Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2009

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• On Art in the Ancient Near East Volume I

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: I.J. Winter
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  • This volume of collected essays brings together for the first time the range of Winter’s pioneering studies related to Neo-Assyrian relief sculpture and seals, Phoenician and Syrian ivory and bronze production, and inter-polity connections across the various cultures of first millennium B.C.E. from the Aegean to Iran.

• On Art in the Ancient Near East Volume II

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  • Author: I.J. Winter
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  • This second volume of collected essays, complement to volume one, focuses upon the art and culture of the third millennium B.C.E. in ancient Mesopotamia.

• The Origin of the Samaritans

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: Magnar Kartveit
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  • This book evaluates the methods often used for finding the origin of the Samaritans, assesses well known and new material, and suggests that the decisive event was the construction of the temple on Mount Gerizim in the first part of the fourth century b.c.e.