Egypt Israel And The Ancient Mediterranean World

Author : Gary N. Knoppers,Antoine Hirsch
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047413691

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Egypt, Israel, and the Ancient Mediterranean World by Gary N. Knoppers,Antoine Hirsch Pdf

Major scholars in North America, Europe, and the Middle East provide a variety of fresh studies on the history, literature, religion, and art of Egypt, Israel, Phoenicia, and the rest of the ancient Mediterranean world. The first part of the book features chapters on ancient Egyptian inscriptions, art, history, and religion. The second part deals with biblical studies, the histories of ancient Israel, Canaan, and the relations among societies in the ancient Near East. The periods covered in the volume range from Old Kingdom Egypt to the late antique era. Most of the art historical and archaeological essays on ancient Egypt, Israel, and Canaan deal with previously unpublished finds. Many of the essays dealing with literary and historical issues explore the relations among ancient cultures, explaining the development of and interest in international trade, warfare, and travel. The book is amply illustrated with photos, drawings, graphs, and tables. "Egypt, Israel, and the Ancient Mediterranean World is a rich and wide-ranging collection of papers that well honors the distinguished scholar to whom it was dedicated. It also has much to offer all scholars interested in political and cultural interactions in the ancient eastern Mediterranean basin." Stanley M. Burstein, California State University, Los Angeles

Author : Gary N. Knoppers,Antoine Hirsch
Publisher : Probleme Der Ägyptologie
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015061137363

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Egypt, Israel, and the Ancient Mediterranean World by Gary N. Knoppers,Antoine Hirsch Pdf

These studies on the history, art, religions, and literature of Egypt and the ancient Near East include discussions of previously unpublished archaeological excavations and ancient inscriptions. Some essays engage specific literary texts; others are comparative, interpreting the finds, art, and inscriptions, from a variety of ancient societies.

Author : Karin Sowada
Publisher : Saint-Paul
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 3525534558

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Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean During the Old Kingdom by Karin Sowada Pdf

This study presents a revised view of Egyptian foreign relations in the eastern Mediterranean during the Old Kingdom (3rd-6th Dynasties) based on an extensive analysis of old and new archaeological data, and its relationship to the well-known textual sources. The material demonstrates that while Egypt's most important relationships were with Byblos and the Lebanese coast generally, it was an active participant in the geo-political and economic affairs of the Levant throughout much of the third millennium BCE. The archaeological data shows that the foundation of these relationships was established at the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period and essentially continued until the end of the 6th Dynasty with ebbs, flows and changes of geographical and political emphasis. It is argued that, despite the paucity of textual data, the 4th Dynasty represents the apogee of Egypt's engagement in the region, a time when the centralised state was at the height of its power and control of human and economic capital. More broadly, this study shows that Egyptian interaction in the eastern Mediterranean fits the pattern of state-to-state contact between ruling elites which was underpinned by official expeditions engaged in gift and commodity exchange, diplomatic endeavours and military incursions.

Author : Barbette Stanley Spaeth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521113960

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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions by Barbette Stanley Spaeth Pdf

Provides an introduction to the major religions of the ancient Mediterranean and explores current research regarding the similarities and differences among them.

Author : Jeremy McInerney
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444337341

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A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean by Jeremy McInerney Pdf

A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean presents a comprehensive collection of essays contributed by Classical Studies scholars that explore questions relating to ethnicity in the ancient Mediterranean world. Covers topics of ethnicity in civilizations ranging from ancient Egypt and Israel, to Greece and Rome, and into Late Antiquity Features cutting-edge research on ethnicity relating to Philistine, Etruscan, and Phoenician identities Reveals the explicit relationships between ancient and modern ethnicities Introduces an interpretation of ethnicity as an active component of social identity Represents a fundamental questioning of formally accepted and fixed categories in the field

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004232297

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Purity and the Forming of Religious Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean World and Ancient Judaism by Anonim Pdf

Purity is a cultural construct that had a central role in the forming and the development of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean. This volume analyzes concepts, practices and images associated with purity in the main cultures of Antiquity, and discusses from a comparative perspective their parallel developments and transformations. The perspective adopted is both synchronic and diachronic; the comparative approach takes into account points of contact and mutual influences, but also includes major transcultural trends. A number of renowned specialists contribute a large variety of perspectives and approaches, combining archaeology, epigraphy and social history; in addition, particular attention is given to concepts of purity in ancient Israel and early Judaism as a ‘test-case’ of sorts. Through its extensive coverage, the volume contributes decisively to the present discussion about the forming of religious traditions in the ancient Mediterranean world. Contributors include: Philippe Borgeaud, Beate Ego, Christian Frevel, Linda-Marie Günther, Michaël Guichard, Gudrun Holtz, Manfred Hutter, Albert de Jong, Michael Konkel, Bernhard Linke, Lionel Marti, Hans-Peter Mathys, Christophe Nihan, Joachim Friedrich Quack, Benedikt Rausche, Noel Robertson, Udo Rüterswörden, Ian Werrett, and Jürgen K. Zangenberg.

Author : Baruch Halpern,Kenneth Sacks
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004194557

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Cultural Contact and Appropriation in the Axial-Age Mediterranean World by Baruch Halpern,Kenneth Sacks Pdf

Cultural Contact explores adaptation, resistance and reciprocity in Axial-Age Mediterranean exchange, a discussion begun in antiquity. Real progress requires relearning the Mediterranean as a historical system. These essays illustrate the problems such study must overcome.

Author : William A. Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011934598

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Egypt and the East Mediterranean World, 2200-1900 B.C. by William A. Ward Pdf

Author : Eric Orlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1624 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134625598

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Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions by Eric Orlin Pdf

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions is the first comprehensive single-volume reference work offering authoritative coverage of ancient religions in the Mediterranean world. Chronologically, the volume’s scope extends from pre-historical antiquity in the third millennium B.C.E. through the rise of Islam in the seventh century C.E. An interdisciplinary approach draws out the common issues and elements between and among religious traditions in the Mediterranean basin. Key features of the volume include: Detailed maps of the Mediterranean World, ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, and the Hellenistic World A comprehensive timeline of major events, innovations, and individuals, divided by region to provide both a diachronic and pan-Mediterranean, synchronic view A broad geographical range including western Asia, northern Africa, and southern Europe This encyclopedia will serve as a key point of reference for all students and scholars interested in ancient Mediterranean culture and society.

Author : Thomas Galoppin,Elodie Guillon,Max Luaces,Asuman Lätzer-Lasar,Sylvain Lebreton,Fabio Porzia,Jörg Rüpke,Emiliano Rubens Urciuoli,Corinne Bonnet
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1274 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110798456

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Naming and Mapping the Gods in the Ancient Mediterranean by Thomas Galoppin,Elodie Guillon,Max Luaces,Asuman Lätzer-Lasar,Sylvain Lebreton,Fabio Porzia,Jörg Rüpke,Emiliano Rubens Urciuoli,Corinne Bonnet Pdf

Ancient religions are definitely complex systems of gods, which resist our understanding. Divine names provide fundamental keys to gain access to the multiples ways gods were conceived, characterized, and organized. Among the names given to the gods many of them refer to spaces: cities, landscapes, sanctuaries, houses, cosmic elements. They reflect mental maps which need to be explored in order to gain new knowledge on both the structure of the pantheons and the human agency in the cultic dimension. By considering the intersection between naming and mapping, this book opens up new perspectives on how tradition and innovation, appropriation and creation play a role in the making of polytheistic and monotheistic religions. Far from being confined to sanctuaries, in fact, gods dwell in human environments in multiple ways. They move into imaginary spaces and explore the cosmos. By proposing a new and interdiciplinary angle of approach, which involves texts, images, spatial and archeaeological data, this book sheds light on ritual practices and representations of gods in the whole Mediterranean, from Italy to Mesopotamia, from Greece to North Africa and Egypt. Names and spaces enable to better define, differentiate, and connect gods.

Author : Mladen Popović,Myles Schoonover,Marijn Vandenberghe
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004336919

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Jewish Cultural Encounters in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern World by Mladen Popović,Myles Schoonover,Marijn Vandenberghe Pdf

Taking the flexible concept of “cultural encounter” as a starting point, this volume presents a variety of studies which focus on the impact of encounters between cultures, groups, and individuals as it relates to ancient Jewish religion, culture, and society.

Author : Deodato Tapete
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9783038427636

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Remote Sensing and Geosciences for Archaeology by Deodato Tapete Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Remote Sensing and Geosciences for Archaeology" that was published in Geosciences

Author : Philip Zhakevich
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781646021031

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Scribal Tools in Ancient Israel by Philip Zhakevich Pdf

In this book, Philip Zhakevich examines the technology of writing as it existed in the southern Levant during the Iron Age II period, after the alphabetic writing system had fully taken root in the region. Using the Hebrew Bible as its corpus and focusing on a set of Hebrew terms that designated writing surfaces and instruments, this study synthesizes the semantic data of the Bible with the archeological and art-historical evidence for writing in ancient Israel. The bulk of this work comprises an in-depth lexicographical analysis of Biblical Hebrew terms related to Israel’s writing technology. Employing comparative Semitics, lexical semantics, and archaeology, Zhakevich provides a thorough analysis of the origins of the relevant terms; their use in the biblical text, Ben Sira, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and ancient Hebrew inscriptions; and their translation in the Septuagint and other ancient versions. The final chapter evaluates Israel’s writing practices in light of those of the ancient world, concluding that Israel’s most common form of writing (i.e., writing with ink on ostraca and papyrus) is Egyptian in origin and was introduced into Canaan during the New Kingdom. Comprehensive and original in its scope, Scribal Tools in Ancient Israel is a landmark contribution to our knowledge of scribes and scribal practices in ancient Israel. Students and scholars interested in language and literacy in the first-millennium Levant in particular will profit from this volume.

Author : Christopher B. Hays
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Bible
ISBN : 3161507851

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Death in the Iron Age II and in First Isaiah by Christopher B. Hays Pdf

Death is one of the major themes of 'First Isaiah, ' although it has not generally been recognized as such. Images of death are repeatedly used by the prophet and his earliest tradents.The book begins by concisely summarizing what is known about death in the Ancient Near East during the Iron Age II, covering beliefs and practices in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Syria-Palestine, and Judah/Israel. Incorporating both textual and archeological data, Christopher B. Hays surveys and analyzes existing scholarly literature on these topics from multiple fields.Focusing on the text's meaning for its producers and its initial audiences, he describes the ways in which the 'rhetoric of death' functioned in its historical context and offers fresh interpretations of more than a dozen passages in Isa 5-38. He shows how they employ the imagery of death that was part of their cultural contexts, and also identifies ways in which they break new creative ground.This holistic approach to questions that have attracted much scholarly attention in recent decades produces new insights not only for the interpretation of specific biblical passages, but also for the formation of the book of Isaiah and for the history of ancient Near Eastern religions

Author : Christopher B. Hays
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802873118

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A Covenant with Death by Christopher B. Hays Pdf

Death is one of the major themes in First Isaiah, although it has not generally been recognized as such. In this study Christopher Hays offers fresh interpretations of more than a dozen passages in Isaiah 538 in light of ancient beliefs about death. Hays first summarizes what is known about death in the ancient Near East during the Second Iron Age, covering beliefs and practicesin Mesopotamia, Egypt, Syria-Palestine, and Judah/Israel. He then shows how select passages in the first part of Isaiah employ the rhetorical imagery of death that was part of their cultural context, and he also identifies ways in which those texts break new creative ground. This books holistic approach to questions that have attracted much scholarly attention in recent decades produces new insights not only for the interpretation of specific biblical passages but also for the formation of the book of Isaiah and for the history of ancient Near Eastern religions.