Bezalel Porten

Biographic Data

ID1423489
NAMEBezalel Porten
GIVEN NAMESBezalel
FAMILY NAMEPorten
SIGNATUREPORTEN B
AFFILIATIONSHebrew University of Jerusalem
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS33
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1961
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX1

  • Akkadian Names in Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt

    Bezalel Porten, Ran Zadok et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2016

    This is an onomastic study that follows on the footsteps of two previous studies—Persian names in Aramaic texts and Egyptian names in Aramaic texts. It distinguishes between theophorous names, hypocoristica, and profane names and compares the respective structure of the Akkadian and Hebrew names (e.g., the absence of three-component names in Hebrew). Tables show the frequency of fathers/sons with Akkadian names and sons/fathers with Akkadian, Egy…

  • Judah and the Judeans

    Yairah Amit, Bob Becking et al.BOOKJudah and the Judeans2006

  • Persia and Torah

    Bezalel Porten, James W WattsARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2003

    Persia and Torah: The Theory of Imperial Authorization of Pentateuch, edited by James W. Watts. SBLSymS 17. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001. Pp. 228. $39.95 (paper). Peter Frei's theory of authorization of local legislation opened up to biblical scholars a fascinating line of inquiry with regard to origins of Pentateuch. Frei sought to demonstrate that phenomenon of imperial whereby legislation proposed by a local authority within e…

  • The Ideology of Totality-Frontality

    Bezalel PortenARTICLEJournal of Jewish Studies2002

  • A Grammar of Egyptian Aramaic

    John Huehnergard, Takamitsu Muraoka et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2002

  • The Elephantine Papyri in English

    James M Lindenberger, Bezalel PortenARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1999

  • Ancient Aramaic and Hebrew Letters

    Bezalel Porten, James M Lindenberger et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1997

  • Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, 3

    Joseph A Fitzmyer, Bezalel Porten et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1995

  • Ostracon Clermont-Ganneau 125

    Bezalel Porten, Ada YardeniARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1993

  • Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, II, Contracts

    J B Segal, Bezalel Porten et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Egyptian Archaeology1992

  • An Aramaic Joint Venture Agreement

    H Z Szubin, Bezalel PortenARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1992

    A new collation and legal study of the oldest Aramaic papyrus contract disclose an instrument of agreement akin to the modern joint venture. On June 3, 515 B. C. E., Padi, son of Daganmelech, possibly a Philistine, contracted with an Egyptian farmer, Aḥa son of Apion, regarding Padi's royal allotment in Krb, probably Korobis in Middle Egypt. The terminology points to a sophisticated legal arrangement that goes beyond the standard tenant-farmer le…

  • Elephantine Papyri

    Bezalel PortenOTHERThe Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary1992

    A group of papyrus documents and fragments written in Aramaic during the 5th century b.c.e. and discovered by chance finds and archaeological excavation during the 19th and 20th centuries. The papyri originate at or near Elephantine, a site in Upper Egypt. Introduction Elephantine (Aram yb; Eg ʾibw

  • Fragmentary Aramaic Deeds of Obligation and Conveyance

    Bezalel PortenARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1989

  • The Bisitun Inscription of Darius the Great, Aramaic Version

    Michael Sokoloff, Jonas C Greenfield et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1989

  • Eretz-Israel

    Bezalel PortenARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1988

  • A Life Estate of Usufruct

    H Z Szubin, Bezalel PortenARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1988

    Between 420 and 402 B. C., Anani wrote for his daughter Jehoishma three deeds of bequest for the same property. The second (K 9) was to take effect upon his death and the third (K 10), immediately. Although the first (K 6) is fragmentary, there is no indication that it, too, was not to take effect immediately. If K 9 granted ownership and title, what did K 6 grant? The text has been newly collated and restored and special scribal features have be…

  • Royal Grants in Egypt

    H Z Szubin, Bezalel PortenARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1987

  • A Dowry Addendum (Kraeling 10)

    Bezalel Porten, H Z SzubinARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1987

  • Two Aramaic Contracts without Dates

    Bezalel PortenARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1985

    Forty-five Aramaic contracts or fragments from 5th-century B. C. Egypt testify to the presence of a date at the beginning of that century. Two of the contracts lack dates and endorsements (Cowley 11 and 49). Repeated examination of C 11 (Bodleian Library) has resulted in the relocation of ten fragments. Textually, this yields the name of the debtor ([Gema]rish ]b. A]ḥio; reduces the amount of the loan (31⁄2 shekels) and interest (7 ḥallurs per mo…

  • Testamentary Succession at Elephantine

    H Z Szubin, Bezalel PortenARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1983

  • Litigation concerning Abandoned Property at Elephantine (Kraeling 1)

    H Z Szubin, Bezalel PortenARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1983

  • Ancestral estates” in Aramaic contracts

    Open AccessH Z Szubin, Bezalel PortenARTICLEJournal of the Royal Asiatic…1982

    The two family archives from the Elephantine Jewish Community contain respectively four (C 5, 6, 8, 9) and six documents (K 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12) dealing with a single house each. One of the questions which arises is the occurrence, once in each of the archives (C 8:2; K 12:5), of the designation mhḥsn , translated either as “holding property” or as “military colonist”. Is the term of general meaning and its occurrence in each of the passages coinc…

  • "Abandoned Property" in Elephantine

    Bezalel Porten, H Z SzubinARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1982

  • The Identity of King Adon

    Bezalel PortenARTICLEThe Biblical Archaeologist1981Cited by: 5

    A recent reconstruction of a late-7th-century B.C. papyrus letter, identifying the writer as King Adon

  • Aramaic Letters

    Bezalel PortenARTICLEJournal of the American Research…1980