Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Part 1 Political and Military History and Ancient Royals
7. Loyalty and Death: Some Ancient Near Eastern Metaphors 3
8. Zabaya, an Early King of the Larsa Dynasty 17
9. Rib-Hadda’s Urgent Tone: A Note on EA 74:50 22
10. The Length of the Reign of Hallusu-Insusinak 28
11. Esarhaddon and Egypt: A Preliminary Investigation 36
12. A Sale of Property from the Time of Esarhaddon, “King of Lands” 44
13. The Neo-Babylonian Empire 49
14. The “Antiquarian” Interests of the Neo-Babylonian Kings 61
15. Royal Women of the Neo-Babylonian Period 72
16. A “Dinner at the Palace” during Nebuchadnezzar’s Reign 79
17. Notes on Nebuchadnezzar’s 37th Year 85
18. Polytheism and Politics: Some Comments on Nabonidus’ Foreign Policy 95
19. Part 2 Texts and Legacies
20. The Impact of Assyriology on Biblical Studies 107
21. Assyriology
22. An Old Babylonian Forerunner to Summa Alu 119
23. The R. Campbell Thompson Tablets Published by Ivan Lee Holt 137
24. A Guided Tour through Babylonian History: Cuneiform Inscriptions in the Cincinnati Art Museum 149
25. Bible, Masorah, and Rabbinics
26. Jacob Wards Off Endangerment 194
27. Wool and Linen Material in Texts from the Time of Nebuchadnezzar 202
28. Character Development in the Book of Ruth 217
29. The Rare Accents of the Twenty-One Books 221
30. Break in the Middle of a Verse: Some Observations on a Massoretic Feature 259
31. I. O. Lehman, HUC mss 951–981 from Kai Feng, and a Purported Link between China and Yemen 270
32. Some Observations on Late Babylonian Texts and Rabbinic Literature 279
33. Visibility of the New Moon in Cuneiform and Rabbinic Sources 289
34. “Feet of Iron” in the Babylonian Talmud? 303
35. Part 3 Social and Economic History
36. Everyday Life in the Neo-Babylonian Period: The Integration of Material and Non-Material Culture 307
37. A Neo-Babylonian Dialogue Document (3.123) 316
38. A Mar Banutu Text from the Town of Hubat 319
39. A Neo-Babylonian Temple Report 323
40. Pirquti or Sirkuti? Was Istar-ab-ußur’s Freedom Affirmed or Was He Re-Enslaved? 330
41. Part 4 Critical Self-Reflection
42. “Splendid Truths” or “Prodigious Commotion”? 345
43. A Centennial Review of Friedrich Delitzsch’s “Babel und Bibel” Lectures 355
44. Delitzsch in Context 372
45. Babel und Bibel und Bias: How Anti-Semitism Distorted Friedrich Delitzsch’s Scholarship 381
46. On Reading Archival Texts: M. Jursa’s Comments to OIP 122 and the Limits of Criticism 389
47. Index of Authors 397
48. Index of Scripture 405
49. Index of Subjects 408