Ancient Aramaic and Hebrew Letters

by Lindenberger, James M.; Richards, Kent Harold; Lindenberger, James M.; Richards, Kent Harold

• ISBN13: 9781555408404
• ISBN10: 1555408400
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-06-01
• Publisher: Scholars Pr

Author Biography

James M. Lindenberger is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, Canada.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Explanation of Signs	p. xiii
Chronological Table	p. xiv
Maps	p. xvi
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Translations	p. 15
Aramaic Diplomatic-Military Correspondence	p. 17
Ashur Ostracon (Report of an Assyrian Officer)	p. 20
Adon Papyrus (Appeal to Pharaoh for Military Aid)	p. 23
Business and Family Letters	p. 25
Hermopolis 1	p. 29
Hermopolis 3	p. 30
Hermopolis 4	p. 31
Hermopolis 2	p. 32
Hermopolis 6	p. 34
Hermopolis 5	p. 35
Hermopolis 7	p. 36
Padua 1 (To a Son on a Journey)	p. 36
Padua 2 (A Son to His Mother)	p. 38
Berlin Papyrus 23000 (Grain Shipments)	p. 39
Ostraca from Elephantine	p. 41
Berlin, St. Mus. 1137 (A Dream and Family Matters)	p. 42
O. Cairo 35468a (Money for a Religious Society)	p. 43
O. Clermont-Ganneau 44 (A Report of Imprisonment)	p. 44
Berlin, St. Mus. 11383 (Sheepshearing)	p. 44
Berlin, St. Mus. 11383 (Bread and Flour)	p. 45
Cambridge 131-133 (Sheep Marketing)	p. 46
Bodleian Aram. Inscr. 1 [Lost] (Money and Slaves)	p. 47
Bodleian Aram. Inscr. 7 (Family Messages: Passover)	p. 48
O. Clermont-Ganneau 70 (Repair of a Garment)	p. 49
O. Cairo 49624 (Dedication of a Tunic)	p. 49
O. Clermont-Ganneau 152 (Handling of Produce and the Sabbath)	p. 50
O. Clermont-Ganneau 16 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)	p. 51
O. Clermont-Ganneau 169 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)	p. 51
O. Clermont-Ganneau 228 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)	p. 52
O. Clermont-Ganneau 125? (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)	p. 53
O. Clermont-Ganneau 186 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)	p. 53
O. Cairo 35468b (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)	p. 54
O. Clermont-Ganneau 277 (Greetings in the Names of the Gods)	p. 55
BM 45035a (Miscellaneous)	p. 55
BM 45035b (Miscellaneous)	p. 56
Archives of the Jewish Community at Elephantine	p. 61
AP 21 (Passover [?] and Unleavened Bread)	p. 65
AP 38 (An Accusation and a Warning)	p. 67
AP 56+34 (Riot and Imprisonment)	p. 68
AP 27 (Accusation of Stopping a Well)	p. 70
AP 30/31 (Razing of Temple and Petition for Aid)	p. 72
AP 32 (Memorandum on Reconstructing the Temple)	p. 76
AP 33 (A Petition and a Bribe)	p. 77
Letters from Persian Officials	p. 81
AD 2 (Appointment of a Steward)	p. 85
AD 4 (Reprimand to an Insubordinate Officer)	p. 86
AD 3 (Slaves)	p. 87
AD 5 (Slaves)	p. 88
AD 6 (Rations for a Traveling Party)	p. 90
AD 8 (Restoration of an Estate to Its Rightful Heir)	p. 91
AD 7 (Reprimand to a Negligent Steward)	p. 93
AD 10 (Overdue Rent)	p. 94
AD 11 (Overdue Rent)	p. 96
AD 9 (Commission for a Sculptor)	p. 97
AD 12 (Complaints)	p. 98
AD 13 (Complaint of Unsatisfactory Goods)	p. 100
AP 29 (A Boatyard Work Order)	p. 101
Two Hebrew Petitions and a Royal Order	p. 107
Yavneh-Yam (Petition of a Poor Man)	p. 109
Moussaieff Hebrew Ostracon #2 (Petition of a Widow)	p. 110
Moussaieff Hebrew Ostracon #1 (A Royal Order)	p. 111
Judean Military-Administrative Letters from Arad and Lachish	p. 113
Arad 40 (A Report from Edom)	p. 118
Arad 88 (A Royal Fragment)	p. 119
Arad 24 (Orders from the King)	p. 119
Arad 21 (Fragmentary Letter)	p. 120
Arad 18 (Rations and Other Matters)	p. 121
Arad 1 (Rations and Other Matters)	p. 121
Arad 2 (Rations and Other Matters)	p. 122
Arad 3 (Rations and Other Matters)	p. 122
Arad 17 (Rations and Other Matters)	p. 123
Arad 16 (Rations and Other Matters)	p. 124
Lachish 2 (Greetings to a Superior Officer)	p. 124
Lachish 3 (Protest of Literacy, Troop Movements, etc.)	p. 125
Lachish 4 (Report on Signal-Fire and Other Matters)	p. 126
Lachish 6 (Morale)	p. 127
Lachish 16 (Fragment Mentioning a Prophet)	p. 128
Lachish 5 (Rations)	p. 129
Lachish 9 (Rations)	p. 129
Fragmentary and Miscellaneous	p. 133
Epistolary Formulas from Kuntillet Ajrud	p. 136
DJD 2, 17a (A Papyrus Letter Fragment from Murabaat)	p. 137
Horvat Uza (An Edomite Note concerning Grain Delivery)	p. 137
Tell el-Mazar (An Ammonite Note concerning Grain)	p. 138
Saqqara (A Phoenician Letter)	p. 138
Idumea Ostr 199 (An Aramaic Note concerning a Debt)	p. 139
Idumea Ostr 196 (An Aramaic Note concerning the Release of a Woman)	p. 140
Sources	p. 143
Concordance of Texts	p. 149
Bibliography	p. 157
Glossary	p. 171
Indexes	p. 175
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