In recent years, anthropologists and social scientists have begun to examine the beliefs and practices surrounding human fertility and birth in various cultures. One result of this research has been the realization that human reproduction is more than just the concatenation of v…
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This thesis uses the conjunctive approach to analyze inscriptions of the Indus Valley Civilization (1600-3000 BC), presented in five chapters: Chapter 1 The Archaeology of the Indus Civilization; Chapter 2 Inscribed Indus Artifacts; Chapter 3 Indus Sign List; Chapter 4 Analyzing…
The genre known as “instructions” or “wisdom literature” is one of the oldest in ancient Egyptian literature. The first instructions appear in the Old Kingdom and wisdom literature continues to be written for over 2000 years into the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. While the conten…
“The Use of the Infinitive Absolute in the Hebrew Bible,” a dissertation supervised by Stephen A. Kaufman, classifies the over eight-hundred occurrences of the infinitive absolute in the Hebrew Bible into six main categories. In addition, Septuagintal renderings of the infinitiv…
The discussion of meter in the study of poetry in the Hebrew Bible heretofore has suffered from an inadequate definition. A survey of assessments of meter by those who study metrical poetry outside of the Bible produced the following definition. Meter is a contract between the r…
This dissertation presents a history of the interpretation of Moses' bronze serpent (Num. 21:4-9) and evaluates the validity of the interpretive methods employed. It considers Jewish literature (rabbinic, midrashic and targumic) up to the medieval period and Greek, Latin and eas…
The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the relationship between the reign of Yahweh and the theology of the poor as expressed in the final shape of the Psalter. In chapter 2 the wordfield "poverty" was established. The study located ten words that comprise this wordfiel…
The earliest extant interpretation of the entire Song of Songs is its Old Greek translation. A critical edition of the Old Greek text is provided in the format of the Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Study (CATSS) Variants Project. This is the first comprehensive critical …
The last two decades have witnessed an increasing interest in the study of women in the Ancient Near East. Several academic institutions have integrated the subject into their curriculum, and one can even consult related Internet sites such as DIOTIMA: Materials for the Study of…
This dissertation explores the nature, purpose, and impact of ' sb “pain, difficulty,” on humanity with special reference to Genesis 3. Chapter One is an introductory chapter that briefly delineates the rationale for and the methodology of the dissertation. The dissertation incl…
Contrary to the assumption that Arab grammarians started to take a serious interest in semantics only towards the end of the 10th century, this study shows that the interest in semantico-syntactic analysis of Arabic grammar started with Sibawayhi's book al-kitaab in the 8th cent…
The acrostic poem in Proverbs 31:10–31 is a highly crafted work in which figuration plays a major role. In setting out to examine the metaphors in this poem, we find that no agreed on or consistent theory of metaphor exists in biblical studies, though many have been articulated …
Exodus 32–34 contains a series of dialogues between Moses and God, where Israel's future is negotiated. In these chapters, which begin with Israel making and worshiping a golden calf, Moses convinces God to spare Israel from destruction, asks God to reveal himself corporeally, a…
Cypriot seal use during the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages (Late Cypriot (LC) period, ca. 1650-1050 B.C.) is poorly understood because it does not follow known Near Eastern and Aegean patterns of administrative seal use. Earlier studies of Late Cypriot seals have questioned the…
Waterfowl--ducks, geese, and swans--are a pervasive, ubiquitous element in Etruscan art, just as they are in well-watered Etruria itself. From the formative Villanovan Period through the terminus of Etruscan culture, waterfowl are regularly depicted in a variety of plastic and g…
In Biblical Hebrew two sets of verb forms are used: indicative and modal. The modal system consists of imperative, jussive and cohortative forms. Only imperative forms constitute a morphologically distinct category. Jussive and cohortative forms are not always morphologically di…
The term sōma pneumatikon “spiritual body” is used in the NT only by Paul, and only in 1 Cor 15:44. The history of interpretation regarding the terminology in this verse is long, varied, and complex. Many of the Apostolic Fathers emphasized the physicality of the resurrection to…
The corpus of Napatan inscriptions studied here comprises the monumental royal texts written in Egyptian hieroglyphs which date from the end of Nubian domination of Egypt in the mid-seventh century B.C. to the reign of Nestasen in the second half of the fourth century B.C. The N…
The thesis demonstrates the usefulness of a multi-disciplined approach in defining Egyptian attitudes toward West Semites in the Middle Kingdom. The disciplines involved are: art history, archaeology, epigraphy, Egyptian-Semitic philology, literature and history. More specifical…