Israel and Hellas, Volume 1

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Walter de Gruyter, 1995 - History - 407 pages

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.

 

Contents

Hebrew and Greek Texts
1
Literary Contexts of
62
The nine spices of Canticles
91
Cosmological Myth and the Tuna of Gibraltar
106
The Mediterranean Vocabulary of the Vine
134
Peace Symbolism in Ancient Military Vocabulary
159
Phinehas and Phineus
181
Lord of the flies
219
Treaty and LoyaltyOath
253
ProverbBook and GoldEconomy
290
Motifs Comparisons Proverbs
309
Appendix
328
Words discussed
344
Passages cited
357
Objects described
387
General
393

The Shifting Roles of Women
222

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