The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, ReligionPeeters Publishers, 2000 - 694 עמודים In order to present the Aramean history during some six hundred years, down to the seventh century B.C., it was necessary to analyze a wide range of sources, mainly cuneiform, epigraphic, and biblical. Chapter I deals with Aramean pre-history and proto-history, while chapter II examines the question of the alleged relationship between the Hebrew forefathers and the ancient Arameans. Chapters III to XIV give a relatively accurate description of the territory of each historically attested Aramean group or state and present a detailed narrative of political events. Chapter XIV, the most extensive, considers the situation of the Arameans in Babylonia, also in relation to the Chaldeans and to the North-Arabian tribes. Chapters XV to XVIII deal with Aramean institutions, economy, legal practices, and religion. Special attention is paid to linguistic features of the available evidence, when they can help resolving historical questions. The book concludes with an extensive general index and with an index of biblical sources. |
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PREFACE | 11 |
Aramaean Prehistory and Protohistory 25 2 2 9 4 5 | 25 |
Laqē | 77 |
BētZammāni | 135 |
BētAdini | 163 |
Arpad or BētGūš | 195 |
Samal or Yuaddī | 233 |
Hamath and Lugath | 249 |
Dunānu Nilqu Radīye | 458 |
Ubulu | 460 |
Karma | 461 |
Amlātu and Damūnu | 462 |
Rua and Qabī | 464 |
Liittäu | 467 |
Marusu Ammatu Ḥaggarānu | 468 |
Nomadism Royalty Dignitaries | 491 |
Soba or BētReḥob 319 | 303 |
Aram Damascus | 347 |
Territory | 348 |
History | 367 |
Aramaeans in Babylonia | 409 |
The Chaldaeans | 416 |
Aramaeans and NorthArabians | 422 |
Tūmānu and Haṭallū | 425 |
Puqūdu | 429 |
Utu or Itu | 437 |
Rupu and Labadudu | 439 |
Tiglathpileser IIIs List | 441 |
Ḥamarānu and Luḥūātu | 442 |
RabbiIl Nāṣir Gulūš | 446 |
Nabātu or Nabayatu | 448 |
Raḥīqu Kapīri Rummulutu | 450 |
Adilīye Gibrīye Ubūdu | 452 |
Gurūmu | 453 |
Ḥindāru | 455 |
Society and Economy | 515 |
Law | 557 |
Receipts | 593 |
International Treaties | 595 |
Religion | 599 |
Ancestral Cult | 605 |
Attar | 607 |
Il and His Hypostases | 614 |
Resheph and Ruśā | 617 |
Moongod | 620 |
Sundeity | 623 |
Stormgod | 626 |
Burial Practices | 636 |
641 | |
689 | |
LIST OF TEXT FIGURES 695 | |
LIST OF MAPS 697 | |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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