Boundaries of the ancient Near Eastern world : a tribute to Cyrus H. Gordon /: a tribute to Cyrus H. Gordon. (©1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Meir Lubetski, Claire Gottlieb, and Sharon Keller.
• Other Names: Gordon, Cyrus H (Cyrus Herzl), 1908-2001; Lubetski, Meir; Gottlieb, Claire; Keller, Sharon R
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; ''Like a Perpetual Fountain''; Part I: ARCHAEOLOGY; Fumes, Flames or Fluids? Reframing the Cup-and-Bowl Question; Some Remarks on Shipbuilding Heritage and Ancient Peoples; Part II: BIBLE STUDIES; [Omitted] Collectives of the Q[sup(e)]tûl Formation; The Literary Treatment of Nature in Psalms; Human and Divine Wisdom in the Book of Job; Is the Book of Nehemiah a Translation from Aramaic?; Build-Up and Climax in Jeremiah''s Visions and Laments; The Northern Israelite Queen Mother in the Judaean Court: Athalia and Abi. Fragments of a Deuteronomy Scroll from Masada: Deuteronomy 33.17-34.6 (1043/A-D)Part III: NORTHWEST AND UGARITIC STUDIES; A Ritual for the Country''s Salvation, KTU 1.162: A Reappraisal; ''Siehe, da war er (wieder) munter!'' Die mythologische Begründung für eine medikamentöse Behandlung in KTU 1.114 (RS 24.258); Adam, Edom and Holocaust; The Phoenician-Punic Menology; Part IV: ARAMAIC AND ARABIC STUDIES; New Documents from the Dead Sea: Babylonian Science in Aramaic; The Revised Draft of the Letter of Jedaniah to Bagavahya (TAD A4.8 = Cowley 31); Notices on Pe''ah, Fay'', and Feudum. Part V: EGYPTO-SEMITICSMaking Peace in Heaven and on Earth: Religious and Legal Aspects of the Treaty between Ramesses II and Hattušili III; The Egyptian Background to Isaiah 19.18; Once again the ''Plumb Line'' Vision of Amos 7.7-9: An Interpretive Clue from Egypt?; Ancient Israel as the Land of Exile and the ''Otherworld'' in Ancient Egyptian Folktales and Narratives; An Egyptian Analogue to the Priestly Blessing; Biblical Instructional Wisdom: The Decisive Voice of the Ancient Near East; Isaiah 18: The Egyptian Nexus; Part VI: THE CUNEIFORM WORLD; Two Heads for the King of Ebla. Two Letter-Prayers to AmurruMari and its Relations with the Eastern Mediterranean; Part VII: SAMARITAN STUDIES; Qumran, Samaritan Halakha and Theology and Pre-Tannaaitic Judaism; Zion or Gerizim? The Association of Abraham and the Aqeda with Zion/Gerizim in Jewish and Samaritan Sources; Part VIII: INDO-EUROPEAN; The Home of the Indo-Europeans; Consonantal Apophony in Indo-European Animal Names; Part IX: THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD; Livy and the Monuments; Matauitatau in Petronius, Satyricon 62.9: Crux Interpretum; Part X: MEDIAEVAL STUDIES; The Influence of Hebrew on Portuguese. Traditional Commentators Anticipating a Modern Literary ApproachBibliography of the Works of Cyrus H. Gordon; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.
• Publisher Details: Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Copyright Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (576 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 939.4; Middle Eastern literature -- History and criticism; Langues mortes -- Moyen-Orient; HISTORY -- Ancient -- General; Civilization; Language and languages; Middle Eastern literature; Judentum; Oudheid; Godsdiensten; Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622; Middle East -- Languages; Moyen-Orient -- Antiquités; Moyen-Orient -- Civilisation -- Jusqu'à 622; Middle East; Alter Orient; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567518552; 0567518558
• Related ISBNs: 9781850758716; 1850758719
• Notes: Note: "Bibliography of the works of Cyrus H. Gordon / compiled by Constance W. Gordon"-Page 533-554.; Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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