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  Archaeological Survey of the Hesban Region

  Robert Ibach Jr.

  Authored section of Heshbon Expedition report.

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  Biblical Anthropology: Foundations and Teaching Models

  Hebert Davi Liessi and Lucicleide Maria da Silva Liessi

  Human beings have searched for meaning in different ways over the millennia. This book presents how God sees the human being from a biblical-grammatical perspective through the book of Exodus. The sense of existence has new sources, with God and his purpose for each individual and humanity being the main ones. In addition, this book analyses and offers possibilities and models for teaching biblical anthropology to university students.

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  Concordance of the Isin-Larsa Year Names

  Alfred Harry Kromholz and Marcel Sigrist

  "Kromholz and Sigrist present a complete concordance to all published year-names of the kings of Isin and Larsa, including all known variants of each text." AU Press catalogue

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  Environmental Foundations: Studies of Climatical, Geological, Hydrological, and Phytological conditions in Hesban and Vicinity

  Oystein Sakala LaBianca, Kevin Ferguson, Dennis Gilliland, Tim Hudson, and Larry Lacelle

  This volume provides an introduction to the climate and landscape to which successive generations of Hesbanites have had to adapt. Includes 26 figures, 42 plates, and 9 tables.

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  Hesban 05: Archaeological Survey of the Hesban Region

  Robert D. Ibach Jr.

  This volume offers systematic descriptions, including numerous maps and photographs, of the 148 archaeological sites visited by the expedition's regional survey team within a 10-km radius of Tell Hesban.

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  Hesban 06: Tell Hesban and Vicinity in the Iron Age

  Paul J. Ray Jr.

  "This volume presents a layer-by-layer account of the discoveries from the six Iron Age strata (12th through 5th centuries B.C.) at Tell Hesban, Jordan, with regional survey data from its immediate vicinity. Discoveries are interpreted in light of cultural, ethnological, and natural-science data as well as historical events. Implications of these finds for an understanding of the history of the biblical tribe of Reuben and the tribal kingdoms of Ammon and Moab are also examined. It includes a summary of the site and the surrounding region during the Late Bronze Age and Hellenistic periods as well as a chapter on the history of the excavation methodology of the Heshbon Expedition. There are numerous plans, photographs and pottery plates. The ceramic discussion compares the pottery of Tell Hesban with similar Iron Age forms found elsewhere in the Levant. The volume includes appendices of all loci, objects and faunal remains found in the Iron Age strata. An index is provided." AU Press catalogue

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  Hesban 07: Hellenistic & Roman Strata: A Study of the Stratigraphy of Tell Hesban from the 2nd Cent. B.C. to the 4th Cent. A.D.

  Larry A. Mitchel

  "This volume details the Intertestamental, New Testament, and Early Church cultures at Tell Hesban. A description of the political and religious history of the region includes treatments of the culture, roads/transportation, commerce, and trade." AU Press catalogue

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  Hesban 10: The Necropolis of Hesban: A Typology of Tombs

  S. Douglas Waterhouse

  "This volume provides thorough description and classification of the tombs found near Hesban and excavated by the Heshbon Expedition. Careful analysis and interesting bio-cultural interpretation of the skeletal remains found in the tombs is provided by Anne L. Grauer and George J. Armelagos." AU Press catalogue

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  Hesban 11: Ceramic Finds: Typological and Technological Studies of the Pottery Remains from Tell Hesban and Vicinity

  James A. Sauer and Larry G. Herr

  This volume is devoted to the typological analysis of the Tell Hesban pottery. It comprises some of the ca. 6,000 sherds from the 1971, 1973, 1974, and 1976 excavation seasons.

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  Hesban 12: Small Finds: Studies of Bone, Iron, Glass, Figurines, and Stone Objects from Tell Hesban and Vicinity

  Paul J. Ray Jr.

  This volume presents an analysis of small finds excavated at Tell Hesban, conveniently compiling information from all periods of Hesban into one study. Invaluable insights can be gained about the ancient human mind and the cultural context of the time periods. The study looks at Hesban's ancient technologies, trade relations, social and political structures, military innovations, education, and diet.

  Reports are provided by a spectrum of specialists and deal with Arabic, Greek, Latin and Ammonite inscriptions; ceramic figurines; scarabs; glass fragments; domestic stone objects and iron samples; textile tools; cosmetic objects and jewelry; and coins, all findings from the Tell Hesban excavations.

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  Preface / Øystein Sakala LaBianca -- Foreword / Randall W. Younker -- Introduction / Paul J. Ray, Jr. -- The Arab inscriptions from Hesban / Ghazi Bisheh -- Latin and Greek inscriptions from Tell Hesban / James J.C. Cox ... [et al.] -- Ammonite ostraca from Tell Hesban / Frank M. Cross -- Terracotta figurines from Tell Hesban and vicinity / Boguslav Dabrowski -- An early Roman fenestrated bowl from Hesban / Ralph E. Hendrix -- Scarabs from Hesban / Siegfried H. Horn -- Glass from Hesban / Sidney M. Goldstein -- Objects of stone, clay, bone, and ivory from Tell Hesban and vicinity / Wade R. Kotter and Paul J. Ray, Jr. -- Metallurgical samples from Tell Hesban / Blair D. London -- The textile tools from Tell Hesban and vicinity / Elizabeth E. Platt and Paul J. Ray, Jr. -- The cosmetic objects from Tell Hesban and vicinity / Elizabeth E. Platt -- The jewelry from Tell Hesban and vicinity / Elizabeth E. Platt -- Miscellaneous objects from Tell Hesban and vicinity / Marie-Louise Vollenweider and Elizabeth E. Platt -- The coins from the excavations at Hesban / Abraham Terian

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  Hesban 13: Faunal Remains: Taphonomical and Zooarchaeological Studies of the Animal Remains from Tell Hesban and Vicinity

  Oystein Sakala LaBianca editor and Angela von den Driesch editor

  "This volume is devoted to the presentation of the zooarchaeological analysis of the nearly 100,000 animal bones uncovered in the excavations at Tell Hesban." AU Press catalogue

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  Hesban After 25 Years

  David Merling and Lawrence T. Geraty

  This single-volume account of the history and finds of the Tell Hesban excavations relates one of the most concentrated and longest-running continual research projects in the Middle East. The handy book is an easily accessible introduction to the Hesban finds as well as a complementary data source for the Hesban Final Publication Series volumes. Well-illustrated with photos, line drawings, and tables.

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  Historical Foundations: Studies of Literary References to Hesban and Vicinity

  Arthur J. Ferch, Malcolm B. Russell, and Werner K. Vyhmeister

  "Historical contextualization is vitally important in attaining a view of Tell Hesban as its contemporaries described it. A spectrum of periods are analyzed from their contemporary literary sources: pre-classical and classical sources (Werner K. Vyhmeister), Arab sources (Malcolm B. Russell), a review of critical studies of Old Testament references to the site (Arthur J. Ferch), and traveller's accounts since 1806 (Werner K. Vyhmeister)." AU Press catalogue

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  Isin Year Names

  Marcel Sigrist

  "Sigrist discusses the relevance of king lists, calling particular attention to the tablets listing the names of years for the kings of Isin. Lists ordered by king, tablet number, and chronology comprise the core research material. " AU Press catalogue

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  Larsa Year Names

  Marcel Sigrist

  "A supplement to Vol II of the Assyriological Series, this study presents the year-name texts of the 11 kings of Larsa. Core research materials include lists of all known Larsa year-name tablets ordered by king, tablet number, and chronology."

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  Madaba Plains Project 1: The 1984 Season at Tell el-Umeiri and Vicinity and Subsequent Studies

  Lawrence T. Geraty editor, Larry G. Herr editor, Oystein Sakara LaBianca editor, and Randall W. Younker editor

  "Twenty-three contributors present studies of food, water, geography, and hinterland sites providing the context for archaeological reports which consider stratigraphy, ceramics, and small finds." AU Press catalouge

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  Madaba Plains Project 2: The 1987 Season at Tell el-Umeiri and Vicinity and Subsequent Studies

  Larry G. Herr editor, Lawrence T. Geraty editor, Oystein Sakara LaBianca editor, and Randall Younker editor

  "Includes field stratigraphy reports of the glacis defense system, an Iron Age architectural complex, and the water system, as well as analyses of ceramic and small finds. Exceptional studies of ceramic technology and the modern pottery industry." AU Press catalogue

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  Madaba Plains Project 3: The 1989 Season at Tell el-Umeiri and Vicinity

  Larry G. Herr editor, Lawrence T. Geraty editor, Oystein Sakara LaBianca editor, and Randall W. Younker editor

  "This publication continues in the tradition of the previous two seasonal reports, detailing the hinterland regional surveys, the clarification of the defense system, further excavation of the Iron Age complex, and discovery of extensive Early Bronze Age domestic structures." AU Press catalogue

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  Madaba Plains Project 4: The 1992 Season at Tall al-'Umayri and Subsequent Studies

  Larry G. Herr editor, Douglas R. Clark editor, Lawrence T. Geraty editor, Randall W. Younker editor, and Oystein Sakara LaBianca editor

  "The fourth volume of the Madaba Plains Project series entitled Madaba Plains Project 'Umayri 4: The 1992 Season at Tall al-'Umayri and Subsequent Studies. ... This volume is dedicated to His Royal Highness Prince El-Hassan bin Talal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan whose long-standing support of archaeology in Jordan has earned both admiration and deep respect. The field reports examine the Iron II/Persian Administrative Complex (Ch. 3), Western Defense System (Ch. 4), the Lower Southern Terrace (Ch. 5) and the Eastern Shelf (Ch. 6). These include stratigraphic information, section drawings and pottery plates. Detailed photographs and line drawings make the identification of the excavation phases clear. The pottery discussion compares the 'Umayri ceramics with other similar forms from MB II to Late Iron II/Persian found elsewhere in the Levant. The variety of objects found at 'Umayri show the diversity of human activity throughout the periods represented. These objects are presented in the preliminary report, along with other articles on the clay figurines, the reexamination of Cylinder Seal No. 3021 and two unique inscriptions." AU Press catalogue

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  Madaba Plains Project 5: The 1994 Season at Tall al-'Umayri and Subsequent Studies

  Larry G. Herr, Douglas R. Clark, Lawrence T. Geraty, Randall W. Younker, and Oystein S. LaBianca

  Contents An overview of the 1994 season of the Madaba Plains Project at Tall al-ʻUmayri / Larry G. Herr -- Excavation and cumulative results / Larry G. Herr -- Field A: The Ammonite administrative complex (north) / John I. Lawlor -- Field B: The western defense system / Douglas R. Clark -- Field H: The southwest acropolis / David R. Berge, Lloyd A. Willis -- The pottery / Larry G. Herr -- The objects / Elizabeth E. Platt, Larry G. Herr -- Field K: The dolmen and other features on the south slopes of Tall al-ʻUmayri / Elzbieta Dubis, Bogdan Dabrowski -- Middle Bronz IIC chamber tomb: field K02 / Mariusz Górniak, Maryla Kapica -- Report on the human bones from Tall al-ʻUmayri, 1992-1996 / Joan W. Chase -- Metal objects / Elzbieta Dubis -- The inscribed seals / Larry G. Herr -- Seals and seal impressions from excavation seasons, 1984-2000 / Jürg Eggler, Larry G. Herr, Rhonda Root -- Early and late Bronze Age transitional subsistence at Tall al-ʻUmayri / Joris Peters, Nadja Pöllath, Angela von de Driesch -- Tribes and sedentarization of the Madaba Plains and central Jordan during the Iron I and Ottoman periods / Chang-Ho C. Ji -- The objects from the 1989 season / Larry G. Herr, Elizabeth E. Platt.

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  Madaba Plains Project 6: The 1996 and 1998 Seasons at Tall al-'Umayri and Subsequent Studies

  Larry G. Herr, Douglas R. Clark, Lawrence T. Geraty, Oystein S. LaBianca, and Randall W. Younker

  This volume reports on the 1996 and 1998 seasons of the excavations at Tall al-‘Umayri and vicinity conducted by a consortium of colleges and universities principally sponsored by Andrews University.

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  Neo-Sumerian Account Texts in the Horn Archaeological Museum

  Marcel Sigrist

  "This volume contains catalogs and published facsimile transcriptions of over 900 of the cuneiform tablets in the Hartford collection now housed at the Andrews University Horn Archeological Museum." AU Press catalogue

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  Neo-Sumerian Account Texts in the Horn Archaeological Museum

  Marcel Sigrist

  "Publication of Sigrist's study of 415 additional Ur III period tablets provides for the preservation of their valuable contents. Included are index lists of personal names, names of deities, geographical names, and toponyms, temple names, and field names." AU Press catalogue

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  Neo-Sumerian account Texts in the Horn Archaeological Museum: Seal Impressions

  Marcel Sigrist, Carney E. S. Gavin, Diana Stein, and Constance Menard

  "While Sigrist supplies linguistic analysis, Gavin and his assistants provide composite drawings of the seal impressions." AU Press catalogue

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  Old Babylonian Account Texts in the Horn Archaeological Museum

  Marcel Sigrist

  Sigrist completes his publication of cuneiform tablets in the Horn Archaeological Museum collection with this corpus of 276 Old Babylonian tablets.This volume contains an index listing personal names, names of deities, and geographical names with a catalogue (register and description) of the individual tablets as well as a classification of the texts ordered according to reigning king. Indexes of Akkadian words (by transliteration and by sign) are provided. Included are tablet identification information, line-drawn illustrations, transliteration of all writing, and translation of most of the text.