Aramaic texts have been discovered in Egypt since the first decade of the nineteenth century. The first texts discovered were letters (now known as the Padua Papyri). Subsequently documents of different sorts, literary and contractual, came to light; they were written not only on skin and papyrus, but also on ostraca. During the last century and a half, such Aramaic documents have brought to light examples of so-called Imperial or Official Aramaic that provide an important background for the study of Biblical Aramaic. They have been published in many different places, in books and in articles. Some were well published, others not so well, depending on the pioneer nature of such studies of texts that were only gradually coming to light. Almost seventy years ago A. Cowley collected the then-known texts in a convenient handbook, Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C. (Oxford: Clarendon, 1923). subsequently' other important texts were published by E. G. Kraeling, G. R. Driver, and J. B. Segal. Now Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni have undertaken a massive restudy of these important documents. They have consulted the originals, restudied the fragments of texts (sometimes neglected by earlier scholars), made new and more appropriate joins, improved the readings, and translated and interpreted the texts anew. Most important of all, they have provided hand-drawn facsimiles of the documents restudied. In this Porten has been aided by the talented artist, A. Yardeni, who has furnished excellent copies of the texts. This volume was published in 1986 . The volume contains fifty letters on papyrus and leather scattered around the world in ten museums and libraries. These are organized into six chapters: the Adon letter; 7 letters discovered at Hermopolis; 11 private letters; 10 letters from the Jedaniah communal archive; 5 official and semi-official letters; 16 letters on parchment of Arsames and his colleagues; and an appendix of 8 Aramaic letters from the Bible. There is a concordance of texts and a brief bibliography.

It was a widespread practice in the area of Palestine, Syria and Asia Minor during the fourth to the seventh centuries of the current era to use talismans written on metal sheets in order to ward off the powers of evil, to heal people, or to gain the love of a person. The common Babylonian practice of the same period was to write incantation texts on earthenware bowls. This book contains the texts of all the legible amulets in Aramaic known today, as well as 13 hitherto unpublished bowls. The texts are proved with translations and commentaries, and a detailed glossary of all the words is given. The study of these incantations provides a glimpse into the religious feelings and practices of common people in the Talmudic period and enriches our knowledge of Palestinian and Babylonian Aramaic usage. This book contains a wealth of new material for the history of magic in the Near East, edited and interpreted with meticulous scholarship. דפים מהספר גרסה מקוונת לספר זה אפשר לקנות כאן

גרסה מקוונת לספר זה אפשר לקנות כאן דפים מהספר The essays collected in this volume explore diverse aspects of literary creativity in the Ancient Near East, including Ancient Israel, with a special emphasis on historical writing. Cuneiform documents are analyzed in order to test historical consciousness in Ancient Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Israel, and Biblical texts are illuminated through comparisons drawn from neighboring cultures. The essays are particularly noteworthy for being the product of constant dialogue among leading scholars, noted specialists in their respective disciplines, who comprised a research group at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem during 1978/9.

לוקטו כאן מאמרים שפורסמו בכתב העת 'תרביץ: רבעון למדעי היהדות' העוסקים בכתובות קבר ובכתובות בית כנסת שכתבו יהודים מימי הבית השני ואילך. כמו כן מובאים מאמרים הדנים בספרות ההלכה והפיוט, תחומי מחקר שהופרו עם גילוין של הכתובות.

לקט מתוך הרצאתו של פרופ' א. הד ז"ל. מבין הנושאים המובאים בו: יסודות המשפט העות'מאני, הסולטאנות, טגרא, החצר, החרם, מנגנון הממשלה, מינהל המחוזות, עלמא ומוסדות דתיים ועוד.

משה דוד קאסוטו (תרמג-תשיב), מגדולי דורו בפרשנות המקרא ובחקר תולדות עם ישראל והלשון העברית, היה גם אחד ממניחי היסודות המובהקים להבנת הטקסטים האוגריתיים ולקביעת זיקתם אל דרכי הכתוב המקראי. חוקרי המקרא וחוקרי הספרות של המזרח הקדמון ימצאו עניין במאמריו המקובצים כאן. גישתו המקורית במדע המקרא נגלית במאמרים אלו, הפותחים אופקים חדשים בתרבויות המזרח הקדמון ובספרותן ומבליטים בכך את גדולתו של המקרא כמרכז הווייתו של עם ישראל. בכרך זה, הכרך השני, מקובצים מאמרים שפרסם המחבר לראשונה בלשונות אירופיות (כמעט כולם באיטלקית) בשנים תרעא-תשי ותורגמו לעברית לאחר פטירתו. בסוף הכרך נמצאים מפתחות לשני הכרכים.

The studies presented in this book cover the timespan between the Hasmoneans and the earliest Roman intervention in the Land of Israel – that is, from the second and first pre-Christian centuries and until the third and fourth centuries of the present era. Most of the questions raised in this study originate within the inner world of Judaism and Jewish law (Halakha). However, these issues are examined in relation to other factors as well, such as Jewish Hellenistic literature, early Christian traditions, and classical culture as a whole. דפים מהספר גרסה מקוונת לספר זה אפשר לקנות כאן

This is a final report on excavations carried out by the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem during the years 1949-1952 at the Neolithic site in the Yarmuk River terrace near Kibbutz Sha'ar Hagolan. Includes 75 Plates

The first edition of Yaron’s Laws of Eshunna was published in 1969. The second revised edition is in many respects a new book. New material – from Tell Haddad, Ishcali, also from remote Elba - granted new insights. Increased attention was paid to comparison, especially with the Code of Hammurabi. Of continuing controversies, the discussion concerning muškenum, and concerning ÷imdat šarrim may be singled out. A reconsideration of the English translation has resulted in many often, minute changes.

גרסה מקוונת לספר זה אפשר לקנות כאן דפים מהספר Yehezkel Kaufman (1889-1963), modern Israel's foremost biblical scholar, composed this monograph in connection with his two volumes of commentary to the Books of Joshua and Judges – not available in English. He takes issue with the view that these books originated in late monarchic times, centuries removed from the events they relate and hence of little historical worth. He criticizes in detail the literary arguments on which that view is based, contending that, on the contrary, these books are based on, and incorporate, pre-monarchic sources attesting to the earliest phrase of the religion of ancient Israel.

החוברת עוסקת בתולדות היהודים במצרים ההלניסטית הרומית, הנלמדות מבדיקת פפירוסים יווניים ממצרים. הוא מתאר את ההתיישבות היהודית במצרים, את חיי הכלכלה שלהם, את מעמדם האזרחי ועוד.