Solving riddles and untying knots : biblical, epigraphic, and Semitic studies in honor of Jonas C. Greenfield / [print]
edited by Ziony Zevit, Seymour Gitin, Michael Sokoloff.
- Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, (c)1995.
- xxxiv, 668 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Some bird names in the Judeo-Persian translations of the Hebrew Bible Monophthongization of diphthongs as reflected in the use of vowel letters in the Pentateuch Cedar and the palm tree: a paired male/female symbol in Hebrew and Aramaic Some problems in the Arabic transmission of biblical names On netinim and false prophets Grandeur et purete du sacerdoce: remarques sur le Testament de Qahat (4Q542) Ahiqar, Umman and Amun, and biblical wisdom texts Epistolary evidence of address phenomena in official and Biblical Aramaic Etymology of 'menstrual impurity' Slave release in the biblical world in light of a new text Paragogic nun in Biblical Hebrew: hypercorrection as a clue to a lost scribal practice Fragment-targum of Onqelos from the Cairo Genizah Abraham, the physician: the image of Abraham the patriarch in the genuine hymns of Ephraem Syrus Ritual purity and political exile: Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, and the events of 586 B.C.E. in a Yemenite folktale Semantics of loss: two exercises in Biblical Hebrew lexicography Jes P. Asmussen -- Joshua Blau -- Ariel A. Bloch -- William M. Brinner -- Magen Broshi, Ada Yardeni -- Andre Caquot -- Henri Cazelles -- Riccardo Contini -- Moshe Greenberg -- William W. Hallo -- Stephen A. Kaufman -- Michael L. Klein -- Tryggve Kronholm -- Jacob Lassner -- Baruch A. Levine Fate, miqreh, and reason: some reflections on Qohelet and biblical thought Recently discovered word for "clan" in Mari and its Hebrew cognate Note de lexicographie hebraique qumranienne (m-sw /yrwq, mhsbym, swt) Work concerning divine providence: 4Q413 Varian scriptural readings in liturgical texts 4QMysteries: a preliminary edition and translation Poetic structures in the Hebrew sections of the Book of Daniel Qumran: some Iranian connections Abraham and the eastern kings: on Genesis 14 New edition and translation of the Questions of Ezra Was the biblical saris a eunuch? Calendrical document from Qumran cav 4 (mismarot D, 4Q325) 'He had not become wrinkled' (Deuteronomy 34:7) Paraphrase of Exodus: 4Q422 Word ndb in the Bible: a study in historical semantics and biblical thought Peter Machinist -- Abraham Malamat -- Emile Puech -- Elisha Qimron -- Nahum M. Sarna -- Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Stanislav Segert -- Shaul Shaked -- J.A. Soggin -- Michael E. Stone -- Hayim Tadmor -- Shemaryahu Talmon -- Jeffrey H. Tigay -- Emanuel Tov -- J.P. Weinberg Socio-religious framework of the Babylonian witchcraft ceremony Maqlu: some observations on the introductory section of the text, part II More on the Latin personal names ending with -us and -ius in Punic Regelson, Pagis, and Wallach: three poems on the Hebrew language Neo-Babylonian tamkaru Eanna tablet from Uruk in Cleveland Old Babylonian bawdy ballad Some reflections on Amarna politics Pasuri-Dagan and Ini-Tessup's mother "Plural of ecstasy" in Mesopotamian and Babylonian love poetry Water beneath straw: adventures of a prophetic phrase in the Mari archives Some di-til-la tablets in the British Museum Simu gamru: its function and history God Athtar in the ancient Near East and his place in KTU 1.6 I Tzvi Abusch -- Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo -- Arnold J. Band -- M.A. Dandamayev -- M.J. Geller -- Victor Avigdor Hurowitz -- William L. Moran -- David I. Owen -- Shalom M. Paul -- Jack M. Sasson -- Marcel Sigrist -- Aaron Skaist -- Mark S. Smith.