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Published 2009
Homeland and exile : biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies in honour of Bustenay Oded /

: This volume is a scholarly tribute to Bustenay Oded's distinguished career from some of the many contemporaries, colleagues, and former students who not only admire, and keep being inspired by his achievements, but who also count him as a friend. The title points to the remarkable span of Bustenay Oded 's research and research interests. Accordingly, the Festschrift's thirty original contributions deal with a wide range of topics, focusing on the Assyrian Empire, as well as on the Hebrew Bible and other cultural contents.
: 1 online resource. : "Works by Professor Bustenay Oded": pages [xi]-xvi.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789047441243 : 0083-5889 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2013
In the shadow of Bezalel : Aramaic, biblical, and ancient Near Eastern studies in honor of Bezalel Porten /

: l, 429 p. : illustrations ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004240834 : Hadeer

Published 2013
In the shadow of Bezalel : Aramaic, biblical, and ancient Near Eastern studies in honor of Bezalel Porten /

: Twenty nine scholars from Israel, Europe and the Americas came together to honor and celebrate Prof. Bezalel Porten's (Emeritus, Dept. of History of the Jewish People, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) academic career. Covering a wide variety of topics within Aramaic, Biblical, and ancient Near Eastern Studies, In the Shadow of Bezalel offers new insights and proposals in the areas of Aramaic language, paleography, onomastica and lexicography; ancient Near Eastern legal traditions, Hebrew Bible, and social history of the Persian period.
: 1 online resource (l, 429 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004240841 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2004
The place of the law in the religion of ancient Israel /

: Over a hundred years ago, Wellhausen's revolutionary aim in his \'Prolegomena\' was to prove that the Priestly legal sections of the Pentateuch reflect postexilic Judaism and must be considered a deviation from the prophetic religion which preceded it. The present study points out the biased assumptions underlying Wellhausen's theory and the fallacies in this thesis. A strong case is made for the antiquity of the Priestly Code and its antedating the Book of Deuteronomy in light of many parallels between the Priestly Law and ritual texts from the Ancient Near East, and an examination of the mythic outlook in P which distinguishes it from both Deuteronomy and Second Isaiah.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-137) and indexes. : 9789047402954 : 0083-5889 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 1995
Studies in the cult of Yahweh.

: These two volumes collect some of the most influential and important scholarly essays by the late Morton Smith (1915-1991), for many years Professor of Ancient History at Columbia University in New York City. Smith was admired and feared for his extraordinary ability to look at familiar texts in unfamiliar ways, to re-open old questions, to pose new questions, and to demolish received truths. He practiced the \'hermeneutics of suspicion\' to devastating effect. His answers are not always convincing but his questions cannot be ignored. The essays of Volume I center on the Hebrew Bible (\'Old Testament\'), Ancient Israel and Ancient Judaism, of Volume II on the Christian Bible (\'New Testament\'), Early Christianity and Ancient Magic. Volume II also contains an assessment of Smith's scholarly achievement and a complete list of his publications.
: 1 online resource (viii, 334 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004295872 : 0927-7633 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Text, artifact, and image : revealing ancient Israelite religion /

: xix, 345 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 1930675283

Published 2011
Between evidence and ideolog y essays on the history of ancient Israel read at the joint meeting...

: The historiography of Ancient Israel is much debated. The various approaches are never void of ideology and some reckon more with the available evidence than others. This volume consists of a set of case-studies that reveal the difficulties that arise when trying to write a history as honestly as possible. This implies that both the archaeology of Ancient Palestine - the finds and their interrogation - as well as the Philosophy of History - their models and their implications - are discussed. The outcome is a variety of approaches that inform the reader of current views on the history of Ancient Israel.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004203228 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2009
Manières de penser dans l'antiquité mediterranéenne et orientale : mélanges offerts à Francis Schmidt par ses élèves, ses collègues et ses amis /

: Francis Schmidt's works in various fields of religious studies (mainly ancient Judaism), can be characterized by three words: historiography, anthropological history, and comparatism. In that respect he placed himself in the continuation of previous French scholars, such as Maurice Halbwachs or Pierre Vidal-Naquet. Francis Schmidt also played an essential role in transmitting to a new generation of scholars the complex issues and debates concerning the Dead Sea scrolls and Qumranic research. The papers offered in this volume share all the same interest in ancient religions and the methodological devices previously mentioned. They offer a rare example of a large comparatism between Assyrian, Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian approaches of some essential social or intellectual issues, by some of the most competent specialists in each field.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789047428633 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2000
Flavius Josephus, translation and commentary /

: Volume 1b in Brill's Josephus Project contains Book 2 of Josephus' Judean War (translation and commentary). This book deals with a period of enormous consequence: from King Herod's death (4 BCE) to the first phase of the war against Rome (66 CE). It covers: the succession struggle, the governments of Herod's sons, Judea's incorporation as a Roman province, some notable governors (including Pilate), Kings Agrippa I and II, the Judean philosophical schools (featuring the Essenes), various rebel movements and the Sicarii, tensions between Judeans and their neighbors, events leading up to the revolt, the failed intervention of the Syrian legate Cestius Gallus, and preparations for war in Judea and Galilee. The commentary aims at a balance between historical and literary issues.
: Issued also in a smaller paperback edition with imprint: Boston : Brill Academic Publishers with titles of individual works only.
Vol. 9 includes maps on 2 folded leaves (24 x 68 cm.) in pocket. : 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789047442219 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 1964
Religionsgeschichte des Alten Orients /

: 1 online resource (154 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004293823 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2011
Jewish reactions to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 : apocalypses and related pseudepigrapha /

: The Roman destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 was a watershed event in the religious, political, and social life of first-century Jews. This book explores the reaction to this event found in Jewish apocalypses and related literature preserved among the Pseudepigrapha (4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, 3 Baruch, 4 Baruch, Sibylline Oracles 4 and 5, and the Apocalypse of Abraham). While keeping the historical context of their composition in mind, the author analyzes the texts with a view to answering the following questions: What do these texts tell us about Jewish attitudes toward the Roman Empire? How did Jews understand the situation in post-70 Judea through the lens of Israel's past, especially the Babylonian sack of Jerusalem in 587 B.C.?
: Fairly substantial revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2006. : 1 online resource (x, 305 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-293) and index. : 9789004210448 : 1384-2161 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2015
The El-Amarna correspondence : a new edition of the cuneiform letters from the site of El-Amarna based on collations of all extant tablets /

: 2 volumes ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9789004281455 (set : hardback : alk. paper)
9789004281479 (hardback : volume 1)
9789004281462 (hardback : volume 2)
9789004281547 (e-book)

Published 2014
The El-Amarna correspondence : a new edition of the cuneiform letters from the site of El-Amarna based on collations of all extant tablets /

: The El-Amarna Correspondence offers a completely new edition of the Amarna Letters based on personal inspection and reading of all the extant tablets. This edition includes new transcriptions and a translation along with an extensive introduction and glossary of the Amarna Letters.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9789004281547 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2012
Jewish identity and politics between the Maccabees and Bar Kokhba : groups, normativity, and rituals /

: The 300 years between the beginning of Maccabean resistance against Seleucid rule and the end of the Bar Kokhba revolt were formative for the development of Jewish identity in antiquity. The frequent political changes (from Seleucid to Hasmonean, Herodian and Roman rule) presented profound challenges to Jewish self-understanding. Political adjustments were coupled with internal reconfigurations. We witness the invention and reinterpretation of rituals, the emergence of new religious groups, and the use of scripture as argument. This volume brings together the perspectives of scholars of different background in order to make use of the multifaceted evidence. The interdisciplinary approach leads to a comprehensive picture of the interrelation between identity and politics in this crucial period of ancient Jewish history.
: 1 online resource (vi, 282 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004218512 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2011
The Jewish revolt against Rome : interdisciplinary perspectives /

: The Jewish revolt against Rome in the first century C.E. provides ancient historians the opportunity to study one of the best-documented provincial revolts in the early Roman Empire. This volume brings together different disciplines, some for the first time. The contributors draw from a wide range of literary, archaeological, documentary, epigraphic and numismatic sources. The focus is on historiographical and methodological reflections on our sources, their nature and the sort of historical questions they allow us to answer. This volume combines fields of research that should not be pursued in isolation from each other if we wish to further our understanding of the Jewish revolt's historical context.
: "This volume contains ... papers ... originally presented at a conference ... held on 21-22 October, 2010, at ... the University of Groningen."--Introd. : 1 online resource (xii, 472 pages) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004216693 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Egyptianization and elite emulation in Ramesside Palestine : governance and accomodation on the imperial periphery /

: Includes bibliographical referenceces and indicies. : xiii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. : 9004117687 : 1566-2055 ;

Published 2013
Dinner at Dan : biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasts at Iron Age II Tel Dan and their significance /

: In Dinner at Dan , Jonathan S. Greer provides biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasting at the Levantine site of Tel Dan from the late 10th century - mid-8th century BCE. Biblical texts are argued to reflect a Yahwistic and traditional religious context for these feasts and a fresh analysis of previously unpublished animal bone, ceramic, and material remains from the temple complex at Tel Dan sheds light on sacrificial prescriptions, cultic realia, and movements within this sacred space. Greer concludes that feasts at Dan were utilized by the kings of Northern Israel initially to unify tribal factions and later to reinforce distinct social structures as a society strove to incorporate its tribal past within a monarchic framework.
: 1 online resource (191 pages) : Includes bibliographical references. : 9789004260627 : 1566-2055 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2007
Les manuscrits araméens du Wadi Daliyeh et la Samarie vers 450-332 av. J.-C. /

: This book deals with the manuscripts from the Wadi Daliyeh (Samaria Papyri) written in Aramaic in the fourth century B.C.E. in the city of Samaria, in the last decades of the Persian period. The book contains a complete edition of the Wadi Daliyeh manuscripts, their new historical interpretation, and an analysis of their legal aspects. The historical interpretation sheds new light on the history of Samaria and its institutions in the Persian period, as well as on the history of the Persian province of Judaea. This book is particulary useful for historians of Palestine in the Second Temple period, for biblical scholars, and for scholars dealing with Near Eastern legal texts.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references (p. [623]-638) and indexes. : 9789047421498 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2016
A history of biblical Israel : the fate of the tribes and kingdoms from Merenptah to Bar Kochba /

: x, 266 pages : 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-253) and index. : 9781781791424

Published 2013
A New Reading of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch : "All Nations Shall be Blessed" /

: A New Reading of the Animal Apocalypse of 1 Enoch is the most comprehensive theological commentary on this important second-century BCE Jewish apocalypse to date, laying out the purpose and methodology of this Enochic allegory and using this as the basis for a new commentary on the whole text, presented here in a fresh translation. Against other interpretations that focus on Israel and its institutions, Daniel Olson argues that the promise of universal blessing in the Abrahamic covenant is presented in the Animal Apocalypse as the governing dynamic in a sacred history that begins and ends with humanity in general. The authentic Jacob/Israel will appear in the end times and be the catalyst of universal salvation
: 1 online resource (xi, 297 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004247789 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.