Monday, January 09, 2012

Second Temple Hebrew Inscriptions

You know what "Hebrew inscriptions" means, yes?

Jews.

Israelites.

Hebrews.

Not Arabs.

So, here's a new book by Jan Dušek on the subject:

Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim and Samaria between Antiochus III and Antiochus IV Epiphanes


And the theme of the book

stands on the intersection of epigraphy and historical research: the Aramaic and Hebrew inscriptions discovered in the vicinity of the Yahwistic sanctuary on Mt. Gerizim and their historical background. The study addresses the evidence from three perspectives: the paleography and dating of the inscriptions; the identity of the community who carved them and its institutions; and, finally, the larger historical and political context in which the inscriptions were produced.

And the best part:

This book is particularly useful for historians of Palestine in the Second Temple period, for biblical scholars, and for those dealing with Aramaic and Hebrew paleography and epigraphy.

By the way, Mt. Gerizim, you of course know, is at Shchem, aka Nablus.

Are you Pals. (and their supporters) still trying to engage in "identity theft" and "inventivity nationalism"?

From the Table of contents

I. Scripts of the inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim
1. Temple-city on Mt. Gerizim; 2. Scripts used on Mt. Gerizim;...6. Spelling with dalet or zayin;...9. Paleo-Hebrew fragments
II. Identity
1. Samaria in the Hellenistic period; 2. Identity of worshippers of Yahweh in Samaria; 3. Religious institutions in Hellenistic Samaria; 4. Texts used by the Samarian Yahwists: Pentateuch; 5. Samarian Yahwists as foreigners in the Jewish society; 6. Date and circumstances of the exclusion: the case of Sidonians in Shechem;...
III. Southern Levant between Antiochus III and Antiochus IV Epiphanes
...2. Chronology of Josephus in Ant. 12.129-236; 3. Seleucid and Ptolemaic kings in Ant. 12.129-236; 4. The dotal agreement (Ant. 12.154-155); 5. The Tobiads; 6. High-priests in Jerusalem

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