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THE RAGING TORRENT Mordechai Cogan This volume presents a comprehensive collection of the royal inscriptions from Assyria and Babylonia that treat the Land of Israel and the People of Israel. Covering a period of just over three hundred years during the first half of the 1st millennium BCE, these texts tell the story of the military encounters—both victories and defeats—between the Mesopotamian empires and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Many of the texts relate to events described in the Hebrew Bible, while others provide information about affairs that were unknown until their discovery in modern times. All the texts have been newly translated from the original cuneiform documents and are accompanied by a consecutive commentary and select bibliography. Mordechai Cogan , Ph.D., is professor of Biblical History at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has written widely on the political and cultural connections between ancient Israel and the empires of the ancient Near East. He is the author of many studies and books, among them: Imperialism and Religion; commentaries in the Anchor Bible series on 1 Kings; 2 Kings (with Prof. Hayim Tadmor); commentaries in Hebrew in the Mikra Leyisrael (Bible for Israel) series on Obadiah; Joel; Nahum. |
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ALPHABETS
ANCIENT & MODERN Ada Yardeni 24.5ª34.5 cm (9¾ª13½ in.), folds out to 70ª100 cm (27½ª39 in.); laminated; case: 27ª35.5 cm (10½ª14 in.) A comparative table of the more important Ancient Semitic Scripts, their adoption and further development to Greek and Latin.
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| A-dventure-Z The Story of the Alphabet Ada Yardeni 21 x 21 cm (8.25 x 8.25 in.); 86 pp.; original artwork; full color; bibliography; softcover
Both entertaining and educational, this book illustrates the main signposts leading to the invention of the alphabet, with full-page color illustrations and palaeographical, historical and linguistic information. The letters of the alphabet have a common ancestor. The ancient Canaanite language evolved in Egypt in about the second millennium BCE, and split into different alphabetical systems, mainly Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic. The illustrations in this book are based on the forms of the letters as they appear in ancient inscriptions.
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| DICTIONARY OF BASIC BIBLICAL HEBREW
Hebrew-English
Shlomo Karni
15.5 x 23 cm (8 x 12 in.); 190 pp.; hardcover
Presented in user-friendly fashion, this dictionary is a learner's tool for students of the English Bible who want to delve more deeply into the meaning of Scripture in its original language. Contains over 6,000 entries of the most common words in the Hebrew Bible.
A concise tutorial, with clear explanations about the basics of grammar and syntax of Biblical Hebrew, complements the dictionary.
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| THE ONOMASTICON by Eusebius of Caesarea G.S.P Freeman-Grenville, Rupert L. Chapman III, Joan E. Taylor. 21x27.5 cm ; 224 pp.; color maps; index; hardcover Here is the first-ever English translation of the ancient Greek Onomasticon by Eusebius of Caesarea, written in the early 4th century A.D. Presented in parallel with Jerome's Latin rendering of the same work, it provides an alphabetical listing of place names mentioned in the Bible and identified by the author with contemporary sites. Accompanied by maps and indexes, this book is an indispensable tool for students and scholars alike. |  |
| THE BOOK OF HEBREW SCRIPT Ada Yardeni 21 x 30 cm (8.25 x 12 in.); 364 pp.; c. 290 b&w illustrations in original size; bibliography; index; hardcover The Book of Hebrew Script signifies a new phase in the study of the Hebrew letters. In addition to a comprehensive historical survey of the evolution of the Hebrew script and its various styles, the author presents the basic rules of Hebrew palaeography, and a method for analyzing letter-forms, as well as instructions for Hebrew calligraphy and the design of Hebrew letters, inscriptions and typefaces. This book is the perfect manual and source of information for scholars and laymen alike. Available outside Israel from The British Library (UK) & Oak Knoll Press (USA) Click here to order copies - secure order
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THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS
IN THE HOLY LAND
23 x 30 cm (9 x 12 in.);
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| THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JEWISH LIFE AND THOUGHT 23 x 30 cm (9 x 12 in.); 568 pp.; over 1,700 entries, fully cross-referenced; profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings; index; hardcover This expanded and enlarged version of the original Hebrew Handbook of Judaism is the most comprehensive of its kind. Its 568 pages hold the key to understanding the basic values of Judaism. A must for every Jewish household, for students, and for anyone wishing to gain an insight into the world of Judaism and Israel. |  |
| VISUAL DICTIONARY
English--Hebrew 17.5 x 23.5 cm (8 x 9.5 in.); 723 pp. + LIV pp.; 12,000 terms; 3,000 detailed illustrations; index; hardcover If you want to look up a word from a picture or find the picture from the word, turn to the Visual Dictionary. An invaluable reference, it contains thousands of carefully chosen illustrations and clearly identified terminology that allows quick access to 3,000 objects. |  |
| A COMPREHENSIVE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
For Readers of English 20 x 30 cm (8 x 12 in.); 721 pp.; hardcover A clear and concise work on the origins of Hebrew words and their sense development. Each of the c. 32,000 entries is first given in its Hebrew form, then translated into English and analyzed etymologically, using Latin transcription for all non-Latin scripts. An indispensable source of biblical, Jewish, modern Hebrew and Near Eastern studies. |  |
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The encyclopedia of history and culture of the Jewish people - in Spanish Enciclopedia de la historia y la cultura del pueblo judio. E.D.Z. Nativ Ediciones, Jerusalem 1998, 467 pp. (encuadernacion dura), ISBN 965-222-847-8. Redactor y editor: Dr. Efraim Zadoff.
Unica obra en su tipo. Abarca todos los temas referentes a la historia, la cultura, el pensamiento y la tradicion del pueblo judio y al Estado de Israel, con criterio enciclopedico y conciso, y una rigurosa disciplina academica. Actualizada hasta 1997.
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