Studies in historical geography and biblical historiography : presented to Zechariah Kallai / / edited by Gershon Galil and Moshe Weinfeld.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 81
• TeilnehmendeR: Ḳalai, Zekharyah.; Galil, Gershon.; Weinfeld, Moshe.
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 81.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book is presented to Professor Zecharia Kallai, one of the leading scholars of Historical Geography of the Bible, by his students and friends. It contains a collection of studies in Historical Geography and Biblical Historiography. The book is divided into three parts: Historical Geography, Bib...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary material / Gershon Galil and Moshe Weinfeld
• Zebulun and the Sea / Shmuel Aḥituv
• The Chronicler's Description of the Common Border of Ephraim and Manasseh / Aaron Demsky
• Die Grenzen Des Landes Israel / Volkmar Fritz
• The Boundaries of Aram-Damascus in the 9th-8th Centuries Bce / Gershon Gaul
• \'From India to Ethiopia\' and from \'The Hellespont to India\' (The Imperial Outlook) / M. Heltzer
• Tarshish-Tarsisi: Problème De Topographie Historique Biblique Et Assyrienne / Andrè Lemaire
• The Gentile Cities of Judea: Between the Hasmonean Occupation and the Roman Liberation / Zeev Safrai
• The Settlements of the Israelite and the Judean Exiles in Mesopotamia in the 8th-6th Centuries Bce / B. Oded
• John the Baptist, The Wilderness and the Samaritan Mission / Joshua Schwartz
• Bochim, Bethel, and the Hidden Polemic (Judg 2,1-5) / Yairah Amit
• Joshua and 1 Chronicles / Graeme Auld
• Objective of Baasha's War Against Asa / David Elgavish
• David's Warfare Against the Philistines in the Vicinity of Jerusalem (2 Sam 5,17-25; 1 Chron 14,8-16) / Moshe Garsiel
• Recovering \'The Women Who Served at the Entrance / E.L. Greenstein
• Mesha's Attempt to Invade Judah (2 Chron 20) / A. F. Rainey
• The Historical Background and Significance of Isa 1,10-17 / Shmuel Vargon
• The Narrative of the Revelation at Sinai (Ex 19-24) / Yitzhak Avishur
• From Exodus to Exile: 2 Kgs 17,7-20 in the Context of its Co-Text / Bob Becking
• Arguments for the Identification of the Lúurbi in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions / Moshe Elat
• The Restoration of a Dozen Elephantine Aramaic Fragments from the Beginning of Contracts / Bezalel Porten
• Pelekh in Nehemiah 3 / Moshe Weinfeld
• Reflection of the Transition to Agriculture in Israelite Religion and Cult / Ze'ev Weisman
• List of Publications of Prof. Zecharia Kallai / Gershon Galil and Moshe Weinfeld
• Index of Authors / Gershon Galil and Moshe Weinfeld
• Index of Old Testament References / Gershon Galil and Moshe Weinfeld.