{"product_id":"levantine-epigraphy-and-history-in-the-achaemenid-period-539-322-bce-hardback-9780197265895","title":"Levantine Epigraphy and History in the Achaemenid Period (539-322 BCE) (Hardback) 9780197265895","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLevantine Epigraphy and History in the Achaemenid Period (539-322 BCE)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780197265895, OUP Oxford\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 November 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e120 pages, 90 b\u0026amp;w illustrations of inscriptions, coins, etc.\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 16.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.508 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eInscriptions discovered since 1980 and fresh epigraph research have revealed much about the Archaeminid period in the Levant (533-332 BCE). André Lemaire concentrates on three areas where new data has shed light on the societies living in the largest empire that the world had known to that date.\n\nPhoenicia played a vital political and economic role in the empire because Persian kings had to rely on the Phoenician navy in their wars against Greece and Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean. Newly discovered inscriptions from Byblos, Sidon and Tyre, as well as the results of research into coins, have illuminated the chronology, history and extent of the Phoenician kingdoms, as well as their influence in Palestine.\n\nNew inscriptions have added to our knowledge of the Judean Diaspora in Babylonia, Egypt and Cyprus. The main indirect information about the Exiles previously available to us was in the book of Ezekiel. Now, epigraphic data has revealed not only many names of Exiles but how and where they lived and more about their relationship with Jerusalem.\n\nThe third region described is the Persian provinces of Samaria, Judaea and Idumaea, especially during the 4th century BCE. The publication of various, mainly Aramaic, contemporary inscriptions on papyri, ostraca, seals, seal-impressions and coins, sheds new light on the daily life and religion of these provinces. The insciptions help us to understand something of the chronology, society and culture of these three different provinces as well as several Biblical texts in their historical and economic contexts.\n\nWith over 90 inscriptions illustrated and fully transcribed, this book provides new insight into a period that has proved difficult to study.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Old Testaments [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Old Testaments\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Old%20Testaments%20%5BHRCF1%5D%22\"\u003eHRCF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52254645616920,"sku":"9780197265895","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780197265895.jpg?v=1781273422","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/levantine-epigraphy-and-history-in-the-achaemenid-period-539-322-bce-hardback-9780197265895","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}