The Birth of Ancient Egyptian Literature Speaker: James P. Allen, Brown University Friday, January 8, 2010 | 7:00 pm Room 142, 5 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, Ontario...
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Graham Hagens
rgrahamh
Jan 2, 2010 3:56 pm
... This interests me too. First of all, 'prophetic' messengers who carried instructions from the deity to the king are so well attested in the ANE (e.g....
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Lisbeth S. Fried
lizzfried
Jan 2, 2010 5:23 pm
Dear All, There's a very interesting article in BAR, 35.6 (2009), 30-32, 80, by Steve Mason on the meaning of the Greek word ioudaismos, which appears for the ...
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goranson@...
goranson11
Jan 2, 2010 9:41 pm
Those discussing Aramaic ostraca from Elephantine may wish to consult now La collection Clermont-Ganneau: ostraca, épigraphes sur jarre, étiquettes de bois ...
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Graham Hagens
rgrahamh
Jan 2, 2010 9:42 pm
... I think I got that Grabbe remark wrong (History of the Persian province of Yehud, 2004, quoting from memory), he argues that the canon was still in flux...
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victor avigdor hurowitz
victor@...
Jan 3, 2010 12:52 am
I forget who asked the question abuot the ostraca as well as the details of the question. It was something about how did so and so know that a certain ostracon...
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victor avigdor hurowitz
victor@...
Jan 3, 2010 1:25 am
Dear All, I just received this link and item from a friend. Does anyone know anything about it? ...
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RUSSELLGMIRKIN@...
Jan 3, 2010 8:24 am
I would appreciate that, Victor. (The closest available copy of Porten/Yardeni is the University of Washington.) Here is my original posting (the relevant...
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zmbq
Jan 3, 2010 8:24 am
Brian Colless just posted his attempt to decipher the Qeyafa inscription. It can be found here:...
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victor avigdor hurowitz
victor@...
Jan 3, 2010 8:31 am
I located your original posting. I"m at the office at the moment and my copy of Porten-Yeardeni is at home, so it will have to wait until this evening. Victor...
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Brian Colless
damaohu
Jan 3, 2010 2:18 pm
http://cryptcracker.blogspot.com/2010/01/qeiyafa-ostracon-inscription-this-large.html . ... Good spotting! I am grateful to you for announcing this. I am still...
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Graham Hagens
rgrahamh
Jan 3, 2010 5:08 pm
... Well, this is position is not only mine of course, it goes back several decades at least (Blenkinsopp, Grabbe and others, some of whom contribute to this...
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victor avigdor hurowitz
victor@...
Jan 3, 2010 6:37 pm
I can't find the text you refer to by the bibliographic information you provide, but on the basis of the divine names mentioned in the title of the article I...
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Lisbeth S. Fried
lizzfried
Jan 3, 2010 7:08 pm
Hi Victor, Porten identifies Yarhu as Aramean/ Arab. See the section on Personal Names in Porten and Lund, _Aramaic Documents from Egypt: A Key-Word-in-Context...
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gmills4248
Jan 3, 2010 11:19 pm
Check GE Nickelsburg, Jewish Literature Between The Bible andThe Mishna, for a good discussion of the develpment of the canon? He provides good evidence for...
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Brian Colless
damaohu
Jan 4, 2010 7:47 am
Here is a summary of my attempt to read the Qeiyafa ostracon inscription. Because it is 'tentative' (though I think that this qualification applies to all...
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RUSSELLGMIRKIN@...
Jan 4, 2010 9:14 am
Thanks Stephen, Victor and Liz. My secondary source said this ostracon was from "Yarho" to Haggai, so it is definitely the brief text Victor quoted: "To my...
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Sam WOLFF
baalh
Jan 4, 2010 9:14 am
After having had a quick glance at the newly published report, I can tell you that there is a chapter by H. Misgav on the ostracon, followed by a chapter...
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featherrobert
Jan 4, 2010 11:29 am
The idea that the Elephantine Papyri can provide evidence of Jewish-style practices at Elephantine Island that can be extrapolated across to Canaan is...
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victor avigdor hurowitz
victor@...
Jan 4, 2010 11:49 am
Dear Robert, Your depiction of the Jews of Elephantine is quite amusing. I would think you may be describing American Reform Jews, or even not a few Orthodox ...
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featherrobert
Jan 4, 2010 12:58 pm
Dear Victor, I don't doubt the people on Yeb followed a form of Judaism and worshipped YHW, in association with other associates, rather reminiscent of the...
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victor avigdor hurowitz
victor@...
Jan 4, 2010 2:23 pm
Dear Robert, All this is beside the point. Do you know of any other group besides people from Judah and Israel who worshipped YHW(H)? Who cares where the ...
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Thomas L. Thompson
tltij
Jan 4, 2010 3:17 pm
Dear Victor, Of course, the Yahu of the Shasw is somewhat uncertain. Nevertheless, there seems to have been a Yahu not only in Samaria but also in Teman and...
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victor avigdor hurowitz
victor@...
Jan 4, 2010 4:09 pm
I won't deny posssibility, but would you really prefer associating the Yahuists of Yeb with the Shasu? And how do you explain a sudden appearance of Yahu names...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Jan 4, 2010 4:49 pm
Dear Victor, There have been such people who wanted to associate the shasu with Yahwist etc, and thus seeing them as the original "Jews." I suppose the problem...
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Antonio Lombatti
antonio_lomb...
Jan 4, 2010 5:45 pm
With pics here: http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/largest-saqqara-tomb-discovered.html? Antonio Lombatti ... http://www.antoniolombatti.it [Non-text...
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victor avigdor hurowitz
victor@...
Jan 4, 2010 6:18 pm
Dear Niels, Although I tyr to be an observant Jew, I have no delusions about Judaism being monolithic, and accept fully that it is diverse, and that it has...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Jan 4, 2010 6:45 pm
Dear Victor, are we in disagreement her? My point was that if people begin defining Jews following the HB only, they end up with a very monolithic and...
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cejo@...
chuckjones2000
Jan 4, 2010 7:31 pm
The AWOL list of open access journals in Ancient Studies now has 509 titles http://tinyurl.com/ygfpzxd -Chuck Jones- New York...
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aren
arenmaeir
Jan 4, 2010 9:34 pm
NPL, I see no problem "defining jews" (or some aspects of early Judaism) according to the HB - it is clear from the HB that there were many currents in...
