{"product_id":"aramaean-borders-defining-aramaean-territories-in-the-10th-8th-centuries-b-c-e-9789004398528","title":"Aramaean Borders: Defining Aramaean Territories in the 10th – 8th Centuries B.C.E.","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is devoted to the analysis of borders of the Aramaean polities and territories during the 10th–8th centuries B.C.E. Specialists dealing with various types of documents (Neo-Assyrian, Aramaic, Phoenician, Neo-Hittite and Hebrew texts), invited by Jan Dušek and Jana Mynářová, addressed the topic of the borders of the Aramaean territories in the context of the history of three geographical areas during the first three centuries of the 1st millennium B.C.E.: northern Mesopotamia and the Assyrian space, northern Levant, and southern Levant. The book is particularly relevant to those interested in the history and historical geography of the Levant during the Iron Age.    “Studies directly relevant to ancient Israel and others demonstrating historical geography’s limitations make an instructive volume.”  -Alan Millard, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 44.5 (2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations   Notes on Contributors   Introduction    Part 1: Aramaeans and Assyria  1 At the Limits of Historical Geography: Reconstructing Aramaean Territories in the West according to the Neo-Assyrian Written Sources   Ariel M. Bagg  2 A People Without Borders? Tracing the Shifting Identities and Territorialities of the Ahlameans   Alexander J. Edmonds  3 The Tell Fekheriye Inscription and the Western Assyrian Border in the Late 9th Century B.C.E.   Jana Mynářová \u0026amp; Jan Dušek  4 The Aramaean Presence in the Northern Zagros during the Middle and Neo-Assyrian Periods   Dlshad A. Marf  5 Gurraeans and Ituʾaeans in the Service of the Assyrian Empire   Mikko Luukko    Part 2: Aramaeans and Northern and Central Levant  6 Aramaean Borders: The Hieroglyphic Luwian Evidence   Zsolt Simon  7 What Do We Know about the Borders and Exchanges between Aram and Phoenicia in the 9th–8th Centuries B.C.E. in Anatolia and Syria?   Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo  8 The Kingdom of Arpad\/Bīt-Agūsi: Its Capital, and Its Borders   Jan Dušek  9 The Fluctuating Borders of Hamath (10th–8th Centuries B.C.E.)   Matthieu Richelle    Part 3: Aramaeans and Southern Levant  10 Biblical Ṣobah: A Location Attempt   Gaby Abousamra  11 The Boundary between the Aramaean Kingdom of Damascus and the Kingdom of Israel   André Lemaire  12 Borders between Aram-Damascus and Israel: A Historical Investigation   Wolfgang Zwickel     Index of geographical names, ancient and modern","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210774241623,"sku":"9789004398528","price":172.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aramaean-borders-defining-aramaean-territories-in-the-10th-8th-centuries-b-c-e-9789004398528","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}