Bovine Symbolism in the Exodus Narrative

Professor Sasson investigates the meaning of the name "Moses" from the Hebrew Bible. He looks at the ties the name has to the moon-god Sin and the importance of the meeting of the "horned" Moses with Yahweh.Divinity Schoo

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East : V. 3

Londonx, 1373 - 2094 p.: Illu

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East : V. 1

Londonxxxii, 648 p.: Illus.; 22c

A Genealogical »Convention« in Biblical Chronography?

The purpose of this paper is to focus, once more (l), attention on a genealogical procedure which obtained among Hebrew chronographers(2). Simply stated, this paper will hold that, in some cases, minimal alterations were made in inherited lists of ancestors in order to place individuals deemed worthy of attention in the seventh, and, to a much lesser extent, fifth position of a genealogical tree.Divinity Schoo