From Ugarit to Nabataea

Studies in Honor of John F. Healey

Edited by George Anton Kiraz & Zeyad Al-Salameen

From Ugarit to Nabataea is a collection of articles on the texts and cultures of various Near and Middle Eastern societies such as Ugarit, Ancient North Arabia, Nabatea, Palmyra, Edessa, the monasteries of Mesopotamia, and modern day Syriac-speaking communities. They include discussion of the religious beliefs, iconography, epigraphy, architecture and language of these societies – fields to which John F. Healey has contributed in his long, distinguished and varied career.

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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-4632-0180-7

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Series: Gorgias Ugaritic Studies6

Publication Date: Apr 6,2012

Interior Color: Black with Color Inserts

Trim Size: 6 x 9

Page Count: 313

Languages: English

ISBN: 978-1-4632-0180-7

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From Ugarit to Nabataea is a collection of articles on the texts and cultures of various Near and Middle Eastern societies. The volume is offered in honor of John F. Healey, by his friends and former students, whose studies cover a vast range from Ugarit, to Ancient North Arabia, Nabataea, Palmyra, Edessa, the monasteries of Mesopotamia, and to modern-day Syriac speaking communities. They include discussion of the religious beliefs, iconography, epigraphy, architecture and language of these societies – fields to which John F. Healey has contributed in his long, distinguished and varied career. This volume includes contributions from Hatoon Al-Fassi, Zeyad Al-Salameen, Hamad Bin Seray, Sebastian Brock, Amir Harrak, Hani Hayajneh, George A. Kiraz, Laïla Nehme, Dennis Pardee, Lucy Wadeson and Robert Wenning.

George A. Kiraz is the director of Beth Mardutho (The Syriac Institute) and Editor-in-Chief of Gorgias Press. Zeyad Al-Salameen is an Associate Professor at the Department of History and Archaeology at the United Arab Emirates University.

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	Contributor	Biography
	GeorgeKiraz	George A. Kiraz is the founder and director of Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, the Editor-in-Chief of Gorgias Press, and a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He earned an M.St. degree in Syriac Studies from the University of Oxford (1991) and an M.Phil. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (1992, 1996). He has published extensively in the fields of computational linguistics, Syriac studies, and the digital humanities. His latest books include The Syriac Orthodox in North America (1895–1995): A Short History (2019) and Syriac-English New Testament (2020). George is an ordained Deacon of the rank of Ewangeloyo (Gospler) in the Syriac Orthodox Church where he also serves on several Patriarchal, Synodal, and local committees. He lives in Piscataway, NJ, with his wife Christine and their children, Tabetha Gabriella, Sebastian Kenoro, and Lucian Nurono.
	ZeyadAl-Salameen

Table of Contents (page 5)
Preface (page 11)
John Francis Healey (page 13)
KAMKAM THE NABATAEAN PRIESTESS: PRIESTHOOD AND SOCIETY IN ANCIENT ARABIA by Hatoon Al Fassi (page 29)
LIVING BEINGS IN NABATAEANICONOGRAPHY: SYMBOLISM AND FUNCTION by ZEYAD AL-SALAMEEN (page 43)
PALMYRENES IN THE MEDITERRANEANWORLD: 1ST CENTURY BCE TO THE 2NDCENTURY CE by HAMAD M. BIN SERAY (page 105)
DATING FORMULAE IN SYRIAC INSCRIPTIONSAND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE 5TH AND 6THCENTURIES by SEBASTIAN BROCK (page 113)
BACCHUS SON OF MATTAY, A MASTERCALLIGRAPHER IN THE MONGOL PERIOD by AMIR HARRAK (page 135)
REMARKS ON ANCIENT NORTH ARABIANINSCRIPTIONS FROM THE REGION OF TAYMA?IN NORTHWEST ARABIA (I) by HANI HAYAJNEH (page 151)
TABETHA KTHOBONOYO SYRIAC: CHILDLANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF KTHOBONOYOSYRIAC IN A MULTI-LINGUAL ENVIRONMENT by GEORGE A. KIRAZ (page 169)
A RECENTLY-DISCOVERED NABATAEANSANCTUARY, POSSIBLY DEVOTED TO THESUN-GOD by LAÏLA NEHME (page 181)
RS 18.113A+B, LETTRE DUN SERVITEURDU ROI DOUGARIT SE TROUVANT À CHYPRE by DENNIS PARDEE (page 195)
THE OBELISK TOMB AT PETRA AND THE BABAL-SIQ INSCRIPTION: A STUDY OF TEXT,IMAGE AND ARCHITECTURE by LUCY WADESON (page 235)
SNAKES IN PETRA by ROBERT WENNING (page 263)
Figures (page 283)
Index (page 311)

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