Homeland and exile : biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies in honour of Bustenay Oded /

Homeland and exile : biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies in honour of Bustenay Oded / edited by Gershon Galil, Mark Geller and Alan Millard. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - xxiv, 643 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 130. 0083-5889 ; . - Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 130. .

Includes a chronological bibliography of the works of Bustenay Oded (p. [xi]-xvi). Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Exile and forced labour in Bêt Har'oš: remarks on a recently discovered Moabite inscription -- Literary-critical issues in the Hebrew Bible from an Assyriological perspective: literary-ideological alterations -- Ardiya, an Eanna temple prebendary -- Trumpets snails as an indication of the transfer of religion and technology in the eastern-mediterranean region -- An Elamite deportee -- The Assyrian words for "(Foot) Soldier" -- Appropriation of land officials in the new-Assyrian period -- A monumnet to imperial control - literary observations on the Thompson Prism of Easrhaddon (Nineveh A) -- Tribute or looting in Samaria and Jeruslaem: Shosenq in Jerusalem? -- A new look at the end of the Assyrian Empire -- Assyria, Aramaeans and Aramaic -- Sîn-šarru-iškun and Ezida in Calah -- Positive and negative human types in the Egyptian wisdom literature -- A "Dinner at the Palace" during Nebuchadnezzar's reign -- A possible 'Terminus ad quem" for the Deuternomistic legislation. A fresh look at Det. 17:16 -- The Book of Judges - dating and meaning -- Did the Jews worship idols in Babylonia? -- Cain and the Kenites -- Tobit in Galilee -- To stop Nehemiah from building the Jerusalem wall - Jewsih aristocrats triggered an economic crisis -- The Valley of Elah battle and Duel of David with Goliath: between history and artistic theological historiography -- David and Abishag: the purpose of I Kings 1:1-4 -- The historical setting of Zephaniah's oracles against the nations (Zeph. 2:4-15) -- Biblical narrative and historical method -- The road not taken: Wellhausen and Assyriology -- Rameses II and the exodus: a case of mistaken identity -- Anti-Achaemenid proganda in Deutronomy -- The Book of Joshua and the existence of a hexateuch -- Ethically cultured interpretations: the case of Eglon's murder (Judges 3) --The prayer for the restoration of the Israelite Kindom in the Book of Micah - literary analysis and the historical background.

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Oded, Bustenay.


Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--O.T.--History of Biblical events.


Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.
Jews--Civilization--To 70 A.D.
Jews--History--Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C.
Jews--History--To 70 A.D.


Middle East--Civilization--To 622.

BS410 / .V452 vol. 130 BS1197 / .H585 2009

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