The scholarly world has eagerly awaited the full presentation of the three Samuel scrolls from Cave 4. It is no exaggeration to say that the critical study and exegesis of the books of Samuel are no longer possible without these three scrolls. The final publication of 4QSama, 4QSamb, and 4QSamc in this volume thus crowns the publication activity of this series over the past decade.

Qumran Cave 4: XII: 1-2 Samuel (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert)

History

Donald W. Parry

Frank Moore Cross

Eugene C. Ulrich

Richard J. Saley

Ancient Civilizations

Clarendon Press

Hardcover with dust jacket. Foxed and discolored to edges of leaves. Dust jacket is edge worn, chipped and scuffed. Edge worn boards, with slight curling.

Magnalia Dei, the mighty acts of God: Essays on the Bible and archaeology in memory of G. Ernest Wright

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

DOUBLEDAY

Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel

Cross traces the continuities between early Israelite religion and the Canaanite culture from which it emerged; explores the tension between the mythic and the historical in Israel’s religious expression; and examines the reemergence of Canaanite mythic material in the apocalypticism of early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Middle East

Harvard University Press

Ancient Yahwistic Poetry is a particularly tempting field of study. In this small body of literature are preserved the oldest and most creative expressions of Israel's faith. This study of ancient Yahwistic poetry by Frank Moore Cross Jr. and David Noel Freedman untangles some of the serious textual difficulties and linguistic obscurities that have been a challenge to students of the Hebrew Bible for many generations.

Studies in Ancient Yahwistic Poetry (The Biblical Resource Series (BRS))

Literature & Fiction

David Noel Freedman

World Literature

Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source

From the founding families of the Bible through the early Christian period and almost everything in between! These special volumes include a wide array of topics in Biblical history and archaeology: The Exodus. Jerusalem Archaeology. Solomon s Temple. The Dead Sea Scrolls, the world of Jesus and more. Engaging, informative and breathtaking! That s what you can expect from this two-volume special collection of 40 articles celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR). Exploring the breadth of Biblical history, these easy-to-read-and understand articles are written by the world s leading Biblical archaeologists and scholars, illustrated with glorious color pictures of artifacts and excavations, and include new commentary by BAR editor Hershel Shanks.

40 by 40: Forty Groundbreaking Articles from Forty Years of Biblical Archaeology Review

Hershel Shanks

David Ussishkin

André Lemaire

Eilat Mazar

and many other contributors

Biblical Archaeology Society

The editors have assembled here 55 key articles and notes by the well-known Harvard professor, organizing them under the categories Palaeography, Transjordanian Epigraphy, Hebrew Inscriptions, Aramaic Texts, and Old Canaanite and Phoenician Inscriptions. These essays, scattered in journals and various books, have now been brought together in one volume for easy access and attest to the life-long interest and contributions of one of the best-known epigraphers and palaeographers of the last 50 years.

Leaves from an Epigrapher's Notebook: Collected Papers in Hebrew and West Semitic Palaeography and Epigraphy (Harvard Semitic Studies, 51)

Philosophy

BRILL

The discovery of manuscripts and papyri in the Judaean desert has not ceased. Nor have all of the texts which have come to light been published; however, the history of their discovery and much of their content and significance can be described. This is done in this book. In place of the many unbridled speculations that have been spread abroad in certain publications, this volume gives a sober and objective account by a scholar who has taken a leading part in the editing and evaluation of the Qumran texts. The form of the book is shaped by its origin in the Haskell Lectures. Each lecture, after the first chapter recounting the history of the finds, deals with a single, but major area of scroll research. Each records an attempt to achieve in a given area a synthesis, or at least a systematic interepretation of the facts now available. Old and new, published and unpublished data are drawn upon. The text of the lectures has been expanded by very extensive footnoting. The notes are written at two levels: most contain technical discussion, especially at points where unpublished material or unpublished views are alluded to in the text; at the same time a number of explanatory notes are directed to the reader with less background in the field.

The ancient library of Qumran (Biblical Seminar)

Religion & Spirituality

Judaism

Sheffield Academic+press

From Library Journal\nCross (Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, 1973) is one of the giants from a passing generation of scholars with a breadth of competence that may never again be attained in today's scholarly environment. This is probably the first time that he has presented his ideas in nontechnical terms. The five chapters, three of which were published in Bible Review, treat Israelite origins, the development of Israelite religion, the invention of the alphabet and its effect on civilization, earliest alphabetic inscriptions, and the history and significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Shanks's skillful use of the interview format is quite effective. The educated public will find this a great translation of arcane but tremendously influential scholarship into popular thought patterns. 
Eugene O. Bowser, Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley 
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Frank Moore Cross: Conversations With a Bible Scholar

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

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