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Matthew Suriano's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months ago
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Matthew Suriano deposited A Private Stamped Seal Handle from Tell Bornāṭ / Tēl Burnā, Israel in the group
Near Eastern Archaeology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months agoA private seal impression with the Hebrew name “Ezer (son of) Haggai” discovered in the excavations at Tel Burna, Israel. The seal impression dates to the Iron II period and has parallels found at Gezer and Azekah.
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Matthew Suriano deposited A Private Stamped Seal Handle from Tell Bornāṭ / Tēl Burnā, Israel in the group
Biblical archaeology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months agoA private seal impression with the Hebrew name “Ezer (son of) Haggai” discovered in the excavations at Tel Burna, Israel. The seal impression dates to the Iron II period and has parallels found at Gezer and Azekah.
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Matthew Suriano deposited A Private Stamped Seal Handle from Tell Bornāṭ / Tēl Burnā, Israel on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months ago
A private seal impression with the Hebrew name “Ezer (son of) Haggai” discovered in the excavations at Tel Burna, Israel. The seal impression dates to the Iron II period and has parallels found at Gezer and Azekah.
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Jacqueline Vayntrub's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 7 months ago
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Matthew Suriano deposited Remembering Absalom’s Death in 2 Samuel 18–19: History, Memory, and Inscription in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoThe brief notice of Absalom’s pillar in 2 Sam 18:18 provides an important yet un-usual case of how memory is constructed in ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible. Commemoration of the dead typically works from the perspective of the (living) descendent and is directed towards the (deceased) ancestor. Yet in this example Absalom commemorates h…[Read more]
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Matthew Suriano deposited Remembering Absalom’s Death in 2 Samuel 18–19: History, Memory, and Inscription in the group
Biblical archaeology on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoThe brief notice of Absalom’s pillar in 2 Sam 18:18 provides an important yet un-usual case of how memory is constructed in ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible. Commemoration of the dead typically works from the perspective of the (living) descendent and is directed towards the (deceased) ancestor. Yet in this example Absalom commemorates h…[Read more]
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Matthew Suriano deposited Remembering Absalom’s Death in 2 Samuel 18–19: History, Memory, and Inscription in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoThe brief notice of Absalom’s pillar in 2 Sam 18:18 provides an important yet un-usual case of how memory is constructed in ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible. Commemoration of the dead typically works from the perspective of the (living) descendent and is directed towards the (deceased) ancestor. Yet in this example Absalom commemorates h…[Read more]
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Matthew Suriano's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months ago
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Matthew Suriano deposited Remembering Absalom’s Death in 2 Samuel 18–19 on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months ago
The brief notice of Absalom’s pillar in 2 Sam 18:18 provides an important yet un-usual case of how memory is constructed in ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible. Commemoration of the dead typically works from the perspective of the (living) descendent and is directed towards the (deceased) ancestor. Yet in this example Absalom commemorates h…[Read more]
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Jacqueline Vayntrub's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months ago
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Brian Doak's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months ago
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Thomas Bolin deposited Out of the Wilderness? Some Suggestions for the Future of Pentateuchal Research in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoThis essay examines the current state of the field in pentateuchal studies and recommends taking up large-genre questions once again and looking at canonical texts from other religious traditions, in this case ancient Sanskrit texts, for clues on how this type of literature grows.
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Thomas Bolin deposited Out of the Wilderness? Some Suggestions for the Future of Pentateuchal Research on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months ago
This essay examines the current state of the field in pentateuchal studies and recommends taking up large-genre questions once again and looking at canonical texts from other religious traditions, in this case ancient Sanskrit texts, for clues on how this type of literature grows.
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Jacqueline Vayntrub's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months ago
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Jacqueline Vayntrub deposited Like Father, Like Son: Theorizing Transmission in Biblical Literature in the group
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoBehind the literary form of testament and expressions memorializing the dead is a concept of how objects, rights, and speech pass from one generation to the next: transmission. This essay examines two interrelated phenomena that give filial succession in the biblical and Ugaritic literature its contours: first, the discourses surrounding…[Read more]
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Jacqueline Vayntrub deposited Like Father, Like Son: Theorizing Transmission in Biblical Literature in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoBehind the literary form of testament and expressions memorializing the dead is a concept of how objects, rights, and speech pass from one generation to the next: transmission. This essay examines two interrelated phenomena that give filial succession in the biblical and Ugaritic literature its contours: first, the discourses surrounding…[Read more]
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Jacqueline Vayntrub deposited Like Father, Like Son: Theorizing Transmission in Biblical Literature in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months agoBehind the literary form of testament and expressions memorializing the dead is a concept of how objects, rights, and speech pass from one generation to the next: transmission. This essay examines two interrelated phenomena that give filial succession in the biblical and Ugaritic literature its contours: first, the discourses surrounding…[Read more]
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Jacqueline Vayntrub's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months ago
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Jacqueline Vayntrub deposited Like Father, Like Son: Theorizing Transmission in Biblical Literature on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months ago
Behind the literary form of testament and expressions memorializing the dead is a concept of how objects, rights, and speech pass from one generation to the next: transmission. This essay examines two interrelated phenomena that give filial succession in the biblical and Ugaritic literature its contours: first, the discourses surrounding…[Read more]
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