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The Image of the New Adam in the Book of Daniel (Daniel 4 and 7)

Old Testament Essays
The interpretation of the Son of Man figure in Dan 7 is one of the most hotly debated issues in biblical scholarship. This article is based on the premise that the analysis of the Aramaic Daniel (Dan 1-7), the earlier part of the modern Hebrew-Aramaic ...
Igor Bessonov
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‘Between righteousness and alms’ in Tobit: What was the author’s real intention?

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
Before the Semitic fragments of 4QTobit were found at Qumran, the 4th-century Greek GI version of Tobit was thought to be original and was regarded as ‘a lesson on almsgiving and its redeeming powers’. In his presentation of the 4Q196–4Q199 (Aramaic) and
Annette H. Evans
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A viable approach to the Aramic of the New Testament

, 2015
The present thesis addresses the problem of how New Testament scholarship may best discern and eventually reconstruct the Aramaic backgrounds to the New Testament on linguistic grounds.
Łukaszewski, Albert Laurence
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Jewish Divination in the Greco–Roman Era

Religion Compass, Volume 18, Issue 11-12, December 2024.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the divinatory methods the Jews used to address their questions in the Greco–Roman era. Scholars have previously examined how authors of the Hebrew Bible are aware of numerous divinatory techniques. The texts of the Greco–Roman era, especially the Dead Sea Scrolls, preserve even more references illuminating the ancients ...
Hanna Tervanotko
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A Lydian-Aramaic Bilingual. I [PDF]

The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1917
The publication of the Lydian inscriptions discovered by the American excavators at Sardis has long been eagerly awaited. Not only do the thirty-four which they found supplement in the most welcome manner the very scanty and fragmentary material hitherto known, but of especial interesl was the news that they included an admirably preserved bilingual in
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Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 136-154, November 2024.
Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
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Making Sense of Fragmentary Qumran Aramaic Texts. Two Case Studies on Contradictory Grammatical vs. Content or Genre Considerations

The Biblical Annals
Fragmentary ancient texts are notoriously difficult to interpret. In this article, I offer case studies on two short sections of Qumran Aramaic texts.
Christian Stadel
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On the Aramaic Onomasticon in the Cuneiform Text Corpus

, 2020
Most of the Aramaic onomasticon is not located in extant alphabetic sources, but instead can be found in cuneiform sources. In order to learn more about the reach of Aramaic through the individuals using it as a spoken language during the first half of ...
Simonson, Brandon
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Particularităţi lexico-semantice ale unităţilor individualizatoare în textele biblice în variantele ebraică (aramaică), franceză şi română

Limbaj si Context, 2010
The problem of the Bible proper names/proper “units” is a very important problem. In this article we propose an original study of the lexical and semantic peculiarities of these units in Hebrew (Aramaic), French and Romanian versions of the Bible.
Anjela Coşciug
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The plight of the Iraqi Christians [PDF]

Forced Migration Review, 2007
The Assyrians, the last concentrated pocket of Assyrio-Aramaic-speaking people in the world, are the victims of a systematic religious and ethnic cleansing which is going largely unnoticed.
Nineb Lamassu
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