Böcker utgivna av CDL Press

"Essays on the literary structure, word play, and other literary facets of biblical and ancient near eastern literature, including Babylonian, Assyrian, and Ugaritic literature"--ECIP Summary.

Articles on the etymology of Sephardi names and naming practices in Sephardi communities throughout the world. Sephardi communities discussed include those in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Tunisia, Morocco, Greece, and Macedonia. Some of the topics include naming based on dreams, naming patterns for girls and women, names as a reflection of history, and names from proverbs. Studies and Texts in Jewish History and Culture, The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, University of Maryland, no. 19

Discussion of the Sumerians' concept of the afterlife. Topics investigated include: the location of the netherworld, the way to the netherworld, life in the netherworld; the gods of the netherworld, and more.

Essays include teaching at the university level, sociolinguistics, verbal morphology, teaching poetry, teaching grammar, and more.

A textbook for Modern Hebrew that is communicatively inspired and structured around functional goals.

Essays on the symbiotic relation ship between Jews and Muslims, including their history, social life, architecture, religion, music, and literature.

Essays on how Jewish philosophers, both historical and modern, including Philo, Saadia Gaon, Ibn Tibbon, Spinoza, and Maimonides, have interpreted the Bible narrative.

Studies and Texts in Jewish History and Culture, The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, University of Maryland, no. 4Essays dealing with various aspects of Jewish education and life in the United States.

Comprehensive collection of ancient Akkadian literature spanning three millennia. This larger, completely new, 3rd edition contains many compositions not in the previous editions; new translations of previously included compositions; incorporation of new text fragments identified or excavated since the last publication; all new footnotes; references and commentary brought up to date to reflect scholarly work of the last 10 years; and 100 more pages than the old two-volume edition.

Essays by leading archaeologists, historians, and art historians on the Middle East during the four centuries preceding the rise of Islam. The most recent archaeological findings with interpretation are presented. Archaeological plans, as well as color photographs of sites and artwork, are included.Caesarea Palaestinae: A Paradigmatic Transition?Caesarea in Transition: The Archaeological EvidenceQays riyah as an Early Islamic SettlementArchaeological Evidence for the Sasanian Persian Invasion of JerusalemThe Province of Arabia during the Persian Invasion (613-629/630)Continuity and Change in the Cities of Palestine during the Early Islamic Period: The Cases of Jerusalem and RamlaPella, Jarash, and Amm n: Old and New in the Crossing to Arabia, ca. 550 750 C.E.Changes in the Settlement Pattern of Palestine Following the Arab ConquestThe Peninsular Arab Presence in Oriens (Bil d al-Sh m) in Byzantine and Umayyad TimesAspects of the Rabbinic Movement in Palestine, 500 800 C.E.Images, Icons, and the Public Space in Early Islamic Times: Arab Christians and the Program to Claim the Land for IslamThe Muslim Appropriation of a Biblical Text: The Messianic Dimensions of Isaiah 21:6 7Sefer Eliyyahu: Jewish Eschatology and Christian JerusalemThe Many Facets of Middle Eastern Art: Late Antique, Christian, Islamic