Leaders and legacies in Assyriology and Bible
Subtitle: the collected essays of David B. Weisberg
By: David B. Weisberg
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9781575062303
Subjects: Bible; Civilization; Assyriology; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Loyalty and death : some ancient near eastern metaphors; title: Zabaya, an early king of the Larsa dynasty; title: Rib-Hadda's urgent tone : a note on EA 74:50; title: The length of the reign of Hallusu-Insusinak; title: Esarhaddon and Egypt : a preliminary investigation; title: A sale of property from the time of Esarhaddon, "king of lands"; title: The neo-Babylonian empire; title: The "antiquarian" interests of the neo-Babylonian kings; title: Royal women of the neo-Babylonian period; title: A "dinner at the palace" during Nebuchadnezzar's reign; title: Notes on Nebuchadnezzar's 37th year; title: Polytheism and politics : some comments on Nabonidus' foreign policy; title: The impact of Assyriology on Biblical studies; title: An old Babylonian forerunner to Summa Alu; title: The R. Campbell Thompson tablets published by Ivan Lee Holt; title: A guided tour through Babylonian history : cuneiform inscriptions in the Cincinnati Art Museum.; title: Jacob Wards off endangerment; title: Wool and linen material in texts from the time of Nebuchadnezzar; title: Character development in the Book of Ruth; title: The rare accents of the twenty-one books; title: Break in the middle of a verse : some observations on a Massoretic feature; title: I.O. Lehman, HUC mss 951-981 from Kai Feng, and a purported link between China and Yemen; title: Some observations on late Babylonian texts and rabbinic literature; title: Visibility of the new moon in cuneiform and rabbinic sources; title: "Feet of iron" in the Babylonian Talmud?; title: Everyday life in the neo-Babylonian period : the integration of material and non-material culture; title: A neo-Babylonian dialogue document; title: A Mar Banutu text from the town of Hubat; title: A neo-Babylonian temple report; title: Pirquti or Sirkuti? : was Istar-ab-Ussur's freedom affirmed or was he re-enslaved?; title: "Splendid truths" or "prodigious commotion"? : ancient near eastern texts and the study of the Bible; title: A centennial review of Friedrich Delitzsch's "Babel und Bibel" lectures; title: Delitzsch in context; title: Babel und Bibel und Bias : how anti-Semitism distorted Friedrich Delitzsch's scholarship; title: On reading archival texts : M. Jursa's comments to OIP 122 and the limits of criticism.