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    <title>Aramaic and Hebrew inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim and Samaria between Antiochus III and Antiochus IV Epiphanes</title>
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    <dateIssued>2012</dateIssued>
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  <abstract>This book presents a paleographic analysis of the Aramaic and Hebrew inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim and their historical background within the historical and political context of Palestine in the Hellenistic period.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. Scripts of the Inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim; 1. Temple-City on Mt. Gerizim; 1.1. Sanctuary and Sacred Precinct; 1.2. City; 2. Scripts Used on Mt. Gerizim; 2.1. Aramaic Script; 2.2. Dating the Aramaic Inscriptions; 2.3. Monumental and Cursive Aramaic Script: A Comparison; 3. Aramaic Cursive Script (Appendix I.1 and II. 1); 3.1. Lapidary Inscriptions; 3.2. Inscriptions Written in Ink; 3.3. Cursive Forms Attested on Mt. Gerizim (Appendix I.1); 3.4. Variety of the Forms of Letters.</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>3.4.1. The Difference between the Initial/Middle and Final Form3.4.4. Dalet and Resh; 3.5. Dating the Aramaic Cursive Script from Mt. Gerizim; 4. Aramaic Monumental Script (Appendix I.1 and II. 2); 4.1. Forms Attested on Mt. Gerizim; 4.2. Aramaic Monumental Script from Mt. Gerizim and the Inscriptions from 5th-4th or 3rd Centuries BCE; 4.2.1. Lapidary Inscriptions from the Persian Period; 4.2.2. Lapidary Inscriptions from the (Persian and/or) Hellenistic Period; 4.2.3. Small Aramaic Inscriptions in Monumental Style; 4.3. Monumental and Cursive Style in the Aramaic Script from Mt. Gerizim.</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>4.3.1. Distinctive Features4.3.2. Common Features; 4.4. Dating the Aramaic Monumental Script; 5. Mixed Script(Appendix I.3); 5.1. Forms Attested on Mt. Gerizim; 5.2. Initial/Middle and Final Forms of Letters; 5.3. Dating the "Mixed Script"; 6. Spelling with Dalet or Zayin; 6.1. Aramaic Monumental Script; 6.1.1. Spelling with Zayin; 6.1.2. Spelling with Dalet; 6.2. Aramaic Cursive Script; 6.2.1. Spelling with Zayin; 6.2.2. Spelling with Zayin and Dalet; 6.2.3. Spelling with Dalet; 6.3. "Mixed Script"; 6.3.1. Spelling with Zayin; 6.3.2. Spelling with Dalet.</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>6.4. Spelling As a Chronological Factor?7. Ruling of Aramaic Inscriptions; 7.1. Horizontal Ruling of Inscriptions in Aramaic Script; 7.1.1. Pattern A; 7.1.2. Pattern B; 7.1.3. Pattern Difficult to Determine; 7.2. Vertical Ruling?; 7.3. Who Carved the Ruling Lines?; 7.4. The Style of Aramaic Script and Ruling Practices; 8. Mistakes and Unusual Spelling; 8.1. Mistakes Observed by the Authors of the Editio Princeps; 8.2. Other Mistakes; 8.3. Unusual Spelling; 9. Paleo-Hebrew Fragments; 9.1. Fragments with Ruling Lines; 9.2. Inscriptions without Ruling Lines; 10. Conclusion.</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>10.1. Dating the Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim10.2. Private Inscriptions; 10.2.1. Monumental Style; 10.2.2. Cursive Style and Its Variety; 10.2.3. Manufacturing the Private Inscriptions; 10.3. Public Inscription(s); II. Identity; 1. Samaria in the Hellenistic Period; 1.1. From the End of Persian Rule to the End of Ptolemaic Rule; 1.2. Seleucid Rule; 2. Identity of Worshippers of Yahweh in Samaria; 2.1. Two Inscriptions from Delos and Their Implications for Samaria; 2.1.1. Date of the Inscriptions; 2.1.2. "Israelites"; 2.1.3. hoi aparchomenoi.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Jan Dušek.</note>
  <note>2.1.4. hieron (hagion) Argarizein.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and indexes.</note>
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    <topic>Inscriptions, Aramaic</topic>
    <geographic>West Bank</geographic>
    <geographic>Gerizim, Mount</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Inscriptions, Aramaic</topic>
    <geographic>Israel</geographic>
    <geographic>Sabastiyah</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Inscriptions, Hebrew</topic>
    <geographic>West Bank</geographic>
    <geographic>Gerizim, Mount</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Inscriptions, Hebrew</topic>
    <geographic>Israel</geographic>
    <geographic>Sabastiyah</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Paleography, Hebrew</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Paleography, Aramaic</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Judaism</topic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D</temporal>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Inscriptions, Aramaic</topic>
    <geographic>Israel</geographic>
    <topic>Sabastiyah</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Inscriptions, Aramaic</topic>
    <geographic>West Bank</geographic>
    <topic>Gerizim, Mount</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject>
    <topic>Inscriptions, Hebrew</topic>
    <geographic>Israel</geographic>
    <topic>Sabastiyah</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Inscriptions, Hebrew</topic>
    <geographic>West Bank</geographic>
    <topic>Gerizim, Mount</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Judaism</topic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <topic>Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Paleography, Aramaic</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Paleography, Hebrew</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Language and languages</topic>
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