TY - BOOK AU - Galil,Gershon AU - Geller,Mark AU - Millard,A.R. AU - Oded,Bustenay TI - Homeland and exile: biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies in honour of Bustenay Oded T2 - Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, SN - 9004178899 AV - BS410 .V452 vol. 130 U1 - 221.95 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Oded, Bustenay. KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - History of Biblical events KW - Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian KW - Jews KW - Civilization KW - To 70 A.D KW - History KW - Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C KW - Middle East KW - To 622 N1 - 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 ER -