{"product_id":"an-eye-for-form-epigraphic-essays-in-honor-of-frank-moore-cross-9781575063034","title":"An Eye for Form”: Epigraphic Essays in Honor of Frank Moore Cross","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the first meeting of his class in Northwest Semitic Epigraphy at Harvard, Frank Cross would inform students that one of the things each of them needed was an “eye for form.” By this, he meant the ability to recognize typological or evolutionary change in letters and scripts. Frank, like his teacher William Foxwell Albright, was a master of typological method. In fact, typology was the dominant feature of his epigraphic work, from the origins of the alphabet to the development of the scripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Indeed, he has written about the importance of typology itself. Because Frank Cross has so dominated the study of the ancient Near East in the last 60 years, Aufrecht once asked him what he considered his primary field of study to be. Without hesitation, he said, “Epigraphy.” It seems, therefore, that the field that he loved and to which he contributed so much is an appropriate subject for this Festschrift in his honor, which is being presented by his colleagues, friends, and former students. Included are an appreciation by Peter Machinist and a contribution by the late Pierre Bordreuil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Appreciation of Frank Moore Cross\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Machinist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eResponse by Frank Moore Cross To the Presentation of an 80th Birthday Volume of Essays Prologomenon to the Study of Northwest Semitic Palaeography and Epigraphy\u003c\/i\u003e Christopher A. Rollston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Northwest Semitic Epigraphy\u003c\/i\u003e André Lemaire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRe-Conceptualizing the Periods of Early Alphabetic Scripts\u003c\/i\u003e Gordon J. Hamilton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ugaritic Alphabetic Script\u003c\/i\u003e John L. Ellison\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Iron Age Phoenician Script\u003c\/i\u003e Christopher A. Rollston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProlegomenon to the Study of Old Aramaic and Ammonite Lapidary Inscriptions\u003c\/i\u003e Walter E. Aufrecht\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIron Age Moabite, Hebrew, and Edomite Monumental Scripts\u003c\/i\u003e David S. Vanderhooft\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn The Authenticity Of Iron Age Northwest Semitic Inscribed Seals\u003c\/i\u003e Pierre Bordreuil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhoenician Seal Script\u003c\/i\u003e Philip C. Schmitz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAramaic and Ammonite Seal Scripts\u003c\/i\u003e Larry G. Herr\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHebrew, Moabite, and Edomite Seal Scripts\u003c\/i\u003e Larry G. Herr\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorthwest Semitic Cursive Scripts of Iron II\u003c\/i\u003e Christopher A. Rollston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScripts of Post-Iron Age Aramaic Inscriptions and Ostraca\u003c\/i\u003e André Lemaire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaleo-Hebrew Texts and Scripts of the Persian Period\u003c\/i\u003e Gordon J. Hamilton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Aramaic Papyri Scripts\u003c\/i\u003e Ryan Byrne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePunic Scripts\u003c\/i\u003e Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSemitic Paleography of the Judean Desert Scrolls\u003c\/i\u003e Esther Eshel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorthwest Semitic Scripts On Coins\u003c\/i\u003e John W. Betlyon\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188736188759,"sku":"9781575063034","price":53.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-eye-for-form-epigraphic-essays-in-honor-of-frank-moore-cross-9781575063034","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}