The Messenger In The Ancient Semitic World
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The Messenger In The Ancient Semitic World
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Author : Samuel A. Meier
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-07-17
The Messenger In The Ancient Semitic World written by Samuel A. Meier and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Preparation for the Mission -- The Messenger on the Road -- The Messenger's Arrival -- Presenting The Message -- After the Message is Delivered -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Indices.
The Messenger Mal K And M R Ipri In The Ancient Semitic World
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Author : Samuel A. Meier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The Messenger Mal K And M R Ipri In The Ancient Semitic World written by Samuel A. Meier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Messengers categories.
The Messenger Mal K And M R Ipri In The Ancient Semitic World
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Author : Samuel Arthur Meier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Messenger Mal K And M R Ipri In The Ancient Semitic World written by Samuel Arthur Meier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with categories.
The Massenger Mal Ak And Mar Sipri In The Ancient Semitic World
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Author : Samuel A. Meier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Massenger Mal Ak And Mar Sipri In The Ancient Semitic World written by Samuel A. Meier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Bible categories.
Performances Of Ancient Jewish Letters
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Author : Marvin Lloyd Miller
language : en
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Release Date : 2015-09-16
Performances Of Ancient Jewish Letters written by Marvin Lloyd Miller and has been published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-16 with Religion categories.
This ambitious and engaging book sets itself the task of combining a wide range of approaches to cast new light on the form and function of several ancient Jewish letters in a variety of languages. The focus of The Performance of Ancient Jewish Lettersis on applying a new emerging field of performance theory to texts and arguing that letters and other documents were not just read in silence, as is normal today, but were "performed," especially when they were addressed to a community. A distinctive feature of this book consists of being one of the first to apply the approach of performance criticism to ancient Jewish letters. Previous treatments of ancient letters have not given enough consideration to their oral context; however, this book prompts the reader to "listen" sympathetically with the audience. The Performance focuses close attention on the ways in which the engagement of the audience during the performance of a text might be read from traces present in the text itself. This book invites the audience to hear a fresh reading of a family letter from Hermopolis, concerning ugly tunics and castor oil; festal letters, about issues surrounding the celebration of Passover, Purim and Hanukkah; a diaspora letter on how to live in a foreign land; and also an official letter concerning the building of the Jerusalem temple. These letters will help us understand a text from the Dead Sea Scrolls, namely, MMT. Marvin L. Miller argues for the centrality of performance in the life of Jews of the Second Temple period, an area of study that has been traditionally neglected. The Performanceadvances the fields of orality and epistolography and supplements other scholars' works in those fields.
Prayer Magic And The Stars In The Ancient And Late Antique World
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Author : Scott Noegel
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01
Prayer Magic And The Stars In The Ancient And Late Antique World written by Scott Noegel and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
In the religious systems of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean, gods and demigods were neither abstract nor distant, but communicated with mankind through signs and active intervention. Men and women were thus eager to interpret, appeal to, and even control the gods and their agents. In Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World, a distinguished array of scholars explores the many ways in which people in the ancient world sought to gain access to--or, in some cases, to bind or escape from--the divine powers of heaven and earth. Grounded in a variety of disciplines, including Assyriology, Classics, and early Islamic history, the fifteen essays in this volume cover a broad geographic area: Greece, Egypt, Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia. Topics include celestial divination in early Mesopotamia, the civic festivals of classical Athens, and Christian magical papyri from Coptic Egypt. Moving forward to Late Antiquity, we see how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each incorporated many aspects of ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman religion into their own prayers, rituals, and conceptions. Even if they no longer conceived of the sun, moon, and the stars as eternal or divine, Christians, Jews, and Muslims often continued to study the movements of the heavens as a map on which divine power could be read. The reader already familiar with studies of ancient religion will find in Prayer, Magic, and the Stars both old friends and new faces. Contributors include Gideon Bohak, Nicola Denzey, Jacco Dieleman, Radcliffe Edmonds, Marvin Meyer, Michael G. Morony, Ian Moyer, Francesca Rochberg, Jonathan Z. Smith, Mark S. Smith, Peter Struck, Michael Swartz, and Kasia Szpakowska. Published as part of Penn State's Magic in History series, Prayer, Magic, and the Stars appears at a time of renewed interest in divination and occult practices in the ancient world. It will interest a wide audience in the field of comparative religion as well as students of the ancient world and late antiquity.
Amarna Diplomacy
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Author : Raymond Cohen
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2002-10-23
Amarna Diplomacy written by Raymond Cohen and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-23 with History categories.
Published in 1992, William L. Moran's definitive English translation, The Amarna Letters, raised as many questions as it answered. How did Pharaoh run his empire? Why did the god-king consent to deal with his fellow, mortal monarchs as equals? Indeed, why did kings engage in diplomacy at all? How did the great powers maintain international peace and order? In Amarna Diplomacy, Raymond Cohen and Raymond Westbrook have brought together a team of specialists, both social scientists and ancient historians, to explore the world of ancient Near Eastern statecraft portrayed in the letters. Subjects discussed include Egyptian imperial and foreign policy, international law and trade, geopolitics and decision making, intelligence, and diplomacy. This book will be of interest to scholars not only of the ancient Near East and the Bible but also of international relations and diplomatic studies. Contributors are Pinhas Artzi, Kevin Avruch, Geoffrey Berridge, Betsy M. Bryan, Raymond Cohen, Steven R. David, Daniel Druckman, Serdar Güner, Alan James, Christer Jönsson, Mario Liverani, Samuel A. Meier, William J. Murnane, Nadav Na'aman, Rodolfo Ragionieri, Raymond Westbrook, and Carlo Zaccagnini.
Angelomorphic Christology
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Author : Gieschen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-07-17
Angelomorphic Christology written by Gieschen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-17 with Religion categories.
This study demonstrates that angel and angel-related traditions, especially those growing from the so-called "Angel of the Lord" in the Hebrew Bible, had a significant impact on the origins and early development of Christology to the point that an Angelomorphic Christology is discernable in several first century texts. Significant effort is given to tracing the antecedents of this Christology in the angels and divine hypostases of the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Jewish literature. The primary content of this volume is the presentation of pre-150 CE textual evidence of Angelomorphic Christology. This religio-historical study does not spawn a new Christology among the many scholarly "Christologies" already extant. Instead, it shows the interrelationship of various Christological trajectories and their adaptation from Jewish angelomorphic traditions.
Write That They May Read
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Author : Daniel I. Block
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-07-11
Write That They May Read written by Daniel I. Block and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-11 with Religion categories.
Write That They May Read is a collection of essays written in honor of our mentor, friend, and fellow scholar, Professor Alan R. Millard. Respectful of his contribution to our understanding of writing and literacy in the ancient biblical world, all the essays deal with some aspect of this issue, ranging in scope from archeological artifacts that need to be ""read,"" to early evidence of writing in Israel's world, to the significance of reading and writing in the Bible, including God's own literacy, to the production of books in the ancient world, and the significance of metaphorical branding of God's people with his name. The contributors are distributed among Professor Millard's peers and colleagues in a variety of institutions, his own students, and students of his students. They represent a variety of disciplines including biblical archeology, Egyptology, Assyriology, Hebrew and other Northwest Semitic texts, and the literature of the Bible, and reside in North America, Japan, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Germany.
Behind The Scenes Of The Old Testament
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Author : Jonathan S. Greer
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2018-11-19
Behind The Scenes Of The Old Testament written by Jonathan S. Greer and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-19 with Religion categories.
This authoritative volume brings together a team of world-class scholars to cover the full range of Old Testament backgrounds studies in a concise, up-to-date, and comprehensive manner. With expertise in various subdisciplines of Old Testament backgrounds, the authors illuminate the cultural, social, and historical contexts of the world behind the Old Testament. They introduce readers to a wide range of background materials, covering history, geography, archaeology, and ancient Near Eastern textual and iconographic studies. Meant to be used alongside traditional literature-based canonical surveys, this one-stop introduction to Old Testament backgrounds fills a gap in typical introduction to the Bible courses. It contains over 100 illustrations, including photographs, line drawings, maps, charts, and tables, which will facilitate its use in the classroom.