Study of the Ancient Near East in the 21st Century,9780931464966

Study of the Ancient Near East in the 21st Century

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ISBN13: 9780931464966
ISBN10: 093146496X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-10-01
Publisher(s): Eisenbrauns
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Table of Contents

Prologuep. 1
Constructing Context: The Gebel el-Arak Knife - Greater Mesopotamian and Egyptian Interaction in the Late Fourth Millennium B.C.E.p. 9
Art, Empire, and the End of the Late Bronze Agep. 33
Written Documents as Excavated Artifacts and the Holistic Interpretation of the Mesopotamian Archaeological Recordp. 81
Toward a New Periodization and Nomenclature of the Archaeology of the Southern Levantp. 103
Underwater Archaeology in the Near East: Past, Present, and Futurep. 125
Near Eastern Archaeometallurgy: Modern Research and Future Directionsp. 139
Sailing to Babylon, Reading the Dark Side of the Moonp. 177
A Search for a New Biblical Hermeneutics: Preliminary Observationsp. 195
Defining Egyptian Literature: Ancient Texts and Modern Literary Theoryp. 209
The Linguistic Classification of Eblaite: Methods, Problems, and Resultsp. 233
New Directions in the Study of Semitic Languagesp. 251
Semitics: Directions and Re-Directionsp. 273
2084: Ancient Propaganda and Historical Criticismp. 283
Sybil, or the Two Nations? Archaism, Kinship, Alienation, and the Elite Redefinition of Traditional Culture in Judah in the 8th-7th Centuries B.C.E.p. 291
Contextualizing Egyptian Representations of Society and Ethnicityp. 339
William Foxwell Albright: The Man and His Workp. 385
Epiloguep. 405
Index of Authorsp. 413
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