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In the Shadow of Bezalel. Aramaic, Biblical, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Bezalel Porten
by Porten, Bezalel (honoree); Alejandro F. Botta (editor); and 28 other authors
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Leiden: Brill, 2013. First edition. Octavo. l, 429, (1)pp. Index. Text in English, German and French (with some Hebrew). Red buckram lettered in yellow. Illustrated with a frontispiece photo of Porten, and occasional text photos and drawings. A fine, as new copy.
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.
Volume 60 in the Brill series, "Culture and History of the Ancient Near East."
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.
Volume 60 in the Brill series, "Culture and History of the Ancient Near East."
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- Title
- In the Shadow of Bezalel. Aramaic, Biblical, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Bezalel Porten
- Author
- Porten, Bezalel (honoree); Alejandro F. Botta (editor); and 28 other authors
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 9004240837
- ISBN 13
- 9789004240834
- Publisher
- Brill
- Place of Publication
- Leiden
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Aramaic inscriptions, Egypt, Manuscripts, Aramaic (Papyri), Elephantine, Aramaic language, Hebrew poetry, Biblical, Jews -- Civilization -- To 70 A.D., Assyro-Babylonian Civilization, Festschriften, Bible - Old Testament
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