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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Near Eastern Languages and Societies"”.
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A Regional Ceramic Analysis of Iron Age II Southeastern Arabia
… facilitated the intensification of settlement and trade that occurred between 1100 and 600 BCE in Southeastern Arabia and the ways in which we can use ceramic evidence to investigate them. The ceramic evidence shows that the process cannot be explained using traditional paradigms of …
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Lesser Gods of the Ancient Near East and Some Comparisons with Heavenly Beings of the Old Testament
<p>This study examines the concept and imagery of heavenly beings as they appear described and depicted in the texts and iconography of the Ancient Near East, and compares the variegated concept and imagery with the angelic realm in the Old Testament.</p> <p>Utilizing motifs commonly repeated in …
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A Dictionary of Middle Egyptian for Students of Biblical Archaeology and Old Testament Studies
… important role in Biblical Archaeology and Old Testament studies. Much of biblical chronology is closely connected to Egyptian chronology; many biblical events record Egyptian involvement, and some of these are included on Egyptian monuments. A knowledge of Middle Egyptian has been …
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Horn-Motifs in the Hebrew Bible and Related Ancient Near Eastern Literature and Iconography
… of the horn-motifs on a philological, literary, and iconographical basis in both the ancient Near Eastern context and the Hebrew Bible.</p> <p>The first chapter is devoted to a review of prior studies, particularly in the twentieth century. Throughout almost all this century, the …
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Correlations Between Old Aramaic Inscriptions and the Aramaic Section of Daniel
… is a lack of comparative studies between DA and OA. This type of study serves a twofold purpose: It contributes to providing an answer to the questions of origin of DA, and it provides fresh insights into both OA and DA.</p> <p>Method. This study of OA texts has been organized into seven …
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The Classification of the Greek Manuscripts of 1 Peter with Special Emphasis on Methodology
… to establish a better textual critical method and to apply it to a larger database. The method identifies new statistical techniques that facilitate quantitative analysis, necessary to establish the tentative groups that are used for the profiling of manuscripts.</p> <p><em>The method</em>. The …
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Theology of Blindness in the Hebrew Scriptures
… in the Hebrew Scriptures against their ancient Near Eastern background. The study looks at cultic implications, causation, social justice, healing, and social and religious meanings of blindness. Both physical and metaphorical aspects of blindness are examined. First, blindness in the ancient …
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The Hellenistic and Roman Periods at Tell Hesban, Jordan
… 9 km north of Madaba, Jordan, was excavated by Andrews University, in cooperation with the American Schools of Oriental Research and the Department of Antiquities of Jordan (five seasons, 1968 to 1976).</p> <p>Evidence from the site suggests it was first occupied in Iron Age I (ca. 1200 B.C.) …
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Tell Hesban and Vicinity in the Iron Age
… Transjordan. It was excavated from 1968-76 by Andrews University. However, almost 25 years after the termination of this endeavor, a final report dealing with the Iron Age remains has not yet appeared. Although relatively little remains from the Iron Age, which is the earliest period …
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The Stratigraphy of Tell Hesban, Jordan in the Byzantine Period
… from the Tell Hesban Excavations in Jordan and delineate site-wide strata parameters within this period.</p> <p>Method. The Byzantine remains from the site were identified through an analysis of the excavators' field notes and balk drawings. Field ceramic readings and stratigraphic …
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Khirbet Nisya 1979-1986: a Report on Six Seasons of Excavation
… project was an investigation of Khirbet Nisya (near Ramallah/El-Bireh) for six seasons to describe and interpret the excavation evidence. The excavation and analyses of finds were correlated with biblical data to help clarify certain problems relating to the Israelite settlement in the hill …
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The Iron Age I Structure on Mount Ebal: Excavation and Interpretation
… on Mt. Ebal, discovered in 1980 by Adam Zertal and excavated between 1982 and 1989, has remained largely unknown by both the scholarly community and the public. No scholarly congress or colloquium has ever been held regarding the Mt. Ebal excavations. The Mt. Ebal excavations, however, may have …
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Talk Like an Egyptian: Egyptian Influence and Appropriation in the Book of Exodus
… However, the one area of Egyptian influence and legacy that remains to be studied in greater scholarship is the Bible. While many have made observations in effort to detract from and even outrightly refute any Egyptian influence on the Bible, one merely need read through any number of …
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Ammon in the Hebrew Bible: a Textual Analysis and Archaeological Context of Selected References to the Ammonites of Transjordan
… (bene 'ammon) included in the historical and prophetic sections of the Hebrew canon. The book of Genesis traces the ancestry of the "Sons of Ammon" to an eponymous ancestor named Ben Ammi--son/grandson of Abraham's nephew Lot (Gen 39:17).</p> <p>Chapter 1 points out how Ammon--though often …
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Sociopolitical Structure of Transjordanian Societies During the Late Bronze and Iron I Ages (ca. 1500-1000 B.C.)
… region was occupied with somewhat organized societies during the time of the Exodus (ca. 15th century B.C.). Unfortunately, archaeological excavations could not confirm this account, and as result, the biblical data have been dismissed as unreliable and historically inaccurate.</p> <p>The …
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Bab edh-Dhra', Numeira, and the Biblical Patriarchs: a Chronological Study
<p><em>Problem</em>. Bab edh-Dhra' and Numeira have been identified by archaeologists as possible candidates for two of the biblical cities of the plain, but their existence in the Early Bronze Age III is too early to match the biblical narrative (Gen 19) by many chronologies of ancient Canaan. …
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The "Throne of God" Motif in the Hebrew Bible
… dissertation explores the biblical significance and theological implications of the "throne of God" motif through an exegetical investigation of the texts of the Hebrew Bible which have direct reference to it.</p> <p>Chapter I states the problems which the biblical "throne of God" motif poses, …
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The Book of Daniel in Light of the Ancient Near Eastern Literary and Material Finds: an Archaeological Perspective
… of the book of Daniel in light of some ancient Near Eastern archaeological discoveries. While chapter 1 of this research is introductory, chapter 2 begins by investigating personal and place names mentioned in Daniel and making a comparative analysis between the claims of Daniel's text and …
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Eating People Is Might: Power and the Representation of Anthropophagy in Antiquity
… cannibalism in ancient texts as an ethnographic and rhetorical strategy to marginalize, minimize, demonize, or otherwise denigrate ‘the Other.’ It is seen as a characteristic of the wild, the savage, the uncivilized, and the bestial, something one attributes only to other people. This project …
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Patriotism Among Muslim American Opinion Leaders
… patriotism, Americanness, hyphenated identities, and the implications of such a discourse. The study is confined to Wayne County, MI, because of the significant role Muslim Americans have played in labor struggles, local culture, civil rights, and their visibility. This study is significant …
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