Cuneiform in Canaan

One of the earliest surviving manifestations of the cultural heritage of the Land of Israel in ancient times is the use of the cuneiform script from the Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age. Cuneiform in Canaan: The Next Generation presents an updated version of the original Cuneiform in Canaan volume that was published by the Israel Exploration Society and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2006. The updated volume presents all ninety-seven of the known texts, including new tablets and fragments from Hazor, Megiddo, and now, for the first time, Jerusalem. The volume provides critical editions, up-to-date bibliographies, and discussion of the sources, as well as a new, updated introduction highlighting the ongoing work of the Cuneiform in Canaan Research Project of the Hebrew University, under the directorship of Professor Wayne Horowitz of the Institute of Archaeology.

“Sanders has been responsible for the editions of the three alphabetic cuneiform inscriptions. By assembling all this material with his updated bibliography and indices, Horowitz maintains his commitment to directing this research project, which is supported by the Hebrew University.”—Mervyn Richardson, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

Wayne Horowitz is Professor of Assyriology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is an authority on cuneiform texts in Sumerian and Akkadian that deal, directly or indirectly, with the structure of the cosmos.

Takayoshi Oshima is currently a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft researcher at the Institute for Old Testament Studies, University of Leipzig.

Seth L. Sanders is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis.

Part I: The Corpus

Introduction

The History of Cuneiform in Canaan

Part II: The Sources

Tel Aphek

Ashdod

Ashqelon

Beer Sheva

Ben Shemen

Tel Beth Mirsim

Beth Shean

Beth Shemesh

Gezer

Tel Hadid

Hazor

Hebron

Tel el-Hesi

Tel Jemmeh

Jericho

Tel Keisan

Khirbet Kusiya

Megiddo

Mikhmoret

Tel en-Nasbeh

Qaqun

Samaria

Sepphoris (Sippori)

Shechem

Shephela

Taanach

Tabor

Wingate

Part III: Alphabetic Cuneiform Texts By Seth Sanders

Beth Shemesh 1

Taanach 15

Tabor 1

Part IV: Indices and Bibliography

Index of Personal Names in the Sources

Index of Divine Names in the Sources

Index of Geographical Names in the Sources

Index of Subjects

Index of Sumerian and Akkadian Words Discussed

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Part V: Hand copies

Part VI: Photographs