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The Neo-Assyrian Shield A Biblical Aramaic Reader V Evolution, Heraldry, With an Outline Grammar The Late Bronze Age and Associated Tactics by Takamitsu Muraoka Pottery from Field XIII by Fabrice De Backer This reader is for anyone eager to read the at Shechem/Tell Balâtah This handbook treats the different types story of Daniel in the lion’s den and many other by Catherine A. Duff of shields used by soldiers in the Neo- fascinating stories in their original language. Substantial ceramic and Assyrian army and their opponents. A brief outline of Biblical Aramaic grammar architectural remains Written, visual, and material sources are is followed by a verse-to-verse grammatical attributable to the Late analyzed to illustrate practical aspects commentary on the Aramaic chapters in Bronze Age were excavated of defensive weaponry in the ancient the books of Daniel and Ezra. This reader in Field XIII in 1968 by the Near East in the first millennium BC. presupposes basic knowledge of the grammar Drew-McCormick Expedition. 200p, b/w illus (Lockwood Press, January 2016) paperback, and vocabulary of Biblical Hebrew. The Late Bronze Age 9781937040024, $24.95. Special Offer $20.00 95p (Peeters Publishers, August 2015) paperback, sequence spanning the Late 9789042932760, $26.00. Special Offer $21.00 Bronze I, IIA and IIB contains ceramics from occupational Tall al-Fukhar Tell er-Rumeith contexts and also from a Result of The Excavations of cache of 850 restorable and Excavations in Paul W. Lapp, 1962 complete vessels from a 1990-93 and 2002 and 1967 Basement Chamber sealed edited by by Tristan J. Barako below destruction debris. John Strange and Nancy L. Lapp This analysis provides data on the ceramic typological Tall al-Fukhar is a vast The publication presents development and the commemorative site the most complete corpus technological processes located on the border of Iron Age pottery for the or chaînes opératoire at a between Jordan and Irbid plain and the site’s Northern Hill Country site. Syria. It is home to a occupation reflects the 536p, 89 b/w illus, 168 b/w rare quantity of pottery, antiques and ancient structures that Biblical traditions of the region. The authors have used the field pls, 31 tbls (American Schools define and trace the Aramaeans, who settled within the val- notes, reports, and photographs of Paul Lapp’s excavations in the of Oriental Research, October ley. The text provides a detailed and thorough examination. 1960s to bring together this final report. 2015, ASOR Archaeological 2 vols, 640p, 13 col & 220 b/w illus (Aarhus University Press, 444p, 207 b/w illus, 38 tbls (American Schools of Oriental Reports 23) hardcover, May 2015, Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus 9) Research, April 2015, ASOR Archaeological Reports 22) 9780897570909, $89.95. hardcover, 9788771244090, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 hardcover, 9780897570893, $79.95. Special Offer $64.00 Special Offer $72.00 A tribute to Palmyra. Cover photo by Arian Zwegers, page spread by Zelidar, both courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

70 Enterprise Drive, Suite 2 • Bristol, CT 06010, USA Distributor of phone: (+1) 860 584 6546 • fax: (+1) 860 516 4873 Scholarly Books www.isdistribution.com • [email protected] On the Fringe of Commentary Gods, Kings, and Merchants Metatextuality in Ancient Near Eastern in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia and Ancient Mediterranean Cultures by Dominique Charpin edited by Sydney H. Aufrère, Gods, kings and merchants, a way of Philip S. Alexander and Zlatko Pleše designating religion, politics, and the Presented with an introduction designed economy: three spheres which in the modern to expand and recontextualize the issue, world are quite distinct, even if they do the eighteen contributions in this volume interact constantly. The aim of this book is discuss common strategies of metatextuality to show that their boundaries were far more in Greek and Jewish culture, as well as its fluid in the Mesopotamian civilization: gods various manifestations in the Septuagint and could act as money lenders, kings could other Jewish texts, in the literature of the Ancient Near East and Egypt, in the invoke divine will to refuse extradition, the dead could serve as a reference for Greco-Roman world, and in late antique and medieval literature. how the living should behave, and wealthy merchants could live in residences 492p (Peeters Publishers, December 2014, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 232) modeled on those of kings. Charpin uses texts discovered in archives hardcover, 9789042930735, $127.00. Special Offer $102.00 throughout the entire Near East, especially those found at Mari. 223p (Peeters Publishers, May 2015, Publications de l’Institut du Proche-Orient Marduk-rēmanni Ancien du Collège de France 2) paperback, 9789042932753, $56.00. Local Networks and Imperial Politics Special Offer $45.00 in Achaemenid Babylonia by Caroline Waerzeggers Benefactor of the Greeks, Kings of Macedonia, and Ruler Over as Many Barbarians as Possible? Marduk-rēmanni was a Babylonian man who lived in the provincial town of Sippar Studies on the Seleukid Empire between East and West during the first decades of Persian rule by D. Engels in Mesopotamia. His archive of ca. 187 This volume unites a series of critical studies devoted to the political, cuneiform texts relates to his private assets, institutional, and ideological construction of the Seleukid empire, with business enterprises, and legal concerns, but particular focus on the complex interplay between the Seleukids’ Greco- it becomes clear that Marduk-rēmanni was Macedonian background and their Achaimenid heritage. The studies adopt at the center of a far-flung personal network and that his life reflects many of a decidedly interdisciplinary and diachronic approach. Finally, a general the developments and changes taking place at the highest imperial level. comparison is proposed between the Seleukid empire and 19th century 636p (Peeters Publishers, December 2014, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 233) European colonialism. hardcover, 9789042930407, $142.00. Special Offer $114.00 520p (Peeters Publishers, November 2015, Collection Latomus 355) paperback, 9789042933279, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 Peuples de la Mer, Phéniciens, Puniques Études d’épigraphie et d’histoire méditerranéenne Empire, Church and Society in the Late Roman Near East edited by Edward Lipiński Greeks, Jews, Syrians and Saracens: Collected Studies, 2004–14 The volume contains studies dealing with Mediterranean history in the first by Fergus Millar millennium BC, based mainly on epigraphic data. Chapter I concerns the This book brings together thirty separate studies of the complex communal Philistines and the kingdom of “terra firma”, established by “Sea Peoples.” and religious history of the Roman Near East in the period from the Information provided by classical sources is then discussed in two chapters conversion of the Emperor Constantine to in CE 312 to the first dealing with Herodotus and later sources on Phoenician and Punic law Islamic invasion in CE 632. A newly-written Epilogue, ‘Open Questions,’ and jurisprudence. The second part of the book consists in an analysis of reviews the different fields of study involved, and asks how far what we find Phoenician, Punic, and Neo-Punic inscriptions. French text. helps to understand the origins of Islam. 369p (Peeters Publishers, March 2015, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 237, Studia ca. 375p (Peeters Publishers, December 2015, Late Antique History and Religion Phoenicia 21) hardcover, 9789042931619, $115.00. Special Offer $92.00 10) hardcover, 9789042932913, $142.00. Special Offer $114.00

2 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 513–15 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Tas-Silġ, (Malta) I Hethitica XVII Archaeological Excavations Conducted Studia de Lycia antiqua by the University of Malta, 1996–2005 edited by René Lebrun, Éric Raimond edited by Anthony Bonanno and and Julien De Vos Nicholas C. Vella This volume is dedicated to ancient Lycia. Tas-Silġ, on the south-east coast of the is- Specialists provide a thorough vision of land of Malta, is a major multi-period site, current research, including archaeological with archaeological remains spanning four analyses, textual information on religion thousand years, from a megalithic temple from the Bronze Age to the Greco- complex to an international religious com- Roman period, the role of Lycian rulers plex dedicated to the goddess Juno. This through numismatics, and relations with volume is the first of the site’s final publication. It provides an account of the Achaemenid Persia and Pharonic Egypt. French text. excavations, the lithic assemblages, the figurative representations, scarabs 241p (Peeters Publishers, March 2015, Bibliothèque des Cahiers de l’Institut de and amulets, the worked stone, the coins, and environmental analyses. Linguistique de Louvain 136) paperback, 9789042930810, $65.00. 528p (Peeters Publishers, July 2015, Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement Special Offer $52.00 Series 48) hardcover, 9789042930766, $142.00. Special Offer $114.00 De l’île d’Aphrodite au Tas-Silg, Marsaxlokk (Malta) II Paradis perdu, itinéraire Archaeological Excavations Conducted by the University of Malta, d’un gentilhomme lyonnais 1996–2005 En hommage à Yves Calvet edited by Anthony Bonanno and Nicholas C. Vella edited by Bernard Geyer, Valérie The second volume reports on the plain and inscribed pottery. Matoïan and Michel Al-Maqdissi 666p (Peeters Publishers, July 2015, Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement The articles in this volume honor Yves Calvet, Series 49) hardcover, 9789042930773, $162.00. Special Offer $130.00 one of the most important Middle Eastern archaeologists of the last half century whose research spanned from Greece and Cyprus to Histoire de Mar Abba, catholicos de l’Orient Kuwait, Syria and Iraq. French text. Martyres de Mar Grigor, général en chef du roi Khusro Ier 394p (Peeters Publishers, June 2015, Ras Shamra - Ougarit 22) paperback, et de Mar Yazd-Panah, juge et gouverneur 9789042932678, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 edited and translated by Florence Jullien The reign of Chosroes I (531–579) was a key period for the history of the Husraw Ier: Sasanian Empire. Sporadic persecutions of Christians converted from Zoro- Reconstructions d’un règne astrianism are attested. Among these martyrs was the Catholicos Mar Abba Sources et documents (540–552). The contemporary narratives are the only East-Syrian hagiogra- edited by Christelle Jullien phies of that time in Syriac; they provide valuable information regarding the The reign of Chosroes I (531–579) was pivotal in socio-religious and political situation of the sixth century Orient. French text. the history of Iran. This volume brings together Texte international scholars from various fields who work on often difficult-to-access or hitherto 137p (Peeters Publishers, April 2015, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum unpublished source material. The resulting Orientalium 658) paperback, 9789042932227, $103.00. Special Offer $83.00 intersecting perspectives help to piece together Version many facets of his reign, thus providing a rich contribution to the history of the East in the 6th century. French text. 157p (Peeters Publishers, April 2015, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum 341p (Peeters Publishers, June 2015, Cahiers de Studia Iranica 53) hardcover, Orientalium 659) paperback, 9789042932234, $106.00. Special Offer $85.00 9782910640392, $108.00. Special Offer $87.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 513–15 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 3 A History of Biblical Israel The Fate of the Tribes and Kingdoms from Merenptah to Bar Kochba by Axel Knauf and Philippe Guillaume A History of Biblical Israel combines experience gained through decades of teaching biblical exegesis and courses on the history of ancient Israel, and of on-going involvement in biblical archaeology. ‘Biblical Israel’ is understood as a narrative produced primarily in the province of Yehud to forge the collective memory of the elite that operated the temple of Jerusalem under the auspices of the Achaemenid imperial apparatus. The volume covers the history of ‘Biblical Israel’ through its fragmentation in the Hellenistic and Roman periods until 136 CE, when four Roman legions crushed the revolt of Simeon Bar-Kosiba. 288p (Equinox Publishing, September 2015, Worlds of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean) paperback, 9781781791424, $29.95. Special Offer $24.00; hardcover, 9781781791417, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 Citadel and Cemetery in Early Peripheral Concerns Bronze Age Urban Development in the by Christoph Bachhuber Bronze Age Southern Levant by Susan Cohen This is the first synthetic and interpretive monograph on the region and time Peripheral Concerns examines the influence of period (ca. 3000–2200 BCE). The book one “core” region of the ancient Near Eastern organizes the vast, dense and often obscure world—Egypt—on urban development in archaeological corpus into thematic the southern Levant in the Early and Middle chapters, and isolates three primary Bronze Ages, with emphasis on the relative contexts for analysis: the settlements and stability and sustainability of this develop- households of villages, the cemeteries of ment in each era. The study utilizes a very villages, and the monumental citadels of agrarian elites. broad scale “macro” approach to examine urban development using core-periph- 256p, 47 illus (Equinox Publishing, September 2015, Monographs in ery theories, specifically in regard to southern Levantine-Egyptian interactions. Mediterranean Archaeology) hardcover, 9781845536480, $100.00. 256p, 14 b/w illus (Equinox Publishing, March 2016, New Directions in Anthropo- Special Offer $80.00 logical Archaeology) hardcover, 9781781791776, $100.00. Special Offer $80.00 Ancient Cookware Distant Views of the Holy Land from the Levant by Felicity Cobbing An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective and David Jacobson by Gloria London The Holy Land has been an enduring This volume uses five data sources: magnet for visitors seeking to retrace excavations, ancient and medieval texts, the footsteps of biblical prophets, kings 20th-century government reports, early and saints and to glimpse the setting of accounts of potters, and ethnoarchaeo- events recorded in the Scriptures. This logical studies. The final section focuses book offers a selection of over 350 early on the shape, style, and manufacture photographs, paintings, and drawings of of cookware for the past 12,000 years. the length and breadth of the Holy Land Changes in cooking pot morphology offer important chronological infor- from the rich repository of images in the archives of the Exploration mation for dating entire assemblages. The survey of pot shapes in Israel, Fund. The pictures are accompanied by 8 maps and plans showing the Palestine, and Jordan presents how different shapes were made and used. locations depicted and a commentary describing the biblical context. 256p, 68 b/w illus, 2 maps (Equinox Publishing, May 2016, Worlds of the 416p, 367 col & b/w illus, 8 maps (Equinox Publishing, August 2015) hardcover, Ancient Near East and Mediterranean) hardcover, 9781781791998, $115.00. 9781781790618, $200.00. Special Offer $160.00 Special Offer $92.00

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Associated Regional Chronologies The Archaeology of Anatolia for the Ancient Near East and the Recent Discoveries (2011–2014) Eastern Mediterranean edited by Sharon R. Steadman Vol. III: History and Philology and Gregory McMahon edited by Walther Sallaberger and This volume brings together the latest Ingo Schrakamp reports on archaeological projects, This is an up-to-date presentation of including excavation and survey, from all the data and problems connected to the periods and every region of Anatolia. It is a chronology of the third millennium of forum in which scholars present their most Mesopotamia and adjacent regions. It recent data to a global audience, allowing provides an overview of the pertinent for productive engagement with others cuneiform sources and discusses the reconstruction of a historical chronology. working in and near Anatolia regarding discoveries and interpretations. 445p (Brepols Publishers, March 2015, ARCANE 3) paperback, 9782503534947, The series offers a venue where recently concluded projects may provide an $168.00. Special Offer $135.00 overview of results, often years ahead of the final publication of complete site reports. Published every two years. Proceedings of the 1st Kültepe 380p (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, September 2015) hardcover, International Meeting 9781443878159, $90.95. Special Offer $73.00 Kültepe, September 19-23, 2013 Studies Dedicated to Kutlu Emre International Symposium on East Kültepe International Meetings 1 Anatolia–South Caucasus Cultures edited by Fikri Kulakoğlu Proceedings and Cécile Michel edited by Mehmet Işıklı and Birol Can The volume provides an interdisciplinary Presents recent archaeological, ethno- summary of the state of research. It is archaeological, historical, and art historical divided into six sections dedicated to the research on the Southern Caucasus—the following topics: archaeology; chronology areas of modern-day Georgia, Armenia, and population of Kültepe; archives unearthed in the houses belonging to Azerbaijan, Nakhichevan, Northwestern Assyrians; Old Assyrian writing and literacy; Anatolian settlements and daily Iran and Northeastern from earliest life; metals and minerals; Kültepe after the Middle Bronze Age. times to the Middle Ages. 249p, 79 b/w illus, 22 tbls (Brepols Publishers, July 2015, Subartu 35) Proceedings I & II paperback, 9782503555454, $117.00. Special Offer $94.00 This two-volume publication is a compilation of 75 articles, which were Emar after the Closure of the Tabqa Dam evaluated and selected by an Academic Committee, from contributors who The Syrian-German Excavations 1996–2002 presented their academic papers at the Symposium. 2 vols, 975p (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, September 2015) paperback, Volume II: Excavation Method, Architecture and Stratigraphy 9781443878104, $142.95. Special Offer $115.00 edited by Ferhan Sakal This is the second volume dedicated to the final publications of the Syrian-Ger- Proceedings I man excavations at Tell Meskene / Emar (Syria). It presents the methodological 440p (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, September 2015) paperback, aspects of the excavation and a contribution about the topographical documen- 9781443872348, $98.95. Special Offer $80.00 tation. 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6 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 513–15 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Antike Malerei zwischen Lokalstil und Zeitstil Akten des XI. Internationalen Kolloquiums der AIPMA, 13.-17. September 2010 edited by Norbert Zimmermann The 11th international conference of AIPMA (Association Internationale pour la Peinture Murale Antique) took place in (Turkey) in 2010. The contributions to this volume focus on findings that offer a rich stock of materials in a well-datable archaeo- logical context. In these, influences such as special transient trends, local workshop traditions and the personal influence of the client can become especially apparent. Chronologically, the contributions span from the Hellenistic period to late Antiquity; apart from Pompeii, the focus is placed on paintings of the later Roman Imperial period as well as late Antiquity. Topographically, all areas of the are covered, from the Vesuvian cities and Italy to Asia Minor, the Orient and Africa. German text. 1083p (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, February 2015, Archäologische Forschungen 23) paperback, 9783700176589, $293.00. Special Offer $235.00 Der Beitrag Kleinasiens zur Sylloge Nummorum Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Sasanidarum der Griechisch-Römischen Antike The Schaaf Collection Akten des Internationalen Kolloquiums by Nikolaus Schindel Wien, 3.-5. November 2010 The present volume is an addition to the edited by Josef Fischer publication series Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Paris - Berlin - Vienna. It con- This publication is devoted to the cultural tains the Sasanian coins from the private and intellectual history of ancient Anatolia collection of Robert Schaaf (New Jersey). in the broadest sense, as well as the cul- Altogether, 723 coins are catalogued ac- tural influence and impact of Asia Minor. cording to the same typological criteria as It addresses issues of religious history, in the main series. Outstanding specimens are discussed in connection with historiography, mythology, economic history, military history, local and material published in the main series. German text. administrative history, ancient medicine, historical geography, philosophy 263p (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, November 2014, Veröffentlichungen and rhetoric. German text. der Numismatischen Kommission 58) paperback, 9783700176961, $119.00. 350p (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, November 2014, Ergänzungsbände Special Offer $96.00 zu den Tituli Asiae Minoris 27) paperback, 9783700175278, $134.00. Special Offer $108.00 Grabrituale Tod und Jenseits in Frühgeschichte Iranisches Personennamenbuch und Altertum Band VII: Iranische Namen in edited by Gerhard Thür Semitischen Nebenüberlieferungen: Iranische Faszikel 2: Personennamen The Centre for Ancient World Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences held its third in der Hebräischen Bibel corporate Symposium, Funeral Rituals and by Manfred Hutter Afterlife Visions, in March 2011. This volume This volume presents 54 names of the publishes the papers presented. Method- Hebrew which can be derived from ological approaches included Archaeology, Iranian languages. Also 17 other names Ancient Egypt, Mycenae, Classical and Helle- are included in the book, which do not nistic Greece, Rome, Patrology, Late Antiquity, and Numismatics. German text. have an Iranian etymology, but have been 210p (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, July 2014, Origines - Schriften interpreted as Iranian in previous research. German text. des Zentrums Archäologie und Altertumswissenschaften 3) paperback, 83p (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, February 2015, Iranische Onomastik 9783700175803, $93.00. Special Offer $75.00 14) paperback, 9783700175933, $29.00. Special Offer $24.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 513–15 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 7 Harrassowitz Verlag

Goliath’s Legacy The God Enki in Sumerian Philistines and Hebrews Royal Ideology and Mythology in Biblical Times by Peeter Espak by Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spanò This study analyzes the divine concept In the 12th century BCE, revolutionary of the Sumero-Akkadian deity Enki in its changes and major population movements literary and mythological development took place in the eastern Mediterranean. through different periods of Mesopotamian One element of this complex process was history. Sumerian myths and theology the appearance of the warlike Sea Peoples related to the god Enki are influential on the coast of the Middle East. The book throughout the history of the Ancient examines the impact of the Sea Peoples, Near East. Several mythological motives especially the Philistines, on the local population, and on the Hebrews in from the Sumerian cultural area later reach the creation stories of the particular. To determine the chronological sequence, the first part presents Old Testament and beyond. Through the Biblical narratives, the ancient the biblical narrative in a synthetic way, and thus the Philistines’ role in the Sumerian mythology of Enki reaches the later Christian world, and therefore history of Israel and Judah. These considerations complement the study this mythology has become a part of the collective memory and culture of of geography, in which toponyms are discussed to establish a range of the the present day world. Seven chapters give a diachronical overview of the Philistines’ impact. The second part of the book discusses the culture of the relevant source materials (royal inscriptions, hymns, etc.) related to the god Hebrews, known from the Bible, which may have its roots in the Philistines’ Enki and other close divine figures and religious phenomena from the period heritage. These phenomena are divided into thematic groups. of about 2500-1700 BC. The last two chapters concentrate on the aspects of 290p (Harrassowitz Verlag, November 2015, Philippika 83) hardcover, comparative mythology and archaic Sumerian religion. 9783447103466, $106.00. Special Offer $85.00 235p (Harrassowitz Verlag, May 2015, Philippika 87) paperback, 9783447104128, $71.00. Special Offer $57.00 Das Charisma der Könige Zur Konzeption des altorientalischen Prozessrecht und Eid Königtums im Hinblick auf Urartu Recht und Rechtsfindung in antiken Kulturen by Julia Linke edited by Heinz Barta, Martin Lang and Robert Rollinger At its peak, in the period from the 9th Proceedings of the first part of the 6th conference “Lebend(ig)e to the 7th century BCE, the ancient Near Rechtsgeschichte” (Live(ly) Legal History). German text. Eastern kingdom of Urartu, with its center Contents: Verfahrensrecht als frühes Zivilisierungsprojekt - Zur Teleologie in modern eastern Anatolia, presented a rechtlicher Verfahren; Biologie oder Moral?; Der Eid im neuassyrischen real rival to the Assyrians. The image that Gerichtsverfahren; Prozessrecht und Beweiseid im Keilschriftrecht und im is derived from contemporary Assyrian biblischen Recht. Ein rechtstypologischer Vergleich; Gerichtsorganisation sources about neighboring Urartu was und Prozessverfahren im Alten Israel. Beobachtungen zu Zentralgericht, shaped by a strong bias due to the fierce military competition between the Richter- und Zeugengesetz im Deuteronomium; Des Frommen Zuflucht, kingdoms. On the other hand, the kingdom of Urartu was understood by the des Übeltäters Verderben. Der assertorische Eid im Gerichtsprozess der Assyrians in terms of their own self-perception, and so their rival is depicted spätbabylonischen Zeit; Prozesseide im Gesetz Drakons und ihr Nachleben as a centralized state, ruled by a king, divided into provinces and overseen im klassischen Athen; Sumerische und altbabylonische Eidesformeln in by an apparatus of governing officials. How close do these images come to lexikalischer und kulturhistorischer Perspektive; Klageverzichtsklauseln representing the actual situation within Urartu and how did the kingdom in altbabylonischen Vertrags- und Prozessurkunden als Instrumentarien view itself? This work presents the conditions within Urartu, including the der Konfliktvermeidung bzw. Konfliktlösung; Ordal statt Eid - Das self-fashioning of its kings, mainly from Urartic sources, and seeks to recog- Beweisverfahren in mittelbabylonischer Zeit; Die Rolle des Eides im nize the influence from other cultures of the ancient Near East. German text. hethitischen Prozessverfahren. 344p (Harrassowitz Verlag, March 2015, Philippika 84) paperback, 240p (Harrassowitz Verlag, May 2015, Philippika 86) paperback, 9783447103497, $65.00. Special Offer $52.00 9783447103640, $76.00. Special Offer $61.00

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Linguistic, Oriental Schrift und Schriftlichkeit and Ethiopian Studies Die anatolische Hieroglyphenschrift in Memory of Paolo Marrassini by Annick Payne edited by Alessandro Bausi, Between ca. 1500-700 BCE, the Hittites Alessandro Gori and Gianfrancesco and their successor-states in Anatolia and Lusini northern Syria used an indigenous hiero- glyphic script, in addition to cuneiform, This volume reflects the wide spectrum that has been chiefly preserved on stone of interests of its dedicatee. While the monuments. Luwian inscriptions represent majority of the contributions deal with one of the most important sources for Semitic, Arabic and Jewish Studies, the history of the eastern Mediterranean, Assyriology, and classical Ethiopian especially for the so-called “dark age” period around 1200 BCE. This book Studies, also included are Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, Medieval contributes to a better understanding of this writing system, its cultural and African Studies, Linguistics and Classical Archaeology, not without a look importance, and the content of individual records through specific studies into contemporary issues of migration and globalization. concerning the script and the literality of the hieroglyphs. German text. 741p (Harrassowitz Verlag, February 2015) hardcover, 9783447103176, 233p (Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2015) paperback, 9783447103749, $92.00. $173.00. Special Offer $139.00 Special Offer $74.00 Hellenisierung Vorarbeiten zu einem hurritischen Namenbuch Nordmesopotamiens Erster Teil: Personennamen altbabylonischer Überlieferung am Beispiel des Khabur-Gebietes vom Mittleren Euphrat und aus dem nördlichen Mesopotamien by Elisabeth Katzy by Thomas Richter This work addresses the specific character This volume is the first in a series which collects and edits Hurrian names of of the regional Hellenization processes in all types from various places and times of transmission. Names collected here northern Mesopotamia. These processes are are personal names of Old Babylonian tradition from the Middle Euphrates closely analyzed on the basis of case studies and Northern Mesopotamian regions. German text. of selected settlement sites in the Khabur 872p (Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2015) hardcover, 9783447103732, $173.00. River region as examples of settlement Special Offer $139.00 structures and their architecture, with particular attention paid to ceramic materials. German text. Glossare zu den Bänden 289p (Harrassowitz Verlag, August 2015, Vorderasiatische Forschungen der Max Keilschrifttexte aus Assur Freiherr von Oppenheim Stiftung 3.4) hardcover, 9783447103770, $146.00. literarischen Inhalts 1–3 Special Offer $117.00 edited by Stefan M. Maul The series Keilschrifttexte aus Assur literari- Hethitische Texte in Transkription: KBo 46 schen Inhalts (KAL), makes available editions by Detlev Groddek of previously unpublished cuneiform texts This volume presents a total of 329 text fragments from Büyükkale, Turkey. with literary contents, discovered during the The contents include a wide range of subjects, most broadly religious excavations of Assur. This volume contains in nature, such as incantations and celebratory rituals, but oracular and thorough glossaries derived from the historical texts are also found in this collection. The material, typically important collection of omens, descriptions augmented with similar and duplicate information, is presented here in of ritual practices, incantations, and other important historical cuneiform texts accordance with the current state of research in transcription. German text. published in the first three volumes of the series. German text. 249p (Harrassowitz Verlag, March 2015, Dresdner Beiträge zur Hethitologie 47) 100p (Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2015, Keilschrifttexte aus Assur literarischen paperback, 9783447103619, $92.00. Special Offer $74.00 Inhalts 6) hardcover, 9783447104074, $44.00. Special Offer $36.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 513–15 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 9 Harrassowitz Verlag

Qatna and the Networks Gesellschaften im Wandel of Bronze Age Globalism Funerärer Aufwand und soziale Proceedings of an International Wirklichkeit im frühstaatlichen Conference in Stuttgart and Mespotamien und Ägypten Tübingen in October 2009 anhand von Grabbefunden aus Ur edited by Peter Pfälzner und Kafr Tarkhan and Michel Al-Maqdissi by Ursula Janßen The papers here are organized into In this volume, qualitative comparisons thematic categories: Qatna and the are made between representation of International World of the Bronze Age; social stratification in burial customs in Qatna and Its Syrian Neighbours; Materials Early Dynastic southern Mesopotamia from Qatna and International Exchange; Archaeological and Scientific and Early Dynastic Egypt at the time of the transition from the 4th to the 3rd Investigations at Tell Mishrife/Qatna in a Diachronic Perspective. century BC. German text. 584p (Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2015, Qatna-Studien. Supplementa 2) 308p, 66 illus (Harrassowitz Verlag, May 2015, Schriften zur Vorderasiatischen hardcover, 9783447103503, $230.00. Special Offer $184.00 Archäologie 10) hardcover, 9783447103763, $133.00. Special Offer $107.00 Erzählungen aus dem Land Sumer Carl Friedrich Lehmann-Haupt edited by Konrad Volk, Ein Forscherleben zwischen Orient illustrated by Karl-Heinz Bohny und Okzident Works written in Sumer in the 3rd and early by Sebastian Fink, Robert Rollinger, 2nd millennium BC convey an enduring im- Klaus Eisterer and Dirk Rupnow pression of people’s lives: how they reflected Carl Friedrich Lehmann-Haupt (1861-1938) on the origins of the cosmos and of existence, was the chair for Ancient History at the how they understood their mythically University of Innsbruck. This book presents transfigured past, as well as how they dealt for the first time a thorough reappraisal of with the joys and adversities of everyday life. the life and work of this important scholar, A wealth of literary images brings this long who became prominent through his forgotten world back to life and the elaborate linking of individual motifs work with the journal Klio, as well as through his research trips to Armenia, bears witness to a considerable degree of artistic freedom. German text. through which a large number of Urartian inscriptions and monuments were 467p, illus (Harrassowitz Verlag, June 2015) hardcover, 9783447104135, discovered and publicized. German text. $52.00. Special Offer $42.00 217p (Harrassowitz Verlag, March 2015, Classica et Orientalia 11) paperback, 9783447103275, $65.00. Special Offer $52.00 Saeculum Gedenkschrift für Heinrich Otten anlässlich seines 100. Geburtstags Dūr-Katlimmu in mittelassyrischer Zeit edited by Andreas Müller-Karpe, Elisabeth Rieken Die Ausgrabungen am Westhang der Zitadelle von Tall Šēh H. amad ˘ and Walter Sommerfeld 1978–1984 In this commemorative volume for renowned Hittite scholar Heinrich Otten, edited by Hartmut Kühne scholars from the entire spectrum of Hittite research and neighboring This anthology about the Middle Assyrian period city of Dūr-Katlimmu contains disciplines have contributed articles. They cover themes from the philological the concluding statements about the archeological discoveries that were editing and literary-historical consideration of Hittite texts, to material made in the course of the first six excavations, from the Middle Assyrian Period culture and archeological studies, to articles on history, religion, art history, Building P on the western slope of the Citadel. Also includes a discussion of the and linguistics, as well as Sumerian and Assyrian studies. German text. Middle Assyrian settlement pattern in the Lower Khabur region. German text. 316p (Harrassowitz Verlag, March 2015, Studien zu den Boğazköy-Texten 58) 211p (Harrassowitz Verlag, April 2016, Berichte der Ausgrabung Tall Šēh H.amad hardcover, 9783447103657, $114.00. Special Offer $92.00 /Dūr-Katlimmu 12) hardcover, 9783447061681, $106.00. Special Offer˘ $85.00

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In the Heart of Oman The Castle of Salut edited by Alessandra Avanzini The book presents the results of ten years of archaeological investigations carried out by the Italian Mission to Oman (IMTO), directed by Alessandra Avanzini, at the site of Salut. The volume is linked to the Virtual Museum of Salut (http://ancientoman.cfs.unipi.it). An integral part of the cultural context of East Arabia, designed as the land of Magan in Mesopotamian texts, Salut is an important fortified settlement, rising from the plateau at the western foot of the al-Hajjar mountains. The site documents a very long occupation (from the Bronze and Iron periods to the Medieval and modern times) and represents a key place in the Omani tradition, for it is connected to an important event in the history of the country: the victory of the Arabians over the Persians. 220p (L’Erma di Bretschneider, July 2015) paperback, 9788891307712, $57.00. Special Offer $46.00

Die frühneolithischen und Architektur und Struktur des urukzeitlichen Silex- und nordöstlichen Stadtgebietes Obsidianindustrien aus Tell von Kharab Sayyar, Nordsyrien Sheikh Hassan by Michael Würz by Bernd Müller-Neuhof This volume documents the structure and This publication assembles the flint and architecture of the residential area in the obsidian tools retrieved from occupation southeastern part of the ancient city of levels dating to the early Neolithic and Kharab Sayyar. The excavation findings the Uruk periods that were exposed by presented in this volume comprise a total the German excavations in Tell Sheikh of eight buildings, among which is a small Hassan. It is the first monograph to mosque, and the results offer unique present an assemblage of Uruk-time lithics including detailed descriptions insights into a residential quarter of an Abbasid provincial city, particularly of the function of the various tool types. The finds of the early Neolithic are one which lacked prior planning or development. German text. presented in as much detail as there is proof that certain early Neolithic types 232p (Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, May 2015, Ausgrabungen Kharab Sayyar 2) were, at the time of the Uruk occupation, sought after, collected and put to hardcover, 9783954900268, $148.00. Special Offer $119.00 use again. Another important result is the fact that, for several lithic tools dating to proto-dynastic times, the Egyptian origin could be ascertained— Al Andarin, das antike Androna a first indication of Egyptian imports to the Uruk region. German text. Die Oberflächenfunde, die beiden Umfassungsmauern 140p, 3 col & 41 b/w pls (PeWe-Verlag, September 2015, Ausgrabungen in Tell und das Kastron Sheikh Hassan V.1) hardcover, 9783935012171, $90.00. 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Special Offer $24.00 city during Late Antiquity and the early . German text. 460p (Schnell & Steiner, October 2015, Monographien des Römisch- Germanischen Zentralmuseums 121) hardcover, 9783795429829, $173.00. Special Offer $139.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 513–15 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 11 ANMED 2015-13 Adalya XVIII (2015) News of Archaeology from edited by Kayhan Dörtlük, Tarkan Anatolia’s Mediterranean Areas/ Kahya, Remziye Boyraz Seyhan Anadolu Akdenizi Arkeoloji and Tuba Ertekin Haberleri English, German and Turkish text. edited by Kayhan Dörtlük, Contents include: Orta Paleolitik Tarkan Kahya, Remziye Boyraz Donem’de Karain Magarasi E ve B Gozleri Seyhan and Tuba Ertekin Arasindaki Baglanti; Eine chalkolithische Reports from the 2014 season of Höhlensiedlung in Pisidien: Incirdere archaeological excavations, surveys, Magarasi; Temples to the Mother Goddess and research in western Anatolia. 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Olba XXIII First International Congress edited by Serra Durugönül, of the Anatolian Monetary Murat Durukan, Gunnar Brands History and Numismatics. and Deniz Kaplan Proceedings English, German and Turkish text. Birinci Uluslararasi Anadolu Para Contents include: Yukari Mezopotamya’nin Tarihi ve Numismatik Kongresi. Ilk Boyali Çanak-Çömlekleri (The First Bildiriler Painted Potteries of Upper Mesopotamia); edited by Kayhan Dörtlük, Oğuz Diyarbakir Kentinin En Eski Yerlesimi Tekin and Remziye Boyraz Seyhan (The Earliest Settlement of the City of English, French, German and Turkish text. Diyarbakir); Isparta Müzesi’ne Ait Bir Grup Tunç Silah Hakkinda Degerlendirme (A Research on a Group of Bronze Contents include: A Miracle Told by Pausanias and a Unique Coin of Hypaipa; Weapons in the Museum of Isparta); Phokaia’daki Palmiye Sütun Basligi Monnayages civiques de Cilicie frappés sous Hadrien; Iuliopolis Nekropolü ve Kökeni (Das Palmenkapitell in Phokaia und seine Herkunft); Daskyleion Kharon Sikkeleri; The Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Bronze Coinage of Kyme Dynastes’lik Sisteminde Artabazos’un Rolü (Artabazus’s Role in the in Aiolis; An Anepigraphic Bronze Close to the Pergamene Issue with Types Dynastic Systems); Kazisindan Ele Geçen Klasik ve Hellenistik Dönem Athena/Coiled Snake; Achaemenid Asia Minor: Coins of the and of the Kandilleri (Klassische und Hellenistische Lampen von Nagidos); Dorylaion Great King; Lycian Drachms and the Monetary System of the Roman Empire; Kalip Yapimi Kaseleri (Dorylaion Mold Made Bowls); Burdur Müzesi Metal Revisiting a Numismatic Corpus: The Case of Eupator, Last King of Pontus. Kandilleri (Metal Lamps in the Burdur Museum). 726p, col & b/w illus (Ege Yayınları, December 2014) hardcover, 589p, illus (Ege Yayınları, May 2015) paperback, $44.00. Special Offer $36.00 9786054018215, $224.00. Special Offer $180.00

12 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 513–15 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Religion in the Achaemenid Persian Empire Emerging Judaisms and Trends edited by Diana Edelman, Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley and Philippe Guillaume The Achaemenid Persian imperial rulers have long been held to have exercised a policy of religious tolerance within their widespread provinces and among their dependencies. The fourteen articles in this volume explore aspects of the dynamic interaction between the imperial and the local levels that impacted primarily on local religious practices. Some of the articles deal with emerging forms of Judaism under Achaemenid hegemony, others with Achaemenid religion, royal ideology, and political policy toward religion. Others discuss aspects of Phoenician religion and changes to Egyptian religious practice while another addresses the presence of mixed religious practices in , as indicated by seal imagery. Together, they indicate that tolerance was part of political expediency rather than a universal policy derived from religious conviction. 380p (Mohr Siebeck, November 2015, Orientalische Religionen in der Antike) hardcover, 9783161539602, $150.00. Special Offer $120.00

Babylonian Poems In Search for Aram and Israel of Pious Sufferers Politics, Culture, and Identity Ludlul Bel Nemeqi edited by Omer Sergi, Manfred and the Babylonian Theodicy Oeming and Izaak J. de Hulster by Takayoshi Oshima Throughout its history, the Kingdom of Israel This volume analyses the two most important had strong connections with the Aramaean Babylonian wisdom texts: Ludlul Bel Nemeqi world. Constantly changing relations, from (also known as the Babylonian Job, or the rivalry and military conflicts to alliances and Babylonian Righteous Sufferer) and the military cooperation, affected the history so-called Babylonian Theodicy. On the basis of the whole Levant and left their marks of published, as well as newly available, on both Biblical and extra-Biblical sources. unpublished cuneiform manuscripts, the author establishes a new critical text There is a need to study the history of Ancient Israel not only from the for each poem and gives an English translation. He offers detailed philological “Canaanite” point of view, but also within the political and cultural context and critical notes, discussing both the textual and the interpretive issues with of the Aramaean world. This volume brings together experts working in individual words and passages. Each poem is preceded by a discussion of its different fields to address the relations and interactions between Aram and origins, intention, plot, and its cultural and historical background. Israel during the Early Iron Age (12th to 8th centuries BCE). 572p (Mohr Siebeck, December 2014, Orientalische Religionen in der Antike 14) 400p (Mohr Siebeck, October 2015, Orientalische Religionen in der Antike) hardcover, 9783161533891, $209.00. Special Offer $168.00 hardcover, 9783161538032, $165.00. Special Offer $132.00

Egypt as a Monster in the Book of Ezekiel Brautpreis und Mitgift by Safwat Marzouk Gedanken zum Eherecht in Ugarit und seiner Umwelt mit einer Appealing to Monster Theory and the ancient Near Eastern motif of Rekonstruktion des im Ritual verankerten ‘Schlangentext’-Mythos “Chaoskampf,” Safwat Marzouk argues that the paradoxical character of the by Reinhard Hillmann category of the monster is what prompts the portrayal of Egypt as a monster Reinhard Hillmann examines Ugarit marriage law starting with the clauses in the book of Ezekiel. While on the surface the monster seems to embody that refer to marriage law in ancient Babylonian and middle Assyrian legal utter difference, underlying its otherness there is a disturbing sameness. texts and also by taking a look at the texts, texts from the great bend in Although initially the monstrosity of Egypt is constructed because of the the Euphrates (Emar), and the Amarna letters. In doing so he attempts to find shared elements of identity between Egypt and Israel, the prophet flips this evidence of connections between matrimonial law in the Old Testament of the imagery of monster in order to embody Egypt as a monstrous Other. Iron Age and the preceding Babylonian and Assyrian tradition. German text. 289p (Mohr Siebeck, June 2015, Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 2. Reihe 76) 140p (Mohr Siebeck, September 2015, Orientalische Religionen in der Antike) paperback, 9783161532450, $119.00. Special Offer $96.00 hardcover, 9783161535611, $105.00. Special Offer $84.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 513–15 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 13 Universitätsverlag Winter — Edizioni Terra Santa

The Reign of Tudhaliya II Hethitisches Wörterbuch and Šuppiluliuma I Band IV.I The Contribution of the Hittite edited by Joost Hazenbos Documentation to a Reconstruction As an unabridged dictionary, the of the Armana Age “Hittite Dictionary” offers the most by Boaz Stavi important references for each word with In the mid-fourteenth century BCE, two kings extensive context for transliteration ruled in Hatti—Tudhaliya II and Šuppiluliuma I. and translation, and so it provides a During this period, Hatti was fraught with politi- scale of meanings for each word or, in cal turmoil and instability. It began with the de- applicable cases, indicates the difficulties struction of , and ended with a glorious in determining a more exact meaning. military campaign, in which a large part of Syria was conquered, and the foun- The included bibliography provides information about the most important dation laid for a strong and prosperous kingdom. Many studies have dealt with secondary literature and restates the history of the research. A quick overview this epoch, since it parallels the el-Amarna period; however, its Hittite aspect has regarding etymology is included at the end of the word-forms section. As an been comparatively overlooked. That, coupled with the discovery of several new extensive lexicographic representation of the Hittite language, the “Hittite sources for this period, provided the impetus for the author’s research on this era. Dictionary” provides researchers studying the Hittites, the ancient Near This volume sets out to identify important historical events that occurred during East, and Indo-Germanic languages an indispensable tool for the work of the protagonists’ reign, to verify them and examine their details, and then offers translation and offers, thanks to its clearly structured presentation of word- a synchronization of the Egyptian and Hittite chronologies. forms, a reliable basis for research in linguistics and cultural history. This is the 236p (Universitätsverlag Winter, June 2015, Texte der Hethiter 31) paperback, second edition of the classic, influential version published in 1952–54 (with 9783825364427, $57.00. Special Offer $46.00 three additional supplements published 1957-1966). Since 2006, an editing committee, composed of an international team of Hittitologists, has been Formen und Inhalte preparing the word-headings. The “Hittite Dictionary” project is located in the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich and is supported by the German althethitischer historischer Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). German text. Literatur 250p (Universitätsverlag Winter, December 2015, Indogermanische Bibliothek. by Amir Gilan 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) paperback, 9783825363840, $130.00. The early phase of Hittite tradition in Hattuša Special Offer $104.00 is especially rich in historical narratives and in texts that record historical events or contain Sapienza di Israele longer passages that refer to the past. This e Vicino Oriente antico collection of historical narratives containing Introduzione alla scrittura a wide variety of literary topics and figures degli scritti biblici sapienziali is unique not only in the context of Hittite by Laila Lucci literature, but also throughout the entire ancient Middle East. This volume Biblical wisdom is the art of knowing how presents the first comprehensive study of this group of texts. The analysis, to live within the will of God and knowing which is based on philological approaches as well as on perspectives of how to act appropriately in a world of art literary and historical theory, aims to illustrate the diversity of ancient Hittite and mystery. This study examines biblical historical literature and its forms, content and intentions. It is meant to reflections on the human condition and encourage new perspectives in research and attempts to contextualize the existence as part of the heritage of the literary communication of the ancient Hittite period in terms of its historical, ancient Middle East, situating the wisdom of Israel within the context of cultural and political background. German text. neighboring cultures. Italian text. 404p (Universitätsverlag Winter, August 2015, Texte der Hethiter 29) 256p (Edizioni Terra Santa, February 2015) paperback, 9788862403306, paperback, 9783825361877, $57.00. Special Offer $46.00 $36.00. Special Offer $29.00

14 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 513–15 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 Edith Porada – A Centenary Volume Edith Porada zum 100. Geburtstag edited by Erika Bleibtreu and Hans Ulrich Steymans Edith Porada (1912–1994), was a pioneer in applying her university studies of Assyriology, Archaeology and Art History to research on stamp and cylinder seals from the Ancient Near East and its vicinity including the Aegean and Iran. This book reprints some of Edith Porada’s articles, copies of which may be difficult to obtain. They are sorted into three topics: work on collections; her methods; the transmission of concepts between the Aegean and Iran. Newly written articles contextualize them in present research. At the end of the book, Edith Porada’s dissertation on Akkadian cylinder seals, which has never been published, is carefully reviewed. English and German text. 648p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, January 2015, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 268) hardcover, 9783525543931, $220.00. Special Offer $176.00 Betsaida/Bethsaida – Untersuchungen zur Julias (et-Tell) Geflügelwirtschaft im Alten Orient Die ersten 25 Jahre der Ausgrabung by Elisabeth von der Osten-Sacken (1987–2011) / The First Twenty-Five This monograph studies the economic use of Years of Excavation (1987–2011) birds from the beginning to the domestication edited by Heinz-Wolfgang Kuhn of some of them. Since when do humans hunt birds and how did they use them? The Heinz-Wolfgang Kuhn informs about the development of methods and significance of excavations on et-Tell at the northern fowling and bird keeping are examined with end of the Sea of . The 15 a particular focus on economically relevant, collected essays in English and German, especially fowl-like species. Different kinds complemented by the Munich excavation of ancient Near Eastern evidence and source materials (archaezoological, plans, enable the reader to follow the course of the excavations from the very archaeological and philological) are examined and compared to ancient beginning in 1987. They also present the current data of the excavations, with Egyptian and Greco-Roman sources. German text. many important details concerning the Hellenistic-Early Roman period. 670p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, April 2015, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 272) 310p (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, February 2015, Novum Testamentum et Orbis hardcover, 9783525543979, $250.00. Special Offer $200.00 Antiquus. Series Archaeologica 4) hardcover, 9783525540251, $375.00. Special Offer $300.00 Wo Gott sich auf die Armen einlässt Eine Aufarbeitung des wirtschafts- Die Altertums- und und sozialgeschichtlichen Kunstwissenschaften an der Hintergrundes der achämenidischen Freien Universität Berlin Provinz Yehud als Desiderat einer edited by Karol Kubicki Qualifizierung der Armentheologie and Siegward Lönnendonker des Psalters The seventh, and final, volume of Beiträge zur by Johannes Bremer Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Freien Universität The discussion about a social background or a Berlin focuses on Ancient Studies and Art metaphorical meaning of poverty shows the Sciences at the Free University of Berlin. lack of knowledge about the economic and Departments include: Classical Archaeology, social circumstances during Achaemenid period Yehud (538-332 BCE) as a for- Near Eastern Archaeology, Indian Philology mative phase of the Psalter’s redaction and compilation process. German text. and Art History, and Indo-European Studies. German text. 466p (V&R unipress, September 2015, Bonner Biblische Beiträge 174) 206p (V&R unipress, September 2015, Beiträge zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Freien hardcover, 9783847103295, $82.00. Special Offer $66.00 Universität Berlin 7) hardcover, 9783847104278, $50.00. Special Offer $40.00 www.isdistribution.com Quote promotional code 513–15 for Special Offers (+1) (860) 584 6546 15 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Distributor of Scholarly Books Ancient Near East ABERDEEN, SD PERMIT NO. 200 70 Enterprise Drive, Suite 2 Bristol, CT 06010, USA phone: (+1) 860 584 6546 fax: (+1) 860 516 4873 www.isdistribution.com [email protected]

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