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Klappentext This collection of 15 papers is a significant addition to our textual evidence for the world of the Bible: it presents over 50 inscriptions, tablets and seals from the collections of Shlomo Moussaieff, in Hebrew, Idumean, and cuneiform. Most of these texts are being published here for the first time.ContentsDavid Noel Freedman, The Almost Perfect Fake and/or the Real ThingAda Yardeni, A Note on a Qumran ScribePeter van der Veen, Gedaliah ben Ahiqam in the Light of EpigraphicEvidenceMartin Heide, Impressions from a New Alphabet Ostracon in the Context of(Un)provenanced Inscriptions: Idiosycrasy of a Genius Forger or aMaster Scribe?Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni, The House of Baalrim in theIdumean OstracaBezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni, Why the Unprovenenced Idumean OstracaShould be PublishedEdward Lipinski, Silver of Ishtar of Arbela and of HadadRichard Hess, Aspects of Israelite Personal Names and Pre-exilicIsraelite ReligionAndré Lemaire, New Inscribed Hebrew Seals and Seal ImpressionsW.G. Lambert, A Document from a Community of Exiles in BabyloniaMeir Lubetski, Two Egypto-Israelite SealsChaim Cohen, The Yehoash TabletKathleen Abraham, An Inheritance Division among Judeans in Babyloniafrom the Early Persian PeriodMeir Lubetski, The Seal of a Royal Servant of the Judahite MonarchyMeir Lubetski, A Personal Seal: Shrhr ben Zephaniah
