“See, I will bring a scroll recounting what befell me” (Ps 40:8)

Epigraphy and Daily Life from the Bible to the Talmud
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-525-55062-5
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Volume 012, Part, 245 Seiten, with 60 fig., Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 493 g

Reihe: Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements (JAJ.S)

In January 2011, the David and Jemima Jeselsohn Epigraphic Center for Jewish History held its second international conference at Bar-Ilan University, dedicated to the memory of Professor Hanan Eshel, the founding academic director of the center who passed away on April 8th, 2010. This collection of articles, traces, when taken together, daily lifein the land of Israel from the First Temple Period through the time of the Talmud, as seen in the various types of inscriptions from those periods that have been discovered and published. Schiffman’s summary of Hanan’s work serves as an introduction to the book. A?ituv discusses the language and religious outlook of the Kuntilet ‘Ajrud inscriptions. Mazar and A?ituv survey the quite large corpus of short inscriptions found in Mazar’s excavation of Tel Re?ov, south of Beth-Shean. Maeir and Eshel deal with four very short more-or-less contemporary inscriptions found at Tell es-Safi, identified as the major Philistine city of Gath. Demsky deals with the theoretical aspects of literacy in ancient Israel. Grabbe discusses the functions of the scribe during the Second Temple Period. Zissu, Langford, Ecker and Eshel report on both an Aramaic-language graffito and a Latin one, inscribed on the wall of a first and 2nd century CE oil press from of Khirbet ‘Arâk Hâla in the Judean Shephelah. Rappaport’s survey of Jewish coins from the Persian Period through the Bar-Kokhba Revolt, focusing on the Hasmonean coins. Amit describes a group of bread stamps and oil seals, in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin, found in different parts of the country. Klein and Mamalya describe two Byzantine Period Nabatean Christian burial sites and their epitaphs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eshel, Esther

Levin, Yigal

Weitere Mitwirkende

Schiffman, Lawrence H.

Ahituv, Shmuel

Mazar, Amihai

Maeir, Aren M.

Demsky, Aaron

Grabbe, Lester L.

Zissu, Boaz

Rappaport, Uriel

Schiffman, Marlene

Langford, Boaz

Ecker, Avner

Amit, David

Klein, Eitan

Mamalya, Haim

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha

Leseproben

In January 2011, the David and Jemima Jeselsohn Epigraphic Center for Jewish History held its second international conference at Bar-Ilan University, dedicated to the memory of Professor Hanan Eshel, the founding academic director of the center who passed away on April 8th, 2010. It is a collection of articles, that, when taken together, trace daily lifein the land of Israel from the First Temple Period through the time of the Talmud, as seen in the various types of inscriptions from those periods that have been discovered and published. Schiffman’s summary of Hanan’s work serves as an introduction to the book. Ahituv discusses the language and religious outlook of the Kuntilet ‘Ajrud inscriptions. Mazar and Ahituv survey the quite large corpus of short inscriptions found in Mazar’s excavation of Tel Rehov, south of Beth-Shean. Maeir and Eshel deal with four very short more-or-less contemporary inscriptions found at Tell es-Safi, identified as the major Philistine city of Gath. Demsky deals with the theoretical aspects of literacy in ancient Israel. Grabbe discusses the functions of the scribe during the Second Temple Period. Zissu, Langford, Ecker and Eshel report on both an Aramaic-language graffito and a Latin one, inscribed on the wall of a first and 2nd century CE oil press from of Khirbet ‘Arâk Hâla in the Judean Shephelah. Rappaport’s survey of Jewish coins from the Persian Period through the Bar-Kokhba Revolt, focusing on the Hasmonean coins. Amit describes a group of bread stamps and oil seals, in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin, found in different parts of the country. Klein and Mamalya describe two Byzantine Period Nabatean Christian burial sites and their epitaphs.

Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Hanan Eshel

Über Autor(innen)

Levin, Yigal
Dr. Yigal Levin is Faculty Member of the Department of Jewish History at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Eshel, Esther
Professor Esther Eshel, Bible Department, is Head of the Jeselsohn Epigraphic Center for Jewish History at the Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel.