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Christian Hebraism in the Reformation Era (1500-1660)
BRILL 2012; US$ 143.00The Reformation transformed Christian Hebraism from the pursuit of a few into an academic discipline. This book explains that transformation by focusing on how authors, printers, booksellers, and censors created a public discussion of Hebrew and Jewish texts. more...
"I Undertook Great Works"
Mohr Siebeck 2010; US$ 80.44Hauptbeschreibung Traditionally, scholars study ancient Near Eastern royal inscriptions to reconstruct the events they narrate. In recent decades, however, a new approach has analyzed these inscriptions as products of royal ideology and has delineated the way that ideology has shaped their narration of historical events. This ideologically-sensitive... more...
Sworn Enemies
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 140.00This book explains how Ezekiel uses formulaic language from the exodus origin tradition to craft an identity for the Judahite exiles that refutes an autochthonous origin tradition preferred by the non-exiled Judahites. The book addresses a number of key questions: the relationship between the exodus and patriarchal traditions, Ezekiel?s contribution... more...
When Heroes Love
Columbia University Press 2012; US$ 59.99Toward the end of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh King Gilgamesh laments the untimely death of his comrade Enkidu, "my friend whom I loved dearly." Similarly in the Bible, David mourns his companion, Jonathan, whose "love to me was wonderful, greater than the love of women." These passages, along with other ambiguous erotic and sexual language... more...
Repertorium der sumerischen und akkadischen Texte
De Gruyter 1967; US$ 224.00Repertorium Der Sumerischen Und Akkadischen Texte. more...
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band 2
De Gruyter 1974; US$ 168.00Sammelbuch Griechischer Urkunden Aus Gypten. Band 2 more...
Writing in Greek But Thinking in Aramaic
The Edwin Mellen Press 2012; US$ 159.95In this monograph the author investigates the syntactic construction found in the Semitic languages known as verbal coordination as it relates to the translation and therefore the interpretation of the scriptures. In the course of his analysis, the author also discusses grammaticalization that has occurred to translate the function of the word from... more...
Egyptian Temple
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 390.00Published in the year 1984, Egyptian Temple is a valuable contribution to the field of History. more...
Awakening Osiris
Red Wheel Weiser 2009; US$ 18.95The Egyptian Book of the Dead is one of the oldest and greatest classics of Western spirituality. Until now, the available translations have treated these writings as historical curiosities with little relevance to our contemporary situation. This new version, made from the hieroglyphs, approaches the Book of the Dead as a profound spiritual text... more...
Passion for Egypt, A
I.B.Tauris 2001; US$ 18.00In the decade before the First World War Arthur Weigall, the British Egyptologist, was involved in the exploration and conservation of the monuments and antiquities of a region stretching from Luxor to the Sudan border. At a time when Egypt was being ransacked by private collectors and the agents of western museums, it was said that without Weigall... more...









