Jason M Silverman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5527846 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jason M Silverman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jason M |
| FAMILY NAME | Silverman |
| SIGNATURE | SILVERMAN J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0240-9219 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Kingship and Queenship in the Ancient Near Eastern Empires of the First Millennium BCE
Empires and kingship are long-standing topics of research in ancient Near Eastern studies; the study of queenship has gradually received more attention over recent decades. However, discussions of the social implications of kingship and queenship, comparisons of the gender roles, and their study across several empires remain rare. The paper at hand takes the unprecedented step of such a comparative analysis by tracing a specific detail of royal i…
Ahatabu and her Stela (ÄM 7707)
This article is the third in a special issue of the Journal of Ancient History , “Social Biographies of the Ancient World.” This article uses Bourdieusian Field Theory to examine the ancient biography of an Egyptian woman named Ahatabu ( Egyptian ꜢḫtꜢbw / Aramaic ’Aḥatabu ) attested in the mortuary stela Berlin ÄM 7707. It presents her funerary habitus’ use of multiple cultural traditions in Persian Egypt. Sketching the stela’s place within sever…
Social Biographies of the Ancient World. Studying Ahatabu, Jonathan, and Babatha through a Bourdieusian Approach
This article is the introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Ancient History , “Social Biographies of the Ancient World.” It sketches out an outline of Ancient Near Eastern social structures by utilizing sociological concepts first developed by Pierre Bourdieu. It is our contention that the concepts of field, capital, habitus , and the interplay between theory and practice facilitate the analysis of social structures under first millenni…
Darius as “King of Assyria” (Ezra 6
The use of the title of King of Assyria in Ezra 6:22 is related to the Persian satrapy of Abar-Nahara
The Egypto-Aramaean Stela of Ahatabu (Berlin ÄM 7707)
The mortuary stela of a woman named Ahatabu, found in the Saqqara necropolis in Egypt, is a uniquely customized artefact that gives insight into the multicultural environment of Achaemenid Egypt (526–332 BCE). The woman and her family seem to have lived in Marea in the western Delta, possibly in a garrison complex. The stela contains two inscriptions, one written in Egyptian hieroglyphic script and the other in Aramaic. The stela design draws on …
Estates’ or ‘forts’ in Persian period Yehud
A series of large Persian Period buildings dots the Judean Mountains; they are usually located alone in prominent places without nearby villages or other remains. Their presence stresses the scarcity of towns and villages in Yehud. In a recent article in this journal, Faust, A. (2018. ‘Forts or agricultural estates? Persian period settlement in the territories of the former Kingdom of Judah’, PEQ 150/1, 34–59) noted difficulties with the interpre…
Reconstructing Jerusalem
In Reconstructing Jerusalem Ristau provides a thesis for the development of the centrality of Jerusalem while Yehud was within the Persian Empire. He constructs this picture on the basis of a revie
Achaemenid Creation and Second Isaiah
For many years, scholars have entertained the idea that monotheism appeared in Second Isaiah as a result of Zoroastrian influence. Since the issue of monotheism is inappropriate for either the Persian or the Judaean contexts, this paper argues that a more fruitful angle to pursue the Persian context of Isaiah is through analysis of the concept of creation. This paper takes the Achaemenid creation prologues in the Old Persian inscriptions as a com…
“We May be Through with the Past …”
Recurring themes and traditions within the biblical corpus have attracted much scholarship. This article uses P. T. Anderson’s Magnolia (1999) as a test case for the ways traditions may or may not interact, and what that means for ‘tradition history.’ While the film has many features which strike many viewers as biblical, the author-director denies prior knowledge of these connections. The film is analyzed in terms of structure, Anderson’s claime…
Iranian Details in the Book of Heavenly Luminaries (1 Enoch 72–82)
The Book of Luminaries contains two enigmatic details which can be compared to Iranian ideas: the concept of astronomical solar “gates,” and a sevenfold mythical geography in chapter 77. Although the document overall is highly indebted to Mesopotamian traditions, the source of these two details can better be explained as Iranian. The ultimate Mesopotamian origin of the astronomy cannot be gainsaid, but the exact formulations of some of the detail…
Pseudepigraphy, Anonymity, and Auteur Theory
One of the striking features of Second Temple Judaism is the appearance of the phenomenon of pseudepigraphy. Intertwined with this phenomenon are the questions of authorship, fidelity to tradition, and the creative formation of new works. This paper attempts to bring to bear the debates on the “Auteur” in Film Studies to the understanding of authorial persona and voice in the Jewish writings of the Persian and Hellenistic Period. By focusing on a…
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Pseudepigraphy, Anonymity, and Auteur Theory
One of the striking features of Second Temple Judaism is the appearance of the phenomenon of pseudepigraphy. Intertwined with this phenomenon are the questions of authorship, fidelity to tradition, and the creative formation of new works. This paper attempts to bring to bear the debates on the “Auteur” in Film Studies to the understanding of authorial persona and voice in the Jewish writings of the Persian and Hellenistic Period. By focusing on a…
Iranian Details in the Book of Heavenly Luminaries (1 Enoch 72–82)
The Book of Luminaries contains two enigmatic details which can be compared to Iranian ideas: the concept of astronomical solar “gates,” and a sevenfold mythical geography in chapter 77. Although the document overall is highly indebted to Mesopotamian traditions, the source of these two details can better be explained as Iranian. The ultimate Mesopotamian origin of the astronomy cannot be gainsaid, but the exact formulations of some of the detail…
“We May be Through with the Past …”
Recurring themes and traditions within the biblical corpus have attracted much scholarship. This article uses P. T. Anderson’s Magnolia (1999) as a test case for the ways traditions may or may not interact, and what that means for ‘tradition history.’ While the film has many features which strike many viewers as biblical, the author-director denies prior knowledge of these connections. The film is analyzed in terms of structure, Anderson’s claime…
Achaemenid Creation and Second Isaiah
For many years, scholars have entertained the idea that monotheism appeared in Second Isaiah as a result of Zoroastrian influence. Since the issue of monotheism is inappropriate for either the Persian or the Judaean contexts, this paper argues that a more fruitful angle to pursue the Persian context of Isaiah is through analysis of the concept of creation. This paper takes the Achaemenid creation prologues in the Old Persian inscriptions as a com…
Reconstructing Jerusalem
In Reconstructing Jerusalem Ristau provides a thesis for the development of the centrality of Jerusalem while Yehud was within the Persian Empire. He constructs this picture on the basis of a revie
Estates’ or ‘forts’ in Persian period Yehud
A series of large Persian Period buildings dots the Judean Mountains; they are usually located alone in prominent places without nearby villages or other remains. Their presence stresses the scarcity of towns and villages in Yehud. In a recent article in this journal, Faust, A. (2018. ‘Forts or agricultural estates? Persian period settlement in the territories of the former Kingdom of Judah’, PEQ 150/1, 34–59) noted difficulties with the interpre…
The Egypto-Aramaean Stela of Ahatabu (Berlin ÄM 7707)
The mortuary stela of a woman named Ahatabu, found in the Saqqara necropolis in Egypt, is a uniquely customized artefact that gives insight into the multicultural environment of Achaemenid Egypt (526–332 BCE). The woman and her family seem to have lived in Marea in the western Delta, possibly in a garrison complex. The stela contains two inscriptions, one written in Egyptian hieroglyphic script and the other in Aramaic. The stela design draws on …
Ahatabu and her Stela (ÄM 7707)
This article is the third in a special issue of the Journal of Ancient History , “Social Biographies of the Ancient World.” This article uses Bourdieusian Field Theory to examine the ancient biography of an Egyptian woman named Ahatabu ( Egyptian ꜢḫtꜢbw / Aramaic ’Aḥatabu ) attested in the mortuary stela Berlin ÄM 7707. It presents her funerary habitus’ use of multiple cultural traditions in Persian Egypt. Sketching the stela’s place within sever…
Social Biographies of the Ancient World. Studying Ahatabu, Jonathan, and Babatha through a Bourdieusian Approach
This article is the introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Ancient History , “Social Biographies of the Ancient World.” It sketches out an outline of Ancient Near Eastern social structures by utilizing sociological concepts first developed by Pierre Bourdieu. It is our contention that the concepts of field, capital, habitus , and the interplay between theory and practice facilitate the analysis of social structures under first millenni…
Darius as “King of Assyria” (Ezra 6
The use of the title of King of Assyria in Ezra 6:22 is related to the Persian satrapy of Abar-Nahara
Kingship and Queenship in the Ancient Near Eastern Empires of the First Millennium BCE
Empires and kingship are long-standing topics of research in ancient Near Eastern studies; the study of queenship has gradually received more attention over recent decades. However, discussions of the social implications of kingship and queenship, comparisons of the gender roles, and their study across several empires remain rare. The paper at hand takes the unprecedented step of such a comparative analysis by tracing a specific detail of royal i…
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