The Aramaeans: their Ancient History, Culture, Religion

By (author) E. Lipinski

Book cover: The Aramaeans: their Ancient History, Culture, Religion

Extent: 698 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Language & Linguistics

Series: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta

Series volume number: 100

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2000)

ISBN: 9789042908598

Price: $119.00

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In order to present the Aramean history during some six hundred years, down to the seventh century B.C., it was necessary to analyze a wide range of sources, mainly cuneiform, epigraphic, and biblical. Chapter I deals with Aramean pre-history and proto-history, while chapter II examines the question of the alleged relationship between the Hebrew forefathers and the ancient Arameans. Chapters III to XIV give a relatively accurate description of the territory of each historically attested Aramean group or state and present a detailed narrative of political events. Chapter XIV, the most extensive, considers the situation of the Arameans in Babylonia, also in relation to the Chaldeans and to the North-Arabian tribes. Chapters XV to XVIII deal with Aramean institutions, economy, legal practices, and religion. Special attention is paid to linguistic features of the available evidence, when they can help resolving historical questions. The book concludes with an extensive general index and with an index of biblical sources.

  • By (author) E. Lipinski