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Papers by Mordechai Cogan. Josiah in Bethel. Bound for Exile, the companion volume of The Raging Torrent, presents a collection of cuneiform t Through these texts, uncovered in ancient Assyria and Babylonia, as well as in the Land of Israel, we learn of the masses of Israelites and Judeans deported to distant parts of the ancient Near East, and the few left behind to live alongside new settlers who were in turn transferred to Israel. Little is known of the life led by the exiles abroad.
All the texts in this innovative collection have been newly translated from the most recent editions of the original documents. They are introduced by concise historical surveys.
A consecutive commentary and select bibliography accompany each selection. Illustrative material - maps and photographs - provide additional accessibility to the sources. Biblical text critics are at odds over the attribution of the variant readings recovered from the Thus, Emanuel Tov asserts.
Journal of the American Oriental Society , This volume presents a comprehensive collection of the royal inscriptions from Assyria and Babylo Covering a period of just over three hundred years during the first half of the 1st millennium BCE, these texts tell the story of the military encounters between the Mesopotamian empires and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Many of the texts relate to events described in the Hebrew Bible, while others provide information about affairs that were unknown until their discovery in modern times.
