STUDIES ON THE ANCIENT PALESTINIAN WORLD

FIRST EDITION, hardcover in dust jacket. "Studies on the Ancient Palestinian World is a tribute to Professor F.V. Winnett, marking his retirement from the University of Toronto. It consists of eleven essays and a comprehensive bibliography of his publications...The contributions include: An Incense Burner from Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan Valley by James B. Pritchard; The Archaeological History of Elealeh in Moab by William L. Reed; Three Byzantine Tombstones from Dhiban, Jordan by A.D. Tushingham; The Placing of Accent Signs in Biblical Texts with Palestian Pointing by E.J. Revell; The Textual Affinities in the Arabic Genesis of Bib. Nat. Arab. 9 by John W. Wevers; Energetic Verbal Forms in Hebrew by Ronald J. Williams; Israel's Eschatology from Amos to Daniel by W.S. McCullough; Oral Tradition and Historicity by Robert C. Culley; Abraham and David? by N.E. Wagner; Studies in Relations between Palestine and Egypt during the First Millennium B.C.: the Taxation system of Solomon by D.B. Redford; Cylinder C of Sin-sarra-iskun, a New Text from Baghdad by A.K. Grayson."