of Genesis.

Pp. xiii + 315. Paper. 2012, in print. ISBN 9783161519833

$111.00

Re-Reading the Scriptures:Essays on the Literary History of the Old TestamentForschungen zum Alten Testament 87

Christoph Levin

This volume contains fifteen papers written by Chris-toph Levin between 2001 and 2011, four of them un-published. The author shows that the Old Testament as we know it originated from a process of continual re-reading during the Second Temple period.

Pp. xv + 319. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783161522079$158.50

Collected Studies on the Septuagint:From Language to Interpretation and Beyond

Forschungen zum Alten Testament 83

Jan JoostenIn this volume Jan Joosten brings together seventeen articles, published in journals and collective volumes between 1996 and 2008, with one unpublished essay. Taken as a whole, Jan Joosten offers an original con-tribution to a number of contemporary debates on the Old Greek version.

Pp. x + 246. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783161517$143.00

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Die Verklärung Jesu nach dem Markusevangelium:Studien zu einer christologischen LegitimationserzählungWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 308

Adrian WypadloThe transfiguration pericope in the Gospel of Mark (Mk 9:2–8) is seen as a major enigma in New Testa-ment scholarship. Wypadlo investigates this passage and reveals its importance to Markan Christology.

Pp. xiii + 514. German. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161525605

$222.50

Ancient Jewish Letters and the Beginnings of Christian EpistolographyWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 298

Lutz DoeringDoering pursues two major tasks: first, to provide a comprehensive discussion of Jewish letter writing in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods and, sec-ond, to assess the importance of ancient Jewish letter writing for the emergence and early development of Christian epistolography.

Pp. xiv + 600. Cloth. 2012, in print. ISBN 9783161522369

$206.40

Approaching New Testament Texts and Contexts:Collected Essays IIWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 311

By Lars Hartman; edited by Tord Fornberg and David HellholmIn this volume, Lars Hartman deals with several major topics. This volume is an appropriate complement to Lars Hartman's earlier collection on text-centered New Testament studies, which was published in 1997.

Pp. xi + 382. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161523199

$199.00

Doing Gender - Doing Religion:Fallstudien zur Intersektionalität im frühen Judentum, Christentum und IslamWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 302

Ute E. Eisen (ed.), Christine Gerber (ed.), and Angela StandhartingerThe articles in this volume deal with the debate in social sciences on the so-called intersectionality of structural inequality and apply this to ancient religious texts.

Pp. ix + 468. German and English. Cloth. ISBN 9783161522260

$198.40

Politics, Monasticism, and Mira-cles in 6th Century Upper Egypt:A Critical Edition and Translation of the Coptic Texts on Abraham of FarshutStudies and Texts in Antiquities and Christianity 69

James E. GoehringThis volume contains a critical edition and translation of the Coptic texts on Abraham of Farshut

Pp. xiv + 160. Paper. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161522147

$79.00

Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century ceStudies and Texts in Antiquities and Christianity 76

Jörg Rüpke and Gregory D. Woolf (eds.)Did new senses of the self emerge in the High Roman Empire, and if so what were the religious corollaries? Were such changes connected to processes of insti-tutional change? Could they usefully be described as “individualisation”? These are the key concerns of the authors of this volume.

Pp. xi + 299. Paper. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161522437

$134.50

Zeno von Verona zu heidnischer Kultur und christlicher BildungStudies and Texts in Antiquities and Christianity 75

Bärbel DümlerBarbara Dümler studies the tractates of Zeno of Ve-rona, the oldest preserved corpus of Latin sermons from the period between 360 and 380 ce. Zeno’s state-ments on the pagan cult, gods and mythological figures and their depiction as well as his statements on phi-losophy and intellectualism reveal that he considered Christianity to be the superior religion in every respect.

Pp. xiv + 661. German. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783161502248

$158.40

The Purpose of Rhetoric in Late Antiquity: From Performance to ExegesisStudies and Texts in Antiquities and Christianity 72

Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas (ed.) In this volume Quiroga Puertas brings together twelve essays that deal with the role and importance of rheto-ric in theology, literature and politics in Late Antiquity, more specifically in the fourth century ce.

Pp. xi + 265. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783161522697

$111.00

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Studies in Matthew and Early Christianity Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 309

By Graham N. Stanton; edited by Markus Bockmuehl and David Lincicum (eds.)Over the course of his distinguished career, the late Graham Stanton, former Lady Margaret’s Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, wrote exten-sively on New Testament and early Christian themes. This volume presents a collection of twenty-six essays, including one previously unpublished.

Pp. xi + 483. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783161525438

$238.50

Valentinus Gnosticus?Untersuchungen zur valentinian-ischen Gnosis mit einem Kommen-tar zu den Fragmenten ValentinsWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 65

Christopher Markschies

xii + 516 pages. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783161459931

$159.00

Paul in Acts and Paul in His LettersWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 310

Daniel MargueratThe reception of Paul in the first century is a debated is-sue. In this essay collection, Marguerat defends the po-sition of a threefold reception of Paul in parallel ways: documentary (the canon of Pauline writings), biograph-ical (Acts and the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles) and doctoral (Deutero-Pauline and Pastoral Letters).

Pp. xi + 295. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783161519628

$189.00

Jews in a Graeco-Roman EnvironmentWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 312

Margaret H. WilliamsMargaret H. Williams presents a selection of studies, most of them epigraphically based, on the Jewish Di-aspora in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The reception of these studies, previously dispersed over a variety of publications, forms the subject of the over-arching in-troductory essay.

Pp. xiv + 462. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161519017

$238.50

Mark and Matthew II:Comparative Readings: Reception History, Cultural Hermeneutics, and TheologyWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 304

Anders Runesson and Eve-Marie Becker (eds.)

The Mark and Matthew project, of which the present study is the second volume, aims at taking seriously comparative perspectives and applying them to the ear-liest Gospels in order to stimulate new research and a deeper understanding of these two texts.

Pp. viii + 418. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161525452

$222.50

The Rise and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries of the Common EraWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 301

Clare Rothschild and Jens Schroter (eds.)This collection of essays is partly the product of a symposium that took place at Humboldt University in 2010. The essays are collected under two broad sub-headings: Cultural Milieu and Texts. Topics treated include Paul, Jesus and the Gospels, and others.

Pp. ix + 543. English and German. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9783161522499

$222.40

Jesus, Gospel Tradition and Paul in the Context of Jewish and Greco-Roman AntiquityWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 303

David E. AuneThis volume contains a collection of twenty-two of David E. Aune’s essays focusing on a variety of issues in the interpretation of the Gospels, Gospel traditions, Paul and the Pauline letters. Most essays center on the exegesis of particular problematic passages in the Gospels, Acts and the Pauline letters.

Pp. xii + 614. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161523151

$246.40

The Death of Jesus:Some Reflections on Jesus-Traditions and PaulWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 299

Alexander J. M. WedderburnTaking up a number of themes and questions touched on in earlier works, the author discusses critically some attempts to interpret the death of Jesus and the assump-tion that these make about the nature of God and of Jesus.

Pp. xv + 226. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161521140

$143.00

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John among the Other Gospels:The Reception of the Fourth Gospel in the Extra-Canonical GospelsWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe 347

Lorne E. ZelyckLorne R. Zelyck explores the influence of the Fourth Gospel on the extra-canonical gospels from the second and third centuries CE, and evaluates how these other gospels used the Gospel of John.

Pp. xv + 262. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161523991

$110.50

Remembrance of Things Past? Albert Schweitzer, the Anxiety of Influence, and the Untidy Jesus of Markan MemoryWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe 351

Michael J. ThateThate offers an experiment in reception criticism in its consideration of the formation and reception of the his-torical Jesus discourse. He also attempts to historicize Leben-Jesu-Forschung within debates and narratives of secularization.

Pp. xii + 374. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161526336

$142.50

Peter — Apocalyptic Seer:The Influence of the Apocalypse Genre on Matthew's Portrayal of PeterWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe 348

John R. MarkleyIn this study, Markley argues that the generic portrayal of apocalyptic seers, which he reconstructs through an analysis of fourteen Jewish and Christian apocalypses, shaped Matthew's portrayal of Peter.

Pp. xv + 285. Paper. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161524639

$126.50

The Sabbath and the Sanctuary:Access to God in the Letter to the Hebrews and its Priestly ContextWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe 349

Jared C. CalawayWho can enter the sacred and heavenly presence of God? Various ancient Jewish and early Christian groups disputed this question in the first century ce. Calaway states that the Letter to the Hebrews joined this debate by countering priestly frameworks of sa-cred access that aligned the Sabbath with the sanctuary.

Pp. xiii + 250 pp. Paper. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161523656

$118.50

Temple Purity in 1–2 CorinthiansWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe 343

Yulin LiuPaul’s view of the church as the temple and his con-cern about its purity in 1–2 Corinthians has tradition-ally been interpreted from the perspective of a Jewish background. However, Yulin Liu reveals that the pa-gans were very aware of temple purity when visiting some temples in the Greco-Roman world.

Pp. xv + 281. Paper. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161523809

$110.40

What was Mark for Matthew? An Examination of Matthew's Relationship and Attitude to His Primary SourceWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe 344

J. Andrew DooleWhat does Matthew’s reworking of Mark’s gospel tell us about his attitude to this important Christian text? Doole examines Matthew’s sources, which the evan-gelist used to compose his own story of Jesus.

Pp. xvi + 222 pages. Paper. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161525360

$111.00

Matthean Sets of ParablesWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe 340

Oppong-Kumi, P.

Peter Yaw Oppong-Kumi

Matthean Parables have often been read through the lens of their Synoptic parallels, which has, for instance, led to the claim that Matthew does not have a parable theory of its own. Oppong-Kumi offers a careful and detailed analysis of the three parabolic compositions in the Gospel of Matthew. He presents a new approach to Matthew‘s parables and calls for a reading of the gospel that frees it from the “dependency” of its sources.

Pp. xiii + 421. Paper. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161517303

$143.00

Christology and Discipleship in John 17:Essays on Priests, Scribes, and Visionaries in the Second Temple Period and BeyondWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe 342

Hera, M.

Marianus Pale Hera

Using literary critical analysis to read John’s gospel, Pale Hera explores the relationship between Johannine Christology and the gospel’s teaching on discipleship.Pp. xiv + 206. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9783161522192

$103.00

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The Weekday Amidah in Cairo Genizah Prayerbooks:Roots and TransmissionUri EhrlichA central component of the siddur, the weekday prayerbook, is the amidah prayer. The text took shape during the first decades after the destruction of the Second Temple, but is documented in manuscripts only from the Middle Ages. This volume publishes the earliest existing versions of the ami-dah prayer that have survived in fragments from the Cairo Genizah.

Pp. 388. Large format; facsimiles. Hebrew. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9789652173478

$30.00

House of the Hasmoneans:The People of Israel in the Land of Israel in the Hasmonean PeriodUriel Rappaport

The Hasmonean state and its short history are an important stage in the annals of the Jewish People throughout the ages, and also in the history of Christianity. This was the only pe-riod of Jewish sovereignty in the 2500-year period between the destruction of the First Temple and the establishment of the State of Israel. Under the Hasmoneans, the borders of the Jewish Land of Israel were drawn anew as they remained in the collective historical consciousness of the Jews.

Pp. 505. Hebrew. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9789652173515$27.00

Ancient Synagogues in the Golan HeightsDafna Meir, and Eran MeirIn the late nineteenth century, Laurence Oliphant and Got-tlieb Schumacher were the first to discover ancient syna-gogues (four in all) in the Golan Heights. Since then, many more have been found and excavated, totaling about thirty synagogues, almost one-quarter of synagogues in the Land of Israel dating from the Byzantine period. Eleven of these are described in depth in this volume, accompanied by many photos. Information about the others is included in the con-cluding chapter. The volume also includes and extensive bib-liography in Hebrew and other languages.

Pp.164. Hebrew. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9789652173508$30.00

The Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran and the EssenesMagen BroshiThis is the English edition of the volume published in Hebrew in 2010. The finds in Qumran and its vicinity have created a new academic field and have immensely influenced studies in other disciplines: early Jewish literature; the history of the Second Temple Period; the text of the Hebrew Bible; early biblical exegesis; early Christianity, and more. In this book written for a general readership, Magen Broshi, former director of the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Mu-seum Jerusalem which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, traces the discovery and decipherment of these scrolls, reveals what they teach us about the sect that wrote and studied them, and describes the site at Qumran.


Yad Ben Zvi


Hasmonean and Herodian Palaces at Jericho: Final Reports of the 1973–1987 ExcavationsThe Finds from Jericho and Cypros 5

Publisher: Israel Exploration Society

Rachel Bar-Nathan and Judit GartnerThe excavations of the Hasmonean and Herodian Winter Pal-aces at Jericho were conducted under the auspices of the He-brew University in Jerusalem by the late Prof. Ehud Netzer during the years 1973–1987. This is the fifth volume in the series of final reports summarizing the results of the excava-tions, and contains contributions from fifteen authors.


Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean: Volume IV: The Fourth and Third Millennia bcePublisher: Israel Exploration Society

A. Mazar and Robert A. Mullins (eds.)This volume is the fourth and final in the series of final reports on the Beth-Shean Valley Archaeological Project, directed by Amihai Mazar on behalf of the Hebrew University of Je-rusalem between the years 1989–1996. The volume pres-ents the results of the excavations at Tel Beth-Shean from the Early Bronze Age and the Intermediate Bronze Age. A substantial EBIB building in Area M was violently destroyed and rebuilt shortly afterwards. Its plan and rich finds have implications on our understanding of social and economic aspects of this formative period.

Pp. 438; 49 pottery plates. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9789652210852

$108.00

Biblical Lachish:A Tale of Construction, Destruction, Excavation and RestorationCo-Publishers: Yad Ben Zvi & Israel Exploration Society

David UssishkinBiblical Lachish was one of the most important cities in Pales-tine since the late 4th millennium bce until the late 1st millen-nium bce. It played a central role in the history of the country when it was under the rule of the Canaanite kings, and later the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. The unique importance of Lachish and its findings have made Tel Lachish a key site for understanding the history of Palestine during the biblical pe-riod. This book sums up (in Hebrew) the history of this site and its archaeological excavations for the general public.

Pp. 376, including several illustrations, some in color. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9789652210920

$40.00

Aleppo Studies: The Jews of Aleppo—Their History and Culture, Volume IIPublisher: Yad Ben Zvi

Yom Tov Assis, Miriam Frenkel, and Yaron Harel (eds.)This second volume of studies on the Jewish community of Aleppo contains one article in English and eleven articles in Hebrew.

Pp. lxii + 250 pp. Hebrew and English. Cloth. 2013, in print.ISBN 9789652351715

$27.00

Yad Ben Zvi / Israel Exploration Society


The Discovery of the Menorah Trea-sure at the Foot of the Temple MountPublisher: Shoham

Eilat MazarFor nearly thirty years, Dr. Eilat Mazar has headed the Ophel excavations at the foot of the Temple Mount on behalf of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2013, a seven-branched menorah treasure came to light in her excavations. This is the story of that discovery. It begins with the initial amazement of the excavation team members at this electrify-ing find and continues through the stages of the excavation, the scientific examination of the finds, the study of the sym-bols and the coins, the date of the treasure, the circumstances of its abandonment, and the archaeological and historical background.

Pp. 111. Paper. 2013, in print.$25.00

Salvage Excavation Reports 7: Qiryat Shemona (S)Fort and Village in the Hula ValleyPublisher: Tel Aviv University Press

Yuval Gadot, and Assaf Yasur LandauThis is the final report of the large-scale salvage excava-tions at the tel of Qiryat Shemona (S) in the Hula Valley, Israel. Excavations by Yuval Gadot and Assaf Yasur-Landau have uncovered the massive remains of a unique, short-lived Middle Bronze Age I fort that illuminates processes of early second millennium urbanization and the rise of social com-plexity. Most chapters are devoted to presenting the fort—its architecture, the associated finds and an analysis.

Pp. 230. Paper. 2013, in print. $30.00

Village Communities of the Pottery Neolithic Period in the Menashe Hills, Israel:Archaeological Investigations at the Sites of Nahal ZehoraEmery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology 29

Publisher: Tel Aviv University Press

Avi Gopher (ed.)The book summarizes a decade of field work in the Pot-tery Neolithic sites of Nahal Zehora I and Nahal Zehora II (1987?1998). Through their rich array of finds, the two sites offer a comprehensive look at the different Pottery Neolithic cultural entities.

3 volumes. Pp. 1600. Cloth. 2013, in print. $175.00

Cuneiform Texts Primarily from Iri-Sagrig/Al-Sharraki and the History of the Ur III PeriodNISABA 15

Publisher: CDL

David I. OwenSeven years in the making, this publication restores a ma-jor section of the archives of the Sumerian city of Iri-Sagrig/Al-šarraki during the Third Dynasty of Ur (ca. 2012–2004 b.c.e.). The volumes contain the transliterations of 1159 texts now scattered over 5 continents in public and private collec-tions.

2 volumes. Pp. vol. 1: xv + 558; vol. 2: xi + 491; 61 plates. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781934309452

$119.50

Other Publishers


Le harpai nel Vicino Oriente antico:Cronologia e distribuzioneROSAPAT 9

Publisher: La Sapienza

Angela Massafra

Pp. 220. Italian. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9788888438191

$65.00

Khirbet al-Batrawy III:The EB II-III triple fortification line and the EB IIIB quarter inside the city-wall. Preliminary report of the fourth (2008) and fifth (2009) seasons of excavationsROSAPAT 8

Publisher: La Sapienza

Lorenzo Nigro (ed.)


Israel Numismatic ResearchVolume 7 (2012)Publisher: Israel Numismatic SocietyFeeling a need for a more regular forum for numis-matists dealing with subjects relating to the southern Levant, the La Sapienza has inaugurated a new annual entitled Israel Numismatic Research. The journal con-tains articles in the English language on numismatics and subjects such as sealings and minor arts where they relate to numismatics. It is expected that INR will be a platform for numismatic discourse on a high level and that scholars from many countries will take part.

Pp. 197. Paper. 2013, in print. $69.00

The Early Reception of PaulPublications of the Finnish Exegetical Society 99

Publisher: Finnish Exegetical Society

Kenneth Liljestrom (ed.)The literary reception of Paul's letters in various early Christian writings makes up the focal point of this volume. Together the articles offer the reader a thought-provoking perspective into the question of the literary reception in early Christian texts.


Encyclopaedia Iranica (Fascicle 16/2)Publisher: Encyclopaedia Iranica

Ehsan Yarshater (ed.)

Encyclopaedia Iranica covers topics related not only to modern Persia but also to the whole Iranian cultural world, including in-depth treatment of Tajikistan, Af-ghanistan, and Kurdistan. Spanning ancient, medieval, and modern times, the Encyclopaedia reveals the geo-graphical, archaeological, cultural, religious, govern-mental, and biographical details that have left their mark on Iranian society.


Gilān:Entries on Gilān published by the Encyclopaedia IranicaEncyclopaedia Iranica Extracts

Publisher: Encyclopaedia Iranica

Christian Bromberger (ed.)The 54 articles in this volume offer a comprehensive collection of research on Gilān, a province in northern Iran. The volume includes the entries on Gilān pub-lished in Encyclopaedia Iranica, in the printed or in the online edition (www.iranicaonline.org), up to 2012.

Pp. 610. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9781934283387 $68.00

Sidon: 15 Years of ExcavationsArchaeology and History in the Lebanon

Publisher: Lebanese British Friends of the National Museum

Claude Doumet-SerhalA lavishly illustrated volume published on the occa-sion of the exhibition ’Sidon: 'The Best of 15 Years',’ Sidon: 15 Years of Excavations provides a summary of the exciting work that has been carried out at this site.

Pp. 134. Lavishly illustrated in color. Cloth. 2013, in print. ISBN 9789953026954

$35.00

A Simplified Coptic Dictionary (Sahidic Dialect)2nd edition

Publisher: Peruvian Union University

Joaquim AzevedoIn this new Coptic Dictionary, Azevedo has produced a convenient and affordable resource for students and scholars of Egyptology, ancient Semitic languages, and biblical studies. The dictionary begins with a handy introduction to the Coptic language and refer-ence bibliography. Entries are also referenced to pages in Crum's lexicon. Pp. xlii + 186 pages. Paper. 2013, in print. ISBN 9788588818019

$40.00

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The Septuagint and Modern StudySidney Jellicoe

Twenty-five years after it first appeared, Jellicoe’s classic work is still one of the most comprehensive introductions to the Septuagint and cognate studies. Its completeness makes it valuable not only as a textbook, but also as a reference tool for those working in the Septuagint.

In bringing together the principal features of twen-tieth-century Septuagint studies, the author provides a wealth of valuable information.

Pp. xix + 424. Paper. Originally published by Eisen-brauns in 1978. ISBN 9781575062518

$30

No Graven Image?Israelite Aniconism in Its Ancient Near Eastern ContextConiectanea Biblical OT Series 42

Tryggve N. D. Mettinger

This is the first in-depth study of the Israelite prohibition of images in the light of comparative material from the surrounding cultures. The author proposes a distinction between tolerant de facto aniconism and programmatic aniconism.

Pp. 252. Paper. Originally published in 1995.ISBN 9781575068213

$39.50

The Fall and Rise of JerusalemJudah under Babylonian RuleOded Lipschits

Lipschits investigates the period of the demise of the kingdom of Judah at the end of the 6th century b.c.e., the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians, the exile of the elite to Babylon, and the reshaping of the territory of the new province of Judah, culminating at the end of the cen-tury with the first return of exiles. Lipschits takes into account the biblical, Babylonian, and Egyptian textual evidence, and the results of archaeological research.

Pp. xiv + 474. Paper. Originally published in 2005.ISBN 9781575062976

$54.50

The Riddle of the Resurrection“Dying and Rising Gods” in the Ancient Near EastConiectanea Biblical OT Series 50

Tryggve N. D. Mettinger

Mettinger provides a new standard in approaching this oft-debated subject. He concludes that Dumuzi, Baal, and Melqart were dying and rising gods already in pre-Christian times and that Adonis and Eshmun may well have been so too. After his magisterial presentation of the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean material, the author provides some succinct notes on the resurrec-tion of Jesus in the light of his findings

Pp. 275. Paper. Originally published in 2001.ISBN 9781575068220

$42.50

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