Handbuch der Orientalistik: The Near and Middle East
James C. VanderKam offers detailed summaries of significant ways in which the scrolls can enrich the reading and study of the Bible. Each chapter brings readers up-to-date with the latest pivotal developments, focusing on relevant information from the scrolls and expounding thei…
This volume includes all rulers' names, from a single original name through the growth of the five-fold titulary, from the so-called Dynasty 0 to the last Ptolemaic ruler, offered in transliteration and English translation with an introduction and notes.
This volume includes all rulers' names, from a single original name through the growth of the five-fold titulary, from the so-called Dynasty 0 to the last Ptolemaic ruler, offered in transliteration and English translation with an introduction and notes.
"The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r. 522-486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detail…
The vision for this impressive work on temple architecture in the Levant grew out of the author's work on Roman temple designs on the Iberian Peninsula and continual references to Semitic influences on the designs of sanctuaries both on the Peninsula and in North Africa. It was …
"Writing and the Ancient State explores the early development of writing and its relationship to the growth of political structures. The first part of the book focuses on the contribution of writing to the state's legitimating project. The second part deals with the state's use …
A comprehensive and authoritative account of the 'heretic' Marcion, this volume traces the development of the concept and language of heresy in the setting of an exploration of second-century Christian intellectual debate. Judith M. Lieu analyses accounts of Marcion by the major…