Elephantine revisited: new insights into the Judean community and its neighbors

On the archaeological background of the Aramaic papyri from Elephantine in the light of recent fieldwork / Cornelius von Pilgrim -- Family life and law at Elephantine / Annalisa Azzoni -- Some aspects of family bonds in the Judean community of Elephantine / Hélène Nutkowicz -- Law in Elephantine : c...

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Contributors: Folmer, Margaretha (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: University Park, Pennsylvania Eisenbrauns [2022]
In:Year: 2022
Reviews:Elephantine Revisited and Elephantine in Context (2023) (Ziemba, Kacper)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Elephantine / Jewish community / History
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Jews (Egypt) (Elephantine) History To 1500
B Aramaic language (Egypt) (Elephantine)
B Elephantine (Egypt) Social life and customs
B Essays
B Elephantine (Egypt) Antiquities
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Summary:On the archaeological background of the Aramaic papyri from Elephantine in the light of recent fieldwork / Cornelius von Pilgrim -- Family life and law at Elephantine / Annalisa Azzoni -- Some aspects of family bonds in the Judean community of Elephantine / Hélène Nutkowicz -- Law in Elephantine : crimes and misdemeanors / Alejandro F. Botta -- The ostraca of Elephantine : a further light on the Judeans in Elephantine / André Lemaire -- Elephantine and Ezra-Nehemiah / Lester L. Grabbe -- Aḥiqar and Bisitun : the literature of the Judeans at Elephantine / Reinhard G. Kratz -- On Aḥiqar and the Bible / Ingo Kottsieper -- The identity of the people at Elephantine / Bob Becking -- The background of the Elephantine Jews in light of Papyrus Amherst 63 / Karel van der Toorn -- The contribution of Elephantine Aramaic to Aramaic studies / Margaretha Folmer -- Personal names in new Aramaic ostraca from Syene / Bezalel Porten and André Lemaire, with contributions by Beatrice von Pilgrim and Ran Zadok and handcopies by Ada Yardeni.
"A collection of essays examining the fifth-century BCE Judean community in Elephantine in southern Egypt. Provides new insights into the origin and identity of the community as well as archaeology, criminal and family law, religious life, the Bible, and the Aramaic language"--
ISBN:1646021630