Homeland and exile : : biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies in honour of Bustenay Oded / / edited by Gershon Galil, Mark Geller and Alan Millard.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 130
• TeilnehmendeR: Oded, Bustenay.; Galil, Gershon.; Geller, Mark, Ph. D.; Millard, A. R.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 130.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (674 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume is a scholarly tribute to Bustenay Oded's distinguished career from some of the many contemporaries, colleagues, and former students who not only admire, and keep being inspired by his achievements, but who also count him as a friend. The title points to the remarkable span of Bustenay Oded 's research and research interests. Accordingly, the Festschrift's thirty original contributions deal with a wide range of topics, focusing on the Assyrian Empire, as well as on the Hebrew Bible and other cultural contents.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / G. Galil , M. Geller and A. Millard -- Exile And Forced Labour In Bêt Har’Os: Remarks On A Recently Discovered Moabite Inscription / Bob Becking -- Literary-Critical Issues In The Hebrew Bible From An Assyriological Perspective: Literary-Ideological Alterations / Mordechai Cogan -- Ardiya, An Eanna Temple Prebendary / Muhammad Dandamayev -- Trumpet Snails And Purple Snails As An Indication Of The Transfer Of Religion And Technology In The Eastern-Mediterranean Region / Manfried Dietrich -- An Elamite Deportee / Betina Faist -- The Assyrian Words For \'(Foot) Soldier\' / Frederick Mario Fales -- Appropriation Of Land By Officials In The Neo-Assyrian Period / Gershon Galil -- A Monument To Imperial Control – Literary Observations On The Thompson Prism Of Esarhaddon (Nineveh A) / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz -- Tribute Or Looting In Samaria And Jerusalem: Shoshenq In Jerusalem? / André Lemaire -- A New Look At The End Of The Assyrian Empire / Sarah C. Melville -- Assyria, Aramaeans And Aramaic / Allan R. Millard -- Sîn-šarru-iškun And Ezida In Calah / Jamie Novotny and Greta Van Buylaere -- Positive And Negative Human Types In The Egyptian Wisdom Literature / Nili Shupak -- A \'Dinner At The Palace\' During Nebuchadnezzar’s Reign / David B. Weisberg -- A Possible Terminus Ad Quem For The Deuteronomistic Legislation. A Fresh Look At Deut. 17:16 / Rainer Albertz -- The Book Of Judges – Dating And Meaning / Yairah Amit -- Did The Jews Worship Idols In Babylonia? / Adele Berlin -- Cain And The Kenites / John Day -- Tobit In Galilee / Devorah Dimant -- To Stop Nehemiah From Building The Jerusalem Wall – Jewish Aristocrats Triggered An Economic Crisis / Joseph Fleishman -- The Valley Of Elah Battle And The Duel Of David With Goliath: Between History And Artistic Theological Historiography / Moshe Garsiel -- David And Abishag: The Purpose Of 1 Kings 1:1–4 / Richard S. Hess -- The Historical Setting Of Zephaniah’s Oracles Against The Nations (Zeph. 2: 4–15) / Dan’el Kahn -- Biblical Narrative And Historical Method / Zecharia Kallai -- The Road Not Taken: Wellhausen And Assyriology / Peter Machinist -- Rameses II And The Exodus: A Case Of Mistaken Identity / Eugene H. Merrill -- Anti-Achaemenid Propaganda In Deuteronomy / Eckart Otto -- The Book Of Joshua And The Existence Of A Hexateuch / Hartmut N. Rosel -- Ethically Cultured Interpretations: The Case Of Eglon’s Murder (Judges 3) / Jack M. Sasson -- The Prayer For The Restoration Of The Israelite Kingdom In The Book Of Micah – Literary Analysis And The Historical Background / Shmuel Vargon -- Index Of Authors / G. Galil , M. Geller and A. Millard -- Index Of Cuneiform Sources / G. Galil , M. Geller and A. Millard -- Index Of Old Testament References / G. Galil , M. Geller and A. Millard.