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The Balaam Text from Deir 'Alla Re-Evaluated : (Record no. 47996)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789004666351
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9789004093171
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1163/9789004666351
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Canceled/invalid control number (OCoLC)22812119
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Original cataloging agency NL-LeKB
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PJ5209.B35
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Subject category code GTB
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Subject category code HIS
Subject category code subdivision 010000
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Subject category code SOC
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Source bisacsh
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code SOC
Subject category code subdivision 015000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 492/.2
Edition information 23
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Balaam Text from Deir 'Alla Re-Evaluated :
Remainder of title Proceedings of the Symposium held at Leiden, 21-24 August 1989 /
Statement of responsibility, etc. edited by J. Hoftijzer and G. van der Kooij.
246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title Proceedings of the Symposium held at Leiden, 21-24 August 1989
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden ;
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Brill,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 1991.
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©1991
300 ## - online resource
Extent 1 online resource (324 pages) :
Other physical details illustrations.
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Content type term text
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
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490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity - Book Archive pre-2000
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title Preliminary Material /
Statement of responsibility J. Hoftijzer and G. van der Kooij -- Preface and Acknowledgements /
-- J. Hoftijzer and G. van der Kooij -- Bibliographical Abbreviations /
-- J. Hoftijzer and G. van der Kooij -- Deir ʿAlla Re-Visited /
-- H.J. Franken -- The Archaeology of Deir ʿAlla Phase IX /
-- Moawiyah M. Ibrahim and Gerrit van der Kooij -- Les Inscriptions Sur Plâtre de Deir ʿAlla et Leur Signification Historique et Culturelle /
-- André Lemaire -- The Plaster Inscriptions From DEIR ʿAlla: General Interpretation /
-- Baruch A. Levine -- Response to Baruch Levine and André Lemaire /
-- Jo Ann Hackett -- The Dialect of the Deir ʿAlla Texts /
-- P. Kyle McCarter -- The Linguistic Classification of the Deir ʿAlla Text Written on Plaster /
-- Dennis Pardee -- Philological Observations on the Deir ʿAlla Inscription /
-- Jonas C. Greenfield -- What Did the Gods Say? Remarks on the First Combination of the Deir ʿAlla-Plaster Texts /
-- J. Hoftijzer -- Response to J. Greenfield and J. Hoftijzer /
-- G.I. Davies -- The Balaam Text From Deir ʿALLā and the Study of the Old Testament /
-- Manfred Weippert -- Die Funktion Divinatorischen Redens und die Tierbezeichnungen der Inschrift von Tell Deir ʿAllā /
-- Hans-Peter Müller -- Response to H.-P. Müller and M. Weippert /
-- Meindert Dijkstra -- Approches Paléographiques de L’Inscription Sur Plâtre de Deir ʿAllā /
-- Emile Puech -- Book and Script at Deir ʿAllā /
-- Gerrit van der Kooij -- Response to Lectures of Prof. E. Puech and Dr. G. van der Kooij /
-- Meindert Dijkstra -- Deux Observations à Propos des Rapports Entre le Texte de Deïr ʿAlla (Combinaison I) et la Bible /
-- J.-M. Husser -- Remarks on the Classification of the Northwest Semitic Languages /
-- John Huehnergard -- Aspects of the Literary Structure of Combination I /
-- Al Wolters -- Reflexions Methodologiques Sur le Classement Linguistique de Dapt /
-- Felice Israel -- List of Contributors /
-- J. Hoftijzer and G. van der Kooij -- Biblical Quotations /
-- J. Hoftijzer and G. van der Kooij.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The Balaam text, written in ink on wall plaster, was discovered during archaeological excavations at Deir 'Alla in the Jordan Valley in 1967 and published in 1976 by Brill ( Aramaic Texts from Deir 'Alla ). The importance of this badly damaged inscription, which is dated either ca. 800 BC or the first half of the 8th century BC, was clear from the beginning and many studies have been published about it since. It was the aim of the International Symposium in Leiden 1989 to evaluate these studies and to advance the understanding of the text by a meeting of scholars who had worked extensively with it. The Proceedings include all the lectures (often reworked and annotated) as well as the prepared responses to them, some short communications and an additional note based on the discussion of one topic. Six different aspects of study of the Balaam text are dealt with: the archaeological context, the palaeography, the general interpretation, the language, interpretation of a number of details, and its relation to Old Testament studies. In this way the book is not just an addition to the current discussions concerning the Balaam text, but it also includes new data and new proposals and well as evaluations and attempts at scholarly agreements.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note English
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Source of description note Description based on print version record.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Canaanites
General subdivision Religion
Form subdivision Congresses.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Inscriptions, Aramaic
Geographic subdivision Jordan
General subdivision Dayr ʻAllā, Tall
Form subdivision Congresses.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hoftijzer, J.,
Relator term editor.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kooij, G. van der,
Relator term editor.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Title The Balaam Text from Deir 'Alla Re-Evaluated : Proceedings of the Symposium held at Leiden, 21-24 August 1989.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1991.
International Standard Book Number 9789004093171
Record control number (DLC) 90024828
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity - Book Archive pre-2000.
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Public note DOI:
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004666351">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004666351</a>

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