Israelite History, Religion, Archaeology and the Ancient Near East

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Baly, D.

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Cross, F. M.

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Gottwald, N. K.

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Grant, M.

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Harrison, R. K.

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Jagersma, H.

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Johnson, A. R.

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May, H. G.

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Mayes, A. D. H.

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Noth, M.

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Oesterley, W. O. E., and T. H. Robinson.

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Oppenheim, A. L.

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Orlinsky, H. M.

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Ramsey, G. W.

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Rowley, H. H.

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Saggs, H. W. F.

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Simon,J.

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Soggin, J. A.

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Smith, G. A.

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Thomas, D. W. (ed.).

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Thompson, T. L.

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Van Seters, J.

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de Vaux, R.

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Vogel, E.

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Yadin, Y.

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CRAIBL Comptes rendus de l’Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
ed. editor(s); edition; edited by
RB Revue biblique, Paris
Repr. reprint, reprinted
b.c. before Christ
Pp. pages; past
BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
b.c.e. before the common (or Christian) era
AfO Archiv für Orientforschung, Graz
Diss. dissertation
BibAT Biblical Archeology Today: Proceedings of the International Congress on Biblical Archaeology, Jerusalem, April 1984. Jerusalem, 1985
vol. volume
3d third
JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society, New Haven
2d second
ZA Zeitschrift für Assyriologie
SAOC Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization
BA Biblical Archaeologist
JJS Journal of Jewish Studies, Oxford
HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual, Cincinnati
HSM Harvard Semitic Monographs
VT Vetus Testamentum, Leiden
UF Ugarit-Forschungen
AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament
ZÄS Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde
ZDPV Zeitschrift des deutschen Palästina-Vereins
OBO Orbis biblicus et orientalis
LAPO Littératures anciennes du Proche-Orient
Or Orientalia
SEL Studi epigraphici e linguistici sul Vicino oriente antico
Aram Aramaic
RHR Revue de l’histoire des religions, Paris
HTR Harvard Theological Review
IEJ Israel Exploration Journal, Jerusalem
SAK Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, Hamburg
WLSGF The Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman, eds. C. L. Meyers and M. O’Connor. Winona Lake, IN, 1983
Altertum Das Altertum, Berlin
JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Chicago
JARCE Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Boston
Iraq Iraq
GM Göttinger Miszellen
JESHO Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Leiden
WUNT Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
CdÉ Chronique d’Égypte, Brussels
JNSL Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages, Stellenbosch
Freedman, D. N. 1996, c1992. The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Doubleday: New York