Visions of Life in Biblical Times: Essays in Honor of Meir Lubetski
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This important volume is in honour of the distinguished Semitist and epigrapher Meir Lubetski, of Baruch College, City University of New York. Lubetski has made the chief focus of his research the contribution of the East Mediterranean legacy —languages, literature and archaeological artifacts —to our understanding of the biblical world.
This important volume is in honour of the distinguished Semitist and epigrapher Meir Lubetski, of Baruch College, City University of New York. Lubetski has made the chief focus of his research the contribution of the East Mediterranean legacy —languages, literature and archaeological artifacts —to our understanding of the biblical world.
The wide-ranging collection of essays gathered here include, after a personal appreciation of the honoree by his children, papers by Paula Berggren on Shakespeare’s Cains, Chaim Cohen on the ‘third-man’ charioteers, John Day on Noah’s ark as made of reeds, Robert Deutsch on six new Hebrew seals, Joseph Fleishman on the law of the defamer (Deut. 22), Moshe Garsiel on the rivalry between Adonijah and Solomon, Claire Gottlieb on Genesis 1 in the twenty-first century, Martin Heide on a new ostracon, Richard Hess on the strange absence of Egyptian names from the book of Joshua, Regine Hunziker-Rodewald on a new Ammonite seal, Isaac Kalimi on the key methods of Targum Chronicles, André Lemaire on the place of Qumran in Jewish history, David Marcus on the Aramaic versions of the burning bush narrative, Robert Stieglitz on divine kingship at Ugarit, Peter van der Veen on a two-headed bronze bull figurine, and Ada Yardeni on legal texts from various locations in the Judean desert.
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| table of contents | Saul Lubetski, Uriel Lubetski and Leah Lubetski Feldman Meir Ledorot: A Light to the Generations Paula S. Berggren Shakespeare’s Cains Chaim Cohen Pharaoh’s shelishim ‘Third-Man Charioteers’ (Exod. 14.7; 15.4) and the Unnoticed Literary Allusion to the Battle of Qadesh in the Song of the Sea John Day Rooms or Reeds in Noah’s Ark? qnym in Genesis 6.14 Robert Deutsch Six New Unrecorded Israelite Hebrew Seals Joseph Fleishman The Sages’ Interpretations of the Law concerning the Defamer (Deut. 22.13-21) Moshe Garsiel The Succession Rivalry between Adonijah and Solomon (1 Kings 1–2): The Story’s Genesis and its Historiographical, Literary and Rhetorical Values Claire Gottlieb Genesis 1 in the Twenty-First Century: First Things First Martin Heide ‘…and for the Pharao’: An Intriguing Ostracon from the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection Richard S. Hess Joshua and Egypt Regine Hunziker-Rodewald Blessings for the Overlord! Another Ammonite Seal Isaac Kalimi The Key Methods of Targum Chronicles Andre Lemaire The Place of Qumran in Jewish History: A Beit Midrash David Marcus How the Aramaic Versions Help Elucidate Problems in the Burning Bush Episode (Exod. 3.1-4) Robert R. Stieglitz The Ideology of Divine Kingship at Ugarit Peter van der Veen A Double-Headed Bull Protome—Does It Represent the Aramaean Moon God? Ada Yardeni Notes on Formulae and Decipherment of Legal Texts from the Judaean Desert |
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