The Deir ʿAlla plaster inscriptions
The Deir ʿAlla texts record the first attestation of Balaam's name in the pre-exilic period, outside the Bible. The two "Combinations" provided in this volume comprise a myth about a disaster that occurred in the land, and relate how in this situation Balaam, son of Beor, functioned i...
| Subtitles: | Review Article |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[Apr. - Jun., 1981]
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| In: |
JAOS
Year: 1981, Volume: 101, Issue: 2, Pages: 195-205 |
| Review of: | Aramaic texts from Deir 'Alla' (Leiden : Brill, 1976) (Levine, Baruch A.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Deir ʿAllā
/ Aramaic language
/ Balaam
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | The Deir ʿAlla texts record the first attestation of Balaam's name in the pre-exilic period, outside the Bible. The two "Combinations" provided in this volume comprise a myth about a disaster that occurred in the land, and relate how in this situation Balaam, son of Beor, functioned in the role of a diviner. A new edition of both of the two "Combinations" is presented here, with translation and commentary. The study concludes with a discussion of major themes in the Deir ʿAlla texts. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2289 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Oriental Society, JAOS
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/601759 |