Solving riddles and untying knots : biblical, epigraphic, and Semitic studies in honor of Jonas C. Greenfield / edited by Ziony Zevit, Seymour Gitin, Michael Sokoloff. [print]

Some bird names in the Judeo-Persian translations of the Hebrew Bible Jes P. Asmussen -- Monophthongization of diphthongs as reflected in the use of vowel letters in the Pentateuch Joshua Blau -- Cedar and the palm tree: a paired male/female symbol in Hebrew and Aramaic Ariel A. Bloch -- Some problems in the Arabic transmission of biblical names William M. Brinner -- On netinim and false prophets Magen Broshi, Ada Yardeni -- Grandeur et purete du sacerdoce: remarques sur le Testament de Qahat (4Q542) Andre Caquot -- Ahiqar, Umman and Amun, and biblical wisdom texts Henri Cazelles -- Epistolary evidence of address phenomena in official and Biblical Aramaic Riccardo Contini -- Etymology of 'menstrual impurity' Moshe Greenberg -- Slave release in the biblical world in light of a new text William W. Hallo -- Paragogic nun in Biblical Hebrew: hypercorrection as a clue to a lost scribal practice Stephen A. Kaufman -- Fragment-targum of Onqelos from the Cairo Genizah Michael L. Klein -- Abraham, the physician: the image of Abraham the patriarch in the genuine hymns of Ephraem Syrus Tryggve Kronholm -- Ritual purity and political exile: Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, and the events of 586 B.C.E. in a Yemenite folktale Jacob Lassner -- Semantics of loss: two exercises in Biblical Hebrew lexicography Baruch A. Levine

Fate, miqreh, and reason: some reflections on Qohelet and biblical thought Peter Machinist -- Recently discovered word for "clan" in Mari and its Hebrew cognate Abraham Malamat -- Note de lexicographie hebraique qumranienne (m-sw /yrwq, mhsbym, swt) Emile Puech -- Work concerning divine providence: 4Q413 Elisha Qimron -- Varian scriptural readings in liturgical texts Nahum M. Sarna -- 4QMysteries: a preliminary edition and translation Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Poetic structures in the Hebrew sections of the Book of Daniel Stanislav Segert -- Qumran: some Iranian connections Shaul Shaked -- Abraham and the eastern kings: on Genesis 14 J.A. Soggin -- New edition and translation of the Questions of Ezra Michael E. Stone -- Was the biblical saris a eunuch? Hayim Tadmor -- Calendrical document from Qumran cav 4 (mismarot D, 4Q325) Shemaryahu Talmon -- 'He had not become wrinkled' (Deuteronomy 34:7) Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Paraphrase of Exodus: 4Q422 Emanuel Tov -- Word ndb in the Bible: a study in historical semantics and biblical thought J.P. Weinberg

Socio-religious framework of the Babylonian witchcraft ceremony Maqlu: some observations on the introductory section of the text, part II Tzvi Abusch -- More on the Latin personal names ending with -us and -ius in Punic Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo -- Regelson, Pagis, and Wallach: three poems on the Hebrew language Arnold J. Band -- Neo-Babylonian tamkaru M.A. Dandamayev -- Eanna tablet from Uruk in Cleveland M.J. Geller -- Old Babylonian bawdy ballad Victor Avigdor Hurowitz -- Some reflections on Amarna politics William L. Moran -- Pasuri-Dagan and Ini-Tessup's mother David I. Owen -- "Plural of ecstasy" in Mesopotamian and Babylonian love poetry Shalom M. Paul -- Water beneath straw: adventures of a prophetic phrase in the Mari archives Jack M. Sasson -- Some di-til-la tablets in the British Museum Marcel Sigrist -- Simu gamru: its function and history Aaron Skaist -- God Athtar in the ancient Near East and his place in KTU 1.6 I Mark S. Smith.

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