Author: Trevor Bryce
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199646678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The three-thousand year story of ancient Syria, from Bronze Age to Imperial Rome: the essential back-story to one of the world's most trouble-prone and volatile regions
Ancient Syria
Author: Trevor Bryce
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199646678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The three-thousand year story of ancient Syria, from Bronze Age to Imperial Rome: the essential back-story to one of the world's most trouble-prone and volatile regions
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199646678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The three-thousand year story of ancient Syria, from Bronze Age to Imperial Rome: the essential back-story to one of the world's most trouble-prone and volatile regions
The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria
Author: Herbert Niehr
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004229434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
The historical and cultural role of the Aramaeans in ancient Syria can hardly be overestimated. Thus The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria gives precise and up-to-date information on different aspects of Aramaean culture. To that end, history, society, economy and law, language and script, literature, religion, art and architecture of the Aramaean kingdoms of Syria from their beginnings in the 11 century B.C. until their end at approximately 720 B.C. are covered within the handbook. The wide survey of Aramaean culture in Syria is supplemented by overviews on the Aramaeans in Assyria, Babylonia, Phoenicia, Palestine, Egypt, North Arabia and on the Aramaean heritage in the Levant.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004229434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
The historical and cultural role of the Aramaeans in ancient Syria can hardly be overestimated. Thus The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria gives precise and up-to-date information on different aspects of Aramaean culture. To that end, history, society, economy and law, language and script, literature, religion, art and architecture of the Aramaean kingdoms of Syria from their beginnings in the 11 century B.C. until their end at approximately 720 B.C. are covered within the handbook. The wide survey of Aramaean culture in Syria is supplemented by overviews on the Aramaeans in Assyria, Babylonia, Phoenicia, Palestine, Egypt, North Arabia and on the Aramaean heritage in the Levant.
The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia
Author: Roger D. Woodard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139469347
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. The volume brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for scholars and students of linguistics, this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139469347
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. The volume brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for scholars and students of linguistics, this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.
Syria Crucified
Author: Zachary Wingerd
Publisher: Ancient Faith Publishing
ISBN: 9781955890038
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The tragic war in Syria along with the plight of the Christians there remains among the most misunderstood situations in the world today. Syria Crucified seeks to contribute to better understanding in the West by giving a voice to individual Syrian Christians living in exile from their homeland. These men and women have undergone horrific trauma and loss without losing their faith in God or the ability to forgive their persecutors. Their first-person accounts, framed by the authors' narration for historical, cultural, and geopolitical context, are both edifying and inspiring.
Publisher: Ancient Faith Publishing
ISBN: 9781955890038
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The tragic war in Syria along with the plight of the Christians there remains among the most misunderstood situations in the world today. Syria Crucified seeks to contribute to better understanding in the West by giving a voice to individual Syrian Christians living in exile from their homeland. These men and women have undergone horrific trauma and loss without losing their faith in God or the ability to forgive their persecutors. Their first-person accounts, framed by the authors' narration for historical, cultural, and geopolitical context, are both edifying and inspiring.
Roman Syria and the Near East
Author: Kevin Butcher
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892367153
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Table of contents
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892367153
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Table of contents
The Archaeology of Death in Roman Syria
Author: Lidewijde de Jong
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107131413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
This book sheds new light on funerary customs in Roman Syria, offering a novel way of understanding its provincial culture.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107131413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
This book sheds new light on funerary customs in Roman Syria, offering a novel way of understanding its provincial culture.
Magic and Divination in Ancient Palestine and Syria
Author: Ann Jeffers
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004667806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Beginning with Deut. 18:9ff and its condemnation of magicians and diviners, this book explores the window that this text gives us into magic and divination in Ancient Palestine and Syria. Investigating the wealth of language combined with the archaeological and historical evidence, it seeks to place the influence of these factors in the emerging Israelite religion. An integral part of Ancient Near Eastern cosmology and culture, magic and divination are never completely eradicated despite the ideological warfare led by the Old Testament writers. The first part examines the function of various magicians and diviners. This is followed by a chapter on dreams and visions. The third chapter looks at the techniques and devices used by the oracular practitioners. Other subjects covered include magic in warfare, in the treatment of diseases, and blessing and cursing.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004667806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Beginning with Deut. 18:9ff and its condemnation of magicians and diviners, this book explores the window that this text gives us into magic and divination in Ancient Palestine and Syria. Investigating the wealth of language combined with the archaeological and historical evidence, it seeks to place the influence of these factors in the emerging Israelite religion. An integral part of Ancient Near Eastern cosmology and culture, magic and divination are never completely eradicated despite the ideological warfare led by the Old Testament writers. The first part examines the function of various magicians and diviners. This is followed by a chapter on dreams and visions. The third chapter looks at the techniques and devices used by the oracular practitioners. Other subjects covered include magic in warfare, in the treatment of diseases, and blessing and cursing.
Wealth and Warfare
Author: Frédérique Duyrat
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780897223461
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume is the first comprehensive look at Syrian coin hoards and contains a catalogue of every coin hoard discovered in what is now modern Syria through 2010. Duyrat explores the definitions of "hoard" and "treasure", explores the circulation of currency in the ancient Levant, and considers excavation coins as well as the phenomenon of coin hoard discoveries during times of regional conflict. This is essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the origin of coin hoards in Syria, and how war effects the archaeological record, specifically through the lens of numismatics.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780897223461
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume is the first comprehensive look at Syrian coin hoards and contains a catalogue of every coin hoard discovered in what is now modern Syria through 2010. Duyrat explores the definitions of "hoard" and "treasure", explores the circulation of currency in the ancient Levant, and considers excavation coins as well as the phenomenon of coin hoard discoveries during times of regional conflict. This is essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the origin of coin hoards in Syria, and how war effects the archaeological record, specifically through the lens of numismatics.
Ebla to Damascus
Author: Harvey Weiss
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780865280298
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780865280298
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
My House in Damascus
Author: Diana Darke
Publisher: Haus Publishing
ISBN: 1908323655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
The ongoing conflict in Syria has made clear just how limited the general knowledge of Syrian society and history is in the West. For those watching the headlines and wondering what led the nation to this point, and what might come next, this book is a perfect place to start developing a deeper understanding. Based on decades of living and working in Syria, My House in Damascus offers an inside view of Syria’s cultural and complex religious and ethnic communities. Diana Darke, a fluent Arabic speaker who moved to Damascus in 2004 after decades of regular visits, details the ways that the Assad regime, and its relationship to the people, differs from the regimes in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya—and why it was thus always less likely to collapse quickly, even in the face of widespread unrest and violence. Through the author’s firsthand experiences of buying and restoring a house in the old city of Damascus, which she later offered as a sanctuary to friends, Darke presents a clear picture of the realities of life on the ground and what hope there is for Syria’s future.
Publisher: Haus Publishing
ISBN: 1908323655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
The ongoing conflict in Syria has made clear just how limited the general knowledge of Syrian society and history is in the West. For those watching the headlines and wondering what led the nation to this point, and what might come next, this book is a perfect place to start developing a deeper understanding. Based on decades of living and working in Syria, My House in Damascus offers an inside view of Syria’s cultural and complex religious and ethnic communities. Diana Darke, a fluent Arabic speaker who moved to Damascus in 2004 after decades of regular visits, details the ways that the Assad regime, and its relationship to the people, differs from the regimes in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya—and why it was thus always less likely to collapse quickly, even in the face of widespread unrest and violence. Through the author’s firsthand experiences of buying and restoring a house in the old city of Damascus, which she later offered as a sanctuary to friends, Darke presents a clear picture of the realities of life on the ground and what hope there is for Syria’s future.