Preface
Bibliography of the Published Writings of Jonas C. Greenfield
Abbreviations
Some Bird Names in the Judeo-Persian Translations of the Hebrew Bible p. 3
The Monophthongization of Diphthongs as Reflected in the Use of Vowel Letters in the Pentateuch p. 7
The Cedar and the Palm Tree: A Paired Male/Female Symbol in Hebrew and Aramaic p. 13
Some Problems in the Arabic Transmission of Biblical Names p. 19
On netinim and False Prophets p. 29
Grandeur et purete du sacerdoce: Remarques sur le Testament de Qahat (4Q542) p. 39
Ahiqar, Umman and Amun, and Biblical Wisdom Texts p. 45
Epistolary Evidence of Address Phenomena in Official and Biblical Aramaic p. 57
The Etymology of [actual symbol not reproducible] (Menstrual) Impurity' p. 69
Slave Release in the Biblical World in Light of a New Text p. 79
Paragogic nun in Biblical Hebrew: Hypercorrection as a Clue to a Lost Scribal Practice p. 95
A Fragment-Targum of Onqelos from the Cairo Genizah p. 101
Abraham, the Physician: The Image of Abraham the Patriarch in the Genuine Hymns of Ephraem Syrus p. 107
Ritual Purity and Political Exile: Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, and the Events of 586 B.C.E., in a Yemenite Folktale p. 117
The Semantics of Loss: Two Exercises in Biblical Hebrew Lexicography p. 137
Fate, miqreh, and Reason: Some Reflections on Qohelet and Biblical Thought p. 159
A Recently Discovered Word for "Clan" in Mari and Its Hebrew Cognate p. 177
Note de lexicographie hebraique qumranienne (m-sw / yrwq, mhsbym, swt) p. 181
A Work concerning Divine Providence: 4Q413 p. 191
Variant Scriptural Readings in Liturgical Texts p. 203
4QMysteries[superscript a]: A Preliminary Edition and Translation p. 207
Poetic Structures in the Hebrew Sections of the Book of Daniel p. 261
Qumran: Some Iranian Connections p. 277
Abraham and the Eastern Kings: On Genesis 14 p. 283
A New Edition and Translation of the Questions of Ezra p. 293
Was the Biblical saris a Eunuch? p. 317
A Calendrical Document from Qumran Cave 4 (mismarot D, 4Q325) p. 327
[actual symbol not reproducible] 'He Had Not Become Wrinkled' (Deuteronomy 34:7) p. 345
A Paraphrase of Exodus: 4Q422 p. 351
The Word ndb in the Bible: A Study in Historical Semantics and Biblical Thought p. 365
Flour and Dough: Gleanings from the Arad Letters p. 379
A Phoenician Seal p. 385
The Ammonite Tell Siran Bottle Inscription Reconsidered p. 389
Paleography and the Date of the Tell Fahariyeh Bilingual Inscription p. 393
The Pahlavi Inscription on Mount Thomas Cross (South India) p. 411
The Xanthos Trilingual Revisited p. 423
The Inscribed Marble Vessels from Kition p. 433
Grain Prices in Late Antiquity and the Nature of the Evidence p. 443
Latin in First-Century Palestine p. 451
Phoenician Ostraca from Tel Doi p. 459
The Socio-Religious Framework of the Babylonian Witchcraft Ceremony Maqlu: Some Observations on the Introductory Section of the Text, Part II p. 467
More on the Latin Personal Names Ending with -us and -ius in Punic p. 495
Regelson, Pagis, and Wallach: Three Poems on the Hebrew Language p. 505
The Neo-Babylonian tamkaru p. 523
An Eanna Tablet from Uruk in Cleveland p. 531
An Old Babylonian-Bawdy Ballad p. 543
Some Reflections on Amarna Politics p. 559
Pasuri-Dagan and Ini-Tessup's Mother p. 573
The "Plural of Ecstasy" in Mesopotamian and Babylonian Love Poetry p. 585
Water beneath Straw: Adventures of a Prophetic Phrase in the Mari Archives p. 599
Some di-til-la Tablets in the British Museum p. 609
Simu gamru: Its Function and History p. 619
The God Athtar in the Ancient Near East and His Place in KTU 1.6 I p. 627
Index of Authors p. 641
Index of Scripture p. 651
Index of Ancient Texts p. 659