Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Inscriptions of 1200-539 B.C.E. (Academia Biblica (series), no. 12; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2004.) (Paperback)
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: August 19, 2004
Place of publication: Atlanta, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9781589830622
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Judaism; Names in the Bible; Inscriptions, Hebrew; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Religion; Paleography, Semitic; Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics; Judaism - History; Bible - Study - Old Testament; Biblical Studies - Old Testament; Bible; Inscriptions, Semitic
Description: This is the first edition. It was published in paperback by Society of Biblical Literature on August 19, 2004, and it was published in hardcover by Brill Academic in November, 2004.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Background and Statement of Thesis; title: Part 1: An Identification System; title: Chapter 1: Identification Criteria; title: Three approaches which call for an identification system; title: Development of basic criteria for making identifications; title: Underlying factors in the process of identification; title: Ancient Near Eastern ways of identifying an individual; title: Prosopography; title: Survey of the literature, first of two parts; title: Methodology for choosing criteria; title: Instructive misidentification number one: the seal of "Jotham"; title: Instructive misidentification number two: the seal impressions of Eliakim, steward of "Jehoiachin"; title: The criteria not met by these two misidentifications; title: Avigad's criteria; title: Survey of the literature, second of two parts; title: Foundational data for making identifications; title: Non-foundational facts relevant to identifications; title: Rationale for a way of evaluating identifications that is more refined and more complete than Avigad's; title: Principles for measuring the strength of identifications; title: The three main diagnostic questions about potential identifications; title: A three-question system for evaluating potential identifications; title: Question one: how reliable are the inscriptional data?; title: Criterion 1, means of acquisition or access; title: Criterion 2, provenance of the inscription; title: Criterion 3, how the matter of the inscription's authenticity has been or should be regarded; title: Question two: does the general setting of the inscription permit a match between the inscriptional person and the biblical person?; title: Criterion 4, the date of the person.; title: Criterion 5, the identity of the language of the inscription; title: Criterion 6, the socio-political classification of the inscription; title: Question three: how strongly do specific identifying data in the the inscription count for or against an identification?; title: Criterion 7, the name of person in the inscription; title: Criterion 8, family and other interpersonal relations; title: Criterion 9, title information; title: Criterion 10, other identifying information (marks of the individual); title: Criterion 11, identification on grounds of singularity; title: Summary and Limitation; title: Chapter 2: Taxonomy of Identifications and Two System Refinements; title: Taxonomy: grades of identifications and of non-identifications; title: Grade S identifications, including SI and SB: certain; title: Grade 3 identifications: virtually certain to reliable; title: Grade 2 identifications: reasonable but uncertain; title: Grade 1 identifications: doubtful; title: Grade 0 (zero) non-identifications: without any clear basis; title: Grade D non-identifications: disqualified; title: The place of explanatory hypotheses in evaluation; title: Historical frameworks to minimize the danger of circularity; title: Potential circularity in the interpretation of inscriptional data; title: The purpose and composition of historical frameworks; title: The procedure of evaluation; title: An example of the anti-circular identification system: Is the biblical Hoshea, king of Israel, named in the seal of Abdi?; title: Part 2: Application of the Identification System to Hebrew Inscriptions and Two Stelae from before the Persian Era Published before October 1997.; title: Chapter 3: Identifications in Provenanced Inscriptions; title: The scope and possible evidential value of potential identifications evaluated in Chapters 3 and 4; title: The order of research and presentation; title: Is the biblical Mesha, king of Moab, named in the Mesha Inscription?; title: Is the biblical Omri, king of Israel, named in the Mesha Inscription?; title: Is the biblical King David named in the Tel Dan stele?; title: Is the biblical Jeroboam II, king of Israel, named in the Megiddo seal of Shema, the minister of Jeroboam?; title: Is the biblical Shaphan the scribe, father of Gemariah, named in the city of David bulla of Gemaryahu?; title: Is the biblical Gemariah, son of Shaphan the scribe, named in the city of David bulla of Gemaryahu?; title: Is the biblical Hilkiah the high priest, father of Azariah, named in the city of David bulla of Azaryahu?; title: Is the biblical Azariah, son of Hilkiah the high priest, named in the city of David bulla of Azaryahu?; title: Chapter 4: Identifications in Unprovenanced Inscriptions; title: The scope of potential identifications evaluated in this chapter; title: Is the biblical Uzziah, king of Judah, named in the seal of Abiyaw?; title: Is the biblical Uzziah, king of Judah, named in the seal of Shubnayaw?; title: Is the biblical Ahaz, king of Judah, named in the seal of Ushna?; title: Is the biblical Hoshea, king of Israel, named in the seal of Abdi?; title: Is the biblical Hezekiah, king of Judah, named in the bulla of Yehozarah?; title: Is the biblical Hilkiah, the high priest, named in the seal ring of Hanan?; title: Is the biblical Baruch the scribe named in the bullae of Berekyahu?.; title: Is the biblical Neriah, father of Baruch, named in the bullae of Berekyahu?; title: Is the biblical Jerahmeel, the king's son, named in the bulla of Yerahme'el?; title: Chapter 5: Conclusions; title: Tabulation of identifications of individuals; title: Conclusion in relation to the thesis; title: Conclusions as they would be developed if unprovenanced inscriptions were demonstrated to be authentic; title: Nine biblical episodes which include more than one individual identified or conditionally identifiable in an inscription; title: Promising directions for further investigation; title: Appendix A: The Significance of the Title (Ebed in Northwest Semitic Seals and Seal Impressions; title: Appendix B: Evaluations of Potential Identifications in Socio-Political, then Chronological Order, Updated through July 2002; title: Appendix C: The Corpus and the Remainder: Evaluations of Potential Identifications in Descending Order of Strength, Updated through July 2002; title: Appendix D: Index of Biblical Persons in Appendixes B and C; title: Appendix E: Is the Biblical King David Named in the Mesha Inscription?; title: Appendix F: Numerical Tabulation of Identifications in Appendixes B and C by Grade.; title: Bibliography, Updated through July 2002; title: Index of Modern Authors and Editors