<p>This book contains definitive editions of three hymnal epics pertaining to Sulgi (c. 2094 -2047 B.C.E.), the most outstanding ruler of the Neo-Sumerian Ur III dynasty, together with an introduction and English translations. From the series "Bar-Ilan Studies in Near Eastern Languages and Culture"</p>

Three Šulgi hymns: Sumerian royal hymns glorifying King Šulgi of Ur (Bar-Ilan studies in Near Eastern languages and culture)

Klein, Jacob

Religion & Spirituality

Bar-Ilan University Press

Provides a detailed analysis of etymological issues: citations of sources and translations chronologically and semantically arranged, Hellenistic, Roman and juristic papyrological sources compared, phonology and morphology of rabbinic Graecitas and its dialectological characteristics. So unusual and rich a treatment is not to be found in any earlier rabbinic lexicon.

A Dictionary of Greek and Latin Terms in Rabbinic Literature

Sperber, Daniel

Bar-Ilan studies in Assyriology: Dedicated to Pinḥas Artzi (Bar-Ilan studies in Near Eastern languages and culture)

Since the Middle Ages, lexographies of Talmudic and other rabbinic literature have combined in one entry Babylonian, Palestinian, and Targumic words from various periods. Because morphologically identical words in even closely related dialects can frequently differ in both meaning and nuance, their consolidation into one dictionary entry is often misleading. Scholars now realize the need to treat each dialect separately, and in  A Dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Michael Sokoloff provides a complete lexicon of the dialect spoken and written by Jews in Palestine during the Byzantine period, from the third century C.E. to the tenth century.Sokoloff draws on a wide range of sources, from inscriptions discovered in the remains of synagogues and on amulets, fragments of letters and other documents, poems, and marginal notations to local Targumim, the Palestinian Midrashim and Talmud, texts addressing religious law ( halacha), and Palestinian marriage documents ( ketubbot) from the Arabic period. Many of these sources were unavailable to previous lexographers, who based their dictionaries on corrupt nineteenth-century editions of the rabbinic literature. The discovery of new manuscripts in both European libraries and the Cairo Geniza over the course of the twentieth century has revolutionized the textual basis of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic.Each entry in  A Dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic is divided into six parts: lemma or root, part of speech, English gloss, etymology, semantic features, and bibliographic references. Sokoloff also includes an index of all cited passages. This major reference work, updated to reflect the publication of new texts over the last decade, will both provide students and scholars with a tool for an accurate understanding of the Aramaic dialect of Jewish Palestinian literature of the Byzantine period and help Aramaist and Semitic linguists to see the relationship between this dialect and others, especially the contemporary dialects of Palestine.

A dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic of the Byzantine period (Dictionaries of Talmud, Midrash, and Targum)

Sokoloff, Michael

Reference

Biblical Names (Volume 1)

Garsiel, Moshe

Christian Books & Bibles

A multidisciplinary study investigating the provenance and local trade of the common kitchenware of the Galilee and Golan from the late 1st century B.C.E. through the early 5th century C.E. Archaeological evidence is provided for the first time on local trade relations in Roman Galilee. Numerous tables, figures and plates. From the series ``Bar-Ilan Studies in Near Eastern Languages and Culture`

Common pottery in Roman Galilee: A study of local trade (Bar-Ilan studies in Near Eastern languages and culture)

David Adan-Bayewitz

<p>Who in our day and age does not know about inflation and devaluation? Well, there is nothing basically new in these phenomena. Already in Roman times people would shudder at the market prices. This was especially the case in the third century CE, a period of monetary devaluation and general economic decline. Politically and militarily it was a period of anarchic instability. The fourth century showed a marked improvement in all these fields, but with it came radical changes in the political, economic and social structure of the Empire. This volume attempts to bring new evidence to bear upon this period from the vast corpus of Rabbinic literature. Texts of economic significance have been analysed and fitted into a chronological framework, and bring a new dimension to this very crucial phase in Roman economic history. The second edition of this book is published in response to popular scholarly request, and includes additional material both on basic Rabbinic monetary texts and further socio-economic analysis.</p>

Roman Palestine, 200-400: Money and prices (Bar-Ilan studies in Near Eastern languages and culture)

Kabbalah in Liturgy, Halakhah and Customs

Moshe Hallamish

A Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (Alef-Taw)

Menahem Zevi Kaddari

Conversion Halacha and Practice deals with the halakhic process of conversion a topic that is on the public agenda in Israel constantly, and that is of great concern to Jewish communities throughout the world. The question "Who is a Jew?" touches directly upon the subject of conversion, the process by which a non-Jew enters the community of Israel. This groundbreaking study examines the entire halakhic literature in the realm of conversion, from the periods of the Mishnah and the Talmud until the present, in order to gain an understanding of the essential nature of this fateful legal process. Special attention is devoted to the application of the laws of conversion in the responsa literature, especially in recent generations. The book illustrates the fascinating ways by which halakhic authorities rule on the concrete queries that are directed to them, remaining faithful to the basic principles of conversion, while taking into account the unique circumstances of the particular case and broader contemporary issues. This work is unique in its legal analysis of conversion. The author complements the halakhic discussion with a description of several relevant historical issues from the annals of the Jewish people, adding an additional dimension to the legal discussion.

Conversion: Halakhah and Practice

History

Menachem Finkelstein

Edward Levin

World

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