The Aramaic Inscriptions of Sefire: Commentary

by Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Publisher:

Pontifical Biblical Institute

, 1995

Overview

A thorough commentary of the Aramaic inscriptions of Sefire. This revised edition of Fitzmyer’s classic work also includes transcriptions of all three Steles, a helpful introduction, extensive bibliography, analyses of the grammar of the inscriptions, a list of the names associated with the inscriptions, several indices, and two essays entitled “The Affinity of the Sefire Inscriptions to Hittite and Assyrian Treaties” and “The Land of KTK.” Photographic reproductions of the steles are present as well.

Product Details

• Title: The Aramaic Inscriptions of Sefire: Commentary
• Author: Joseph A. Fitzmyer
• Publisher: Pontifical Biblical Institute
• Print Publication Date: 1995
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Inscriptions, Aramaic; Stele (Archaeology) › Iraq; Iraq › History--To 634--Sources
• ISBNs: 9788876533471, 8876533478
• Resource ID: LLS:PBIBEO19COMM
• Resource Type: Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:35:51Z

About Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Joseph A. Fitzmyer (1920–2016), SJ, was professor emeritus of biblical studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He was a noted scholar of New Testament and Aramaic, and taught at Woodstock College, University of Chicago, Fordham University, and Weston School of Theology. In 1984 he was awarded the Berkitt Medal for Biblical Studies by the British Royal Academy. He was the American member of the Biblical Commission, president of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, and past president of both The Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association. He authored over 20 books, including The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins, and he was coeditor of the New Jerome Biblical Commentary.