Jack M Sasson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 705949 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jack M Sasson |
| NOMBRES | Jack M |
| APELLIDO | Sasson |
| FIRMA | SASSON J M |
| AFILIACIONES | Vanderbilt University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1966 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
The Woman in the Pith Helmet
This volume celebrates the career of Norma Franklin, an archaeologist who has made important contributions to our understanding of the three key cities of Samaria, Megiddo, and Jezreel in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the Iron Age. The sixteen essays offered herein by Franklin’s colleagues in archaeology and biblical studies are a fitting tribute to the woman in the pith helmet: an indomitable field archaeologist who describes herself as …
From the Mari Archives
From the Mari Archives
"A selection of translations of the hundreds of letters from ancient Mari (Tell Hariri) on the Euphrates River, categorizing them by type of letter, contents, and with commentary on the ways in which the letters provide access into our understanding of ancient Mesopotamian society, in the 2nd millennium B.C.E."--Provided by publisher.
“It is for this reason that i have not come down to my lord …” visit obligations and vassal pretexts in the Mari archives
Dans la correspondance de Mari, nombreux sont les vassaux qui manifestent de l’angoisse à accomplir les voyages périodiques qu’ils doivent faire à la capitale de leur suzerain. Dans cet article, je commente aussi bien le riche panel d’excuses qu’ils livrent que les raisons de leur répugnance
Zimri‐Lim of Mari
A contemporary of Hammurabi of Babylon, Zimri‐Lim ruled at Mari (Tell Hariri) for fourteen years (ca. 1775–1761 BCE ).
Halab (Aleppo)
Lying by the Quwaik River at the nexus of many trade routes, Halab is the second largest city in modern Syria. The city has been continuously inhabited since the third millennium BCE , acquiring many names over time: Halpa among Hittites, Halman in Assyria, eventually also Aleppo in English. Since modern habitation restricts archaeology to the imposing citadel in the town's center, Halab's early history is recovered from documents found at other …
Adapa
Adapa was one of seven apkallus, primordial and antediluvian sages in cuneiform lore who came out of the sea to instruct humankind and remained in Mesopotamian consciousness for over two thousand years.
Religions of the Ancient World
Reviewed by: Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide Jack M. Sasson Sarah Iles Johnston (ed.). Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004. Pp. xviii, 697. $49.95. ISBN 0-674-01517-7. I heartily recommend this reference volume. Focusing on religion, a relatively vital aspect of ancient cultures, this is a handsomely produced volume, thoughtfully presented, and sharply edited. It has engaged the servic…
Religions of the Ancient World
Materials from ten different cultures and traditions that arose and developed in Mediterranean religions are presented side by side in an incisive study of the complexities of the ancient spiritual world, which interprets these specific beliefs, rituals, practices, gods, and cults in comparison with
The Servant’s Tale
Rebekah "grasped her veil to cover herself." Professor Sasson offers a look into the betrothal and marriage of Rebekah and Issac as recorded in Genesis 24
Ancient Archives and Archival Traditions
1. Ancient Archives and Concepts of Record Keeping: An Introduction 2. Archival Record-keeping at Ebla 2400-2350 BC 3. Archival Practices in Third-millennium Babylonia 4. Private and Public: The Ur-Utu Archive at Sippar-Amnanum (Tell Ed-Der) 5. Archives of Old Assyrian Traders 6. Documents in Government Under the Middle Assyrian Kingdom 7. Local Differences in Arrangements of Ration Lists on Minoan Crete 8. 'Archives' and 'Scribes' and Informatio…
Untold Stories
The Jewish Quarterly Review, XCII, Nos. 3-4 (January-April, 2002) 314-316 Mark S. Smith. Untold Stories: The Bible and Ugaritic Studies in the Twentieth Century. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2001. Pp. xix + 252. Photos. This is a book I personally relished reading; but I cannot unreservedly praise. If I recommend it at all, it would be to Ugarit wonks and hard-core biblicists. The subtitle, The Bible and Ugaritic Studies in the Twentie…
The JPS Bible Commentary
Untold Stories
Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible
The King and I a Mari King in Changing Perceptions
In this journal article, Professor Sasson provides a biographical look at Zimri-Lim, king of the ancient city Mari. Zimri-Lim reigned over Mari for over 30 years. Mari was conquered by Hammurabi of Babylon and its once magnificent palace destroyed, but enough remains have been excavated to provide a picture of the civilization of this once prosperous city and the life of its king
A Major Contribution to Song of Songs Scholarship
This article welcomes M. Fox's, The Song of Songs and the Ancient Egyptian Love Songs; but it also critically reviews his initial assumptions regarding the relationship between Hebrew and Egyptian love poetry. It then proceeds to suggest alternate ways of understanding a number of cruxes in canticles. THIS VERY WELCOME ADDITION to the studies of the Song of Songs features a bonus that should attract Egyptologists as well as specialists in Near Ea…
Studies in the Literature of the Ancient near East Dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer
Rest and Violence in the Poem of Erra
THE POEM ABOUT THE GOD ERRA MUST CLEARLY BE RECKONED ONE OF THE MAJOR TEXTS of Mesopotamian religious literature, whether gauged by its content and literary artistry or by the evidence of its ancient popularity. Not less than thirty-six copies were recovered from at least five sites of the first millennium wac.-a larger number, as L. Cagni points out, than even the copies known to the Gilgameg Epic from the same period.2 Despite its importance, t…
Mari Dreams
Jack M. Sasson, Mari Dreams, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 103, No. 1, Studies in Literature from the Ancient Near East, by Members of the American Oriental Society, Dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer (Jan. - Mar., 1983), pp. 283-293
Ruth. A New Translation with a Philological Commentary and a Formalist-Folklorist Interpretation
Ruth
The Old Babylonian Tablets from Al-Rimah
This review article of the editio princeps of the OB texts found at Rimah concentrates on the archives that are contemporaneous with the rulers of Zimri-Lim of Mari and Hammurabi of Babylon.Since that edition did not present interpretations of the evidence, this review will overview the information that pertains to the social and political life of an Old Babylonian town. Inthe last decades, archaeologists have excavated a number of sites in the m…
Travels in the World of the Old Testament
Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im Alten Vorderasien
Canaanite Maritime Involvement in the Second Millennium B. C
Professor Sasson traces the history of Cananite shipping. Since there is little documentation before the Late Bronze Age, little is known about the means of trade used by the Canaanites pre Bronze Age, but according to Professor Sasson, there is evidence that the Canaanites ruled the sea in the second millennium. Professor Sasson discusses the different types of ships built by the Canaanites and how they were used by them
A Sketch of North Syrian Economic Relations in the Middle Bronze Age
Professor Jack Sasson provides a "sketch" of northern Syrian commerce during the Bronze Age. In developing this sketch of the economy of Syria, he relied on the archaeological documents from Mari and Alalah VII
The King and I a Mari King in Changing Perceptions
In this journal article, Professor Sasson provides a biographical look at Zimri-Lim, king of the ancient city Mari. Zimri-Lim reigned over Mari for over 30 years. Mari was conquered by Hammurabi of Babylon and its once magnificent palace destroyed, but enough remains have been excavated to provide a picture of the civilization of this once prosperous city and the life of its king
Mari Dreams
Jack M. Sasson, Mari Dreams, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 103, No. 1, Studies in Literature from the Ancient Near East, by Members of the American Oriental Society, Dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer (Jan. - Mar., 1983), pp. 283-293
Instances of Mobility among Mari Artisans
I shall return it to you all." Perhaps the best parallel is found in the letter of Biridiya of Megiddo (near Taanach) to the Pharaoh: ui zurata laqf-mi kaspe iptersu ina qdtisu / ba-de-u,26 " And Zurata received his ransom (bribe) price in his hand / in his hands." 27
A Sketch of North Syrian Economic Relations in the Middle Bronze Age
Professor Jack Sasson provides a "sketch" of northern Syrian commerce during the Bronze Age. In developing this sketch of the economy of Syria, he relied on the archaeological documents from Mari and Alalah VII
Canaanite Maritime Involvement in the Second Millennium B. C
Professor Sasson traces the history of Cananite shipping. Since there is little documentation before the Late Bronze Age, little is known about the means of trade used by the Canaanites pre Bronze Age, but according to Professor Sasson, there is evidence that the Canaanites ruled the sea in the second millennium. Professor Sasson discusses the different types of ships built by the Canaanites and how they were used by them
Instances of Mobility among Mari Artisans
I shall return it to you all." Perhaps the best parallel is found in the letter of Biridiya of Megiddo (near Taanach) to the Pharaoh: ui zurata laqf-mi kaspe iptersu ina qdtisu / ba-de-u,26 " And Zurata received his ransom (bribe) price in his hand / in his hands." 27
The First Merchant Venturers
Hap-Pelištīm we-Tarbūtam ha-Hōmerīt [The Philistines and Their Material Culture]
Essays in Memory of E. A. Speiser . William W. Hallo , E. A. Speiser
Tyre through the Ages
Biographical Notices on Some Royal Ladies from Mari
In the ancient city of Mari, one's status in the community could be measured by the amount of oil you were given by the palace. Professor Jack Sasson uses the archives of Mari to create biographical sketches of some "royal ladies from Mari."
Archives in the Ancient World
Treatment of Criminals at Mari
Professor Jack Sasson looks at crime and punishment within the justice system of the ancient city of Mari
Travels in the World of the Old Testament
Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im Alten Vorderasien
The Old Babylonian Tablets from Al-Rimah
This review article of the editio princeps of the OB texts found at Rimah concentrates on the archives that are contemporaneous with the rulers of Zimri-Lim of Mari and Hammurabi of Babylon.Since that edition did not present interpretations of the evidence, this review will overview the information that pertains to the social and political life of an Old Babylonian town. Inthe last decades, archaeologists have excavated a number of sites in the m…
Ruth. A New Translation with a Philological Commentary and a Formalist-Folklorist Interpretation
Ruth
Rest and Violence in the Poem of Erra
THE POEM ABOUT THE GOD ERRA MUST CLEARLY BE RECKONED ONE OF THE MAJOR TEXTS of Mesopotamian religious literature, whether gauged by its content and literary artistry or by the evidence of its ancient popularity. Not less than thirty-six copies were recovered from at least five sites of the first millennium wac.-a larger number, as L. Cagni points out, than even the copies known to the Gilgameg Epic from the same period.2 Despite its importance, t…
Mari Dreams
Jack M. Sasson, Mari Dreams, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 103, No. 1, Studies in Literature from the Ancient Near East, by Members of the American Oriental Society, Dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer (Jan. - Mar., 1983), pp. 283-293
A Major Contribution to Song of Songs Scholarship
This article welcomes M. Fox's, The Song of Songs and the Ancient Egyptian Love Songs; but it also critically reviews his initial assumptions regarding the relationship between Hebrew and Egyptian love poetry. It then proceeds to suggest alternate ways of understanding a number of cruxes in canticles. THIS VERY WELCOME ADDITION to the studies of the Song of Songs features a bonus that should attract Egyptologists as well as specialists in Near Ea…
Studies in the Literature of the Ancient near East Dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer
Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible
The King and I a Mari King in Changing Perceptions
In this journal article, Professor Sasson provides a biographical look at Zimri-Lim, king of the ancient city Mari. Zimri-Lim reigned over Mari for over 30 years. Mari was conquered by Hammurabi of Babylon and its once magnificent palace destroyed, but enough remains have been excavated to provide a picture of the civilization of this once prosperous city and the life of its king
Untold Stories
The Jewish Quarterly Review, XCII, Nos. 3-4 (January-April, 2002) 314-316 Mark S. Smith. Untold Stories: The Bible and Ugaritic Studies in the Twentieth Century. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2001. Pp. xix + 252. Photos. This is a book I personally relished reading; but I cannot unreservedly praise. If I recommend it at all, it would be to Ugarit wonks and hard-core biblicists. The subtitle, The Bible and Ugaritic Studies in the Twentie…
The JPS Bible Commentary
Untold Stories
Ancient Archives and Archival Traditions
1. Ancient Archives and Concepts of Record Keeping: An Introduction 2. Archival Record-keeping at Ebla 2400-2350 BC 3. Archival Practices in Third-millennium Babylonia 4. Private and Public: The Ur-Utu Archive at Sippar-Amnanum (Tell Ed-Der) 5. Archives of Old Assyrian Traders 6. Documents in Government Under the Middle Assyrian Kingdom 7. Local Differences in Arrangements of Ration Lists on Minoan Crete 8. 'Archives' and 'Scribes' and Informatio…
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