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Contains six essays on Near Eastern and biblical law, as well as essays on biblical and Mesopotamian literature, history, religion, divination, slavery, and art.
Comprehensive collection of ancient Akkadian literature spanning three millennia. This larger, completely new, 3rd edition contains many compositions not in the previous editions; new translations of previously included compositions; incorporation of new text fragments identified or excavated since the last publication; all new footnotes; references and commentary brought up to date to reflect scholarly work of the last 10 years; and 100 more pages than the old two-volume edition.
Essays by leading archaeologists, historians, and art historians on the Middle East during the four centuries preceding the rise of Islam. The most recent archaeological findings with interpretation are presented. Archaeological plans, as well as color photographs of sites and artwork, are included.Caesarea Palaestinae: A Paradigmatic Transition?Caesarea in Transition: The Archaeological EvidenceQays riyah as an Early Islamic SettlementArchaeological Evidence for the Sasanian Persian Invasion of JerusalemThe Province of Arabia during the Persian Invasion (613-629/630)Continuity and Change in the Cities of Palestine during the Early Islamic Period: The Cases of Jerusalem and RamlaPella, Jarash, and Amm n: Old and New in the Crossing to Arabia, ca. 550 750 C.E.Changes in the Settlement Pattern of Palestine Following the Arab ConquestThe Peninsular Arab Presence in Oriens (Bil d al-Sh m) in Byzantine and Umayyad TimesAspects of the Rabbinic Movement in Palestine, 500 800 C.E.Images, Icons, and the Public Space in Early Islamic Times: Arab Christians and the Program to Claim the Land for IslamThe Muslim Appropriation of a Biblical Text: The Messianic Dimensions of Isaiah 21:6 7Sefer Eliyyahu: Jewish Eschatology and Christian JerusalemThe Many Facets of Middle Eastern Art: Late Antique, Christian, Islamic
An analysis of the interplay between private entrepreneurship and government fiscal policies and procedures under Darius I of Persia, as exemplified by a member of the wealthy and prestigious Egibi family in Babylon, which had close business connections with government officials. Topics discussed include taxation, tolls, prebends, tax-farming, the international slave trade, market transportation systems, waterway usage, agricultural production, and other private and public economic processes. In addition, 143 pertinent texts are translated and commented upon. Autographed copies of previously unpublished texts are included.
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