Symbolism of the Biblical World

Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Book of Psalms

Othmar Keel, Translated by Timothy J. Hallett

This pioneering work that first appeared in 1972 in German was the first to compare the conceptual world of a biblical book with ancient Near Eastern iconography. Eisenbrauns’ English edition of Keel’s classic work provides the 21st century scholar with his groundbreaking methodology. Generously illustrated with. . . (more)

Akkadian Handbook

Helps, Paradigms, Glossary, Logograms, and Sign List

Douglas B. Miller, and R. Mark Shipp

Students of Akkadian will find this handy collection of basic information to be the ideal companion through their years of study. Though this handbook is not a replacement for the standard reference works, it summarizes all the basic resource materials needed for the study of Akkadian. Included are the following: miscellaneous helps, paradigms of. . . (more)

Introduction to the Semitic Languages

Text Specimens and Grammatical Sketches

Gotthelf Bergsträsser, Translated by Peter Daniels

Gotthelf Bergsträsser (1886–1933) was one of the great Semitic linguists and philologists. This small volume encapsulates his learning, and every page yields concise statements of remarkable insight. He intended the book for elementary classes in Semitic linguistics, but only one familiar with the material can begin to appreciate the achievement in these brief chapters. A translation seemed called for for several reasons: It is generally agreed that. . . (more)

The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part 1

Letters from Assyria and the West

Simo Parpola

The present volume is one of four to be devoted to the correspondence of Sargon, founder of the last imperial dynasty of Assyria, and his officials. 258 letters are treated, many of which have previously appeared only in cuneiform copies; three fragments were hitherto quite unpublished. The text editions—transliterations and translations side by side, with a minimum of apparatus criticus—are. . . (more)

History and Hope

The Agrarian Wisdom of Isaiah 28–35

Daniel J. Stulac

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History and Hope examines the rhetorical function of Isaiah 28–35, a relatively overlooked series of six woe oracles, in relation to reading the book of Isaiah as a whole. These eight chapters rely on the language of agrarian wisdom to transport the reader from prior reflections on historical destruction into a vision of ultimate hope. Stulac’s study, therefore, offers new insight into the book of Isaiah, but perhaps more importantly, it does so through. . . (more)

The Septuagint and Modern Study

Sidney Jellicoe

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“Twenty-five years [sixty-five now!] after it first appeared, Jellicoe's classic work is still one of the most comprehensive introductions to the Septuagint and cognate studies. Its completeness makes it valuable not only as a textbook, but also as a reference tool for those working in the Septuagint.

In bringing together the principal features of twentieth-century Septuagint studies, the author provides a wealth of. . . (more)

Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea, Volume 3

Bezalel Porten, and Ada Yardeni

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Containing the final 488 commodity chits, this third volume of Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea brings to a close the first comprehensive edition of the Idumean ostraca. Since the early 1990s, about two thousand Idumean Aramaic ostraca have found their way into museums, libraries, and private collections. Four major publications covering some of these texts have appeared, three of which. . . (more)

Sepphoris III

The Architecture, Stratigraphy, and Artifacts of the Western Summit of Sepphoris

Eric M. Meyers, Carol L. Meyers, and Benjamin Gordon

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Sepphoris was a major settlement in the Roman and Byzantine periods, with its earliest inhabitants stretching back to at least the Persian period. It has been intensively excavated by a several teams, including Duke University in the 1980s and 1990s. The present report brings to a close a series of. . . (more)

The Unfolding of Your Words Gives Light

Studies on Biblical Hebrew in Honor of George L. Klein

Edited by Ethan C. Jones

This collection of essays, covering nearly every aspect of Biblical Hebrew studies, testifies to the invigorating joy of studying that language—a joy that is richly exemplified in the life of the volume’s honoree, George Klein.

Paying tribute to a. . . (more)

Lahav VII: Ethnoarchaeology in the Tell Halif Environs

Excavations in Site 1, Complex A, 1976–1979

Joe D. Seger and Karen Seger

This seventh volume of final reports of the Lahav Research Project’s efforts at Tell Halif in Southern Israel focuses on the team’s excavations and related regional ethnographic research at adjacent Khirbet Khuweilifeh, an early twentieth-century settlement of Bedouin and Arab fellahin clients. These efforts illustrate the. . . (more)

Socoh of the Judean Shephelah

The 2010 Survey

Reconstructing Jerusalem