New Seals and Inscriptions, Hebrew, Idumean and Cuneiform

355 Pages·2007·6.78 MB·English

by  Meir Lubetski

NEW SEALS AND INSCRIPTIONS

Hebrew Bible Monographs, 7

Series Editors
David J.A. Clines, J. Cheryl Exum, Keith W. Whitelam

Editorial Board
A. Graeme Auld, Marc Brettler, Francis Landy,
Hugh S. Pyper, Stuart D.E. Weeks

NEW SEALS AND INSCRIPTIONS,

HEBREW, IDUMEAN, AND CUNEIFORM

edited by

Meir Lubetski

SHEFFIELD PHOENIX PRESS

2007
Copyright © 2007 Sheffield Phoenix Press

Published by Sheffield Phoenix Press
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Hardback ISBN 978-1-905048-35-9

ISSN 1747-9630
Shlomo Moussaieff

to our beloved grandchildren

Mia Leora
Talia Sarah
Yitshak Emanuel
Yaakov
Ilan Yehudah

who are

More precious than gold...
And sweeter than honey (Ps. 19.11)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Abbreviations xix
List of Contributors xxiii
A Tribute to Shlomo Moussaieff xxv

THE (ALMOST) PERFECT FAKE AND/OR THE REAL THING
David Noel Freedman 1

Part I
SEALS

NEW INSCRIBED HEBREW SEALS AND SEAL IMPRESSIONS
André Lemaire 9

FALCON OF GOLD
Meir Lubetski 23

HORUS THE FALCON AS A PERSONAL NAME
Meir Lubetski 35

NWYHW/NWYW: NEW NAMES IN THE BIBLICAL PERIOD
Meir Lubetski 38

A MAN CALLED MNR
Meir Lubetski 48

GEDALIAH BEN A(cid:112)IQAM IN THE LIGHT OF EPIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE
(A RESPONSE TO BOB BECKING)
Peter van der Veen 55

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