Focus Construction with kî ’im in Biblical Hebrew

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This study uses modern linguistic theory to analyze a frequently recurring syntactic phenomenon in the Hebrew Bible that has thus far resisted explanation: כי אם.

Letters from Home

The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity

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“A brilliant study of how Second Temple letter-writers and authors constructed diaspora and shaped their own identities, which resonate with our own times as well.”—Adele Reinhartz, author of Cast Out of the Covenant: Jews and Anti-Judaism in the Gospel of John

Assyrian-English-Assyrian Dictionary

Cuneiform Edition

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This dictionary contains all the words attested in Assyrian texts from the Neo-Assyrian period. Most of the vocabulary comes from Neo-Assyrian and Standard Akkadian, with some Aramaic and Neo-Babylonian entries. The Assyrian-English-Assyrian Dictionary was the first English-Akkadian dictionary ever published, and the new cuneiform edition features words written in the cuneiform script of the Neo-Assyrian period.

Megiddo VI

The 2010–2014 Seasons

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Megiddo, a key site for the study of the Bronze and Iron Ages, is unique among the sites of the ancient Near East. Featuring remains from over 30 settlements, Megiddo is strategically located on the main highway of the Old World, leading from Egypt to Mesopotamia. It is mentioned in important verses in the Bible and in Egyptian and Assyrian texts. Beyond archaeology, it is of great significance to the fields of the history of ancient Israel and biblical studies. The Tel Aviv University excavations at the site aim, through the implementation of modern methods, to achieve a full stratigraphic-chronological sequence, while placing special emphasis on studies related to the exact and life sciences.

The Temple of Ningirsu

The Culture of the Sacred in Mesopotamia

Sébastien Rey

This two-volume study not only presents the new results of the British Museum team; it also reconsiders and recontextualizes the French reports to produce an indispensable history of the sacred complexes in Girsu over a period of nearly three thousand years. With full-color reconstructions of the principal buildings and installations, as well as many redrawn plans and sections, this lucidly written study reexamines the history of the exceptionally complete series of archaeological structures built on Tell K and Tell A from the beginning of the third millennium BCE to the fourth and third centuries BCE.

The Royal Inscriptions of Nabopolassar (625–605 BC) and Nebuchadnezzar II (604–562 BC), Kings of Babylon, Part 1

Jamie Novotny and Frauke Weiershäuser

Nabopolassar was the first ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Rising to power from obscure origins, Nabopolassar defeated the Neo-Assyrians, who had controlled Babylonia for more than one hundred years. During the reign of Nabopolassar’s son, Nebuchadnezzar II, the Neo-Babylonian Empire developed into a major superpower. Best known for his ambitious building projects, including the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Ishtar Gate, Nebuchadnezzar also figures prominently in the Hebrew Bible as the king who destroyed Jerusalem and its temple, conquering Judah and inaugurating the Babylonian captivity.

A Glossary of Old Syrian

Volume 2: l–z

Joaquin Sanmartín

A Glossary of Old Syrian: l–z is the second of two volumes that aim to map the lexicon of Old Syrian as it can be extracted and reconstructed from the (Old Akkadian) Eblaite through the Old and Middle Babylonian corpora.

Israel’s Day of Light and Joy

The Origin, Development, and Enduring Meaning of the Jewish Sabbath

Jon D. Levenson

“A masterful piece of scholarship. Levenson has somehow managed to combine a rigorous historical-critical analysis of the Sabbath with a theologically sensitive discussion of the meaning and value of the Sabbath as it has developed into the present day in a fresh, readable volume seasoned throughout with wit and good humor.”—Jason Staples, author of Paul and the Resurrection of Israel: Jews, Former Gentiles, Israelites

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The Child Witches of Olague

Lu Ann Homza

“These invaluable cases will be of immense interest to anyone interested in the histories of early modern Spain, the Spanish Inquisition, witchcraft, law, popular culture, and childhood, among other topics. By opening up new perspectives on a famous set of witchcraft cases, Homza’s collection offers new insights into social and familial dynamics that could fuel seemingly ‘irrational’ crazes. This is an outstanding resource for the study of early modern social, family, religious, and legal history.”—Michael Breen, author of Law, City and King: Legal Culture, Municipal Politics, and State Formation in Early Modern Dijon

Memorializing the Unsung

Slaves of the Church and the Making of Kongo Catholicism

Elochukwu Uzukwu, C.S.Sp.

“I can say without any equivocation that Memorializing the Unsung is rigorous, comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and timely. Uzukwu boldly affirms that it is crucial to avow one’s own voice, story, and identity in theological and ecclesiological investigations.”—Akintunde Akinade, author of Christian Responses to Islam in Nigeria