The Aramaic Inscriptions of Sefire: Revised Edition: 19,1 (Biblica et Orientalia) - Softcover

Fitzmyer, J.A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8876533478 ISBN 13: 9788876533471

Publisher: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1995

Synopsis

Since the first publication of the texts of the Aramaic Inscriptions of Sefire, they have been the subject of much scholarly discussion and interpretation. The three steles preserve the text of a treaty or treaties made by a north Syrian ruler. In the first two of them he is named as Mati?el, the son of ?Attarsamak, the king of Arpad. The several inscriptions of Sefire give us an inkling of the complicated political situation that existed in northern Syria in the middle of the eight century BC. All such ententes must have come to an end when Tiglathpileser III reasserted Neo-Assyrian might. All these details provide an interesting historical background for the reigns of Jeroboam II in Israel and of Uzziah in Judah, as well for the career of the prophet Amos.

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About the Author

Rev. Joseph Augustine Fitzmyer, S.J., is a priest of the Society of Jesus and a New Testament scholar. He entered the Maryland Province, made his novitiate in Wernersville, PA, and was ordained on July 30, 1938. His academic studies were done at Loyola University of Chicago; Facultes St-Albert de Louvain, Belgium. His Ph.D. is from Johns Hopkins University; and his S.S.L. from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome. Fr. Fitzmyer's academic posts have been with universities both domestic and abroad with a teaching specialty in both Old and New Testament Scriptures. In addition to his teaching duties, Fr. Fitzmyer has held numerous editorial posts on scholarly Biblical journals and other publications, and is the author of dozens of books and articles on scripture, theology, Christology, catechesis, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pontificio Istituto Biblico
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8876533478
• ISBN 13: 9788876533471
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 268