Homeland and exile biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies in honour of Bustenay Oded

This volume is a tribute to B. Oded's career, and it points to the span of his research. It's thirty contributions deal with a wide range of topics, focusing on the Assyrian Empire, as well as on the Hebrew Bible.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Oded, Bustenay (-), Galil, Gershon, Geller, Markham J., Millard, A. R. (Alan Ralph)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2009.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 130.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3124676x*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Ancient Near Eastern studies. Exile and forced labour in Bêt Har'oš : remarks on a recently discovered Moabite inscription / Bob Becking
  • Literary-critical issues in the Hebrew Bible from an Assyriological perspective : literary-ideological alterations / Mordechai Cogan
  • Ardiya, an Eanna Temple prebendary / Muhammad Dandamayev
  • Trumpet snails and purple snails as an indication of the transfer of religion and technology in the Eastern-Mediterranean region / Manfried Dietrich
  • An Elamite deportee / Betina Faist
  • The Assyrian words for "(foot) soldier" / Frederick Mario Fales
  • Appropriation of land by officials in the Neo-Assyrian period / Gershon Galil
  • A monument to imperial control : literary observations on the Thompson prism of Esarhaddon (Nineveh A) / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz
  • Tribute or looting in Samaria and Jerusalem : Shoshenq in Jerusalem? / André Lemaire
  • A new look at the end of the Assyrian Empire / Sarah C. Melville
  • Assyria, Aramaeans and Aramaic / Allan R. Millard
  • Sin-šarru-iškun and Ezida in Calah / Jamie Novotny and Greta Van Buylaere
  • Positive and negative human types in the Egyptian Wisdom literature / Nili Shupak
  • A "dinner at the palace" during Nebuchadnezzar's reign / David B. Weisberg
  • pt. 2. Biblical studies. A possible terminus and quem for the Deuteronomistic legislation : a fresh look at Deut. 17:16 / Rainer Albertz
  • The book of Judges : dating and meaning / Yairah Amit
  • Did the Jews worship idols in Babylonia? / Adele Berlin
  • Cain and the Kenites / John Day
  • Tobit in Galilee / Devorah Dimant
  • To stop Nehemiah from building the Jerusalem wall : Jewish aristocrats triggered an economic crisis / Joseph Fleishman
  • The Valley of Elah battle and the duel of David with Goliath : between history and artistic theological historiography / Moshe Garsiel
  • David and Abishag : the purpose of 1 Kings 1:1-4 / Richard S. Hess
  • The historical setting of Zephaniah's oracles against the nations (Zeph. 2:4-15) / Dan'el Kahn
  • Biblical narrative and historical method / Zecharia Kallai
  • The road not taken : Wellhausen and Assyriology / Peter Machinist
  • Rameses II and the exodus : a case of mistaken identity / Eugene H. Merrill
  • Anti-Achaemenid propaganda in Deuteronomy / Eckart Otto
  • The book of Joshua and the existence of a hexateuch / Hartmut N. Rosel
  • Ethically cultured interpretations : the case of Eglon's murder (Judges 3) / Jack M. Sasson
  • The prayer for the restoration of the Israelite kingdom in the book of Micah : literary analysis and the historical background / Shmuel Vargon.