ISBN:
0-89003-045-6
Language:
English
Pages:
63 S. :
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Ill. ; 12 Taf. ;
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27 cm.
Year of publication:
1983
Series Statement:
Monographic journals of the Near East Vol. 2,1
Series Statement:
Monographic journals of the Near East Occasional papers on the Near East
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction. Ancient seals and the Bible: an overview / Leonard Gorelick. - "As the seal upon thine arm" : glyptic metaphors in the biblical world / William W. Hallo. - The snake and the tree in the iconography and texts of Syria during the Bronze Age / Elizabeth Williams-Forte. - Seal manufacture in the Lands of the Bible : recent findings / A. John Gwinnett and Leonard Gorelick. - Hebrew seals of officials / Ruth Hestrin. - The seal of Miqnêyaw, servant of Yahweh / Frank Moore Cross
Note:
A publication of IIMAS, the International Institute for Mesopotamian Area Studies.
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Proceedings of a symposium held December 17, 1982, at the Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y.
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