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Yigal Bloch
On Some Alleged Developments of the Proto-Semitic Phoneme /t/ in Iron Age Canaanite Dialects
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 1-28; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm042 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aaron D. Rubin
The Paradigm Root in Hebrew
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 29-41; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm043 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eran Cohen
The Copular Clause in Jewish Zakho Neo-Aramaic
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 43-68; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm044 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mehmet Akif Koç
A Comparison of the References to Muqatil b. Sulayman (150/767) in the Exegesis of al-Tha ‘labi (427/1036) with Muqatil's Own Exegesis
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 69-101; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm045 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Efraim Lev, Leigh Chipman, and Friedrich Niessen
A Hospital Handbook for the Community: Evidence for the Extensive Use of Ibn Abi 'l-Bayan's al-Dustur al-bimaristani by the Jewish Practitioners of Medieval Cairo
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 103-118; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm046 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alan S. Kaye
On the Use of the Aspects, Independent Personal Pronouns, Fillers, and Attention Grabbers in Algerian Arabic Oral Narratives
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 119-156; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm047 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Stuart Campbell
YUVAL GOREN, ISRAEL FINKELSTEIN and NADAV NA'AMAN, Inscribed in Clay: Provenance Study of the Amarna Tablets and other Ancient Near Eastern Texts
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 157-158; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm048 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wilfred G.E. Watson
JEAN-MARC MICHAUD, La Bible et l'héritage d'Ougarit
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 158-160; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm049 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edward Lipinski
SIGURÐUR HAFþÓRSSON, A Passing Power: An Examination of the Sources for the History of Aram-Damascus in the Second Half of the Ninth Century B.C.
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 160-163; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm050 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wilfred G.E. Watson
RICCARDO CONTINI and CRISTIANO GROTTANELLI (eds), Il saggio Ahiqar: Fortuna e trasformazioni di uno scritto sapienziale. Il testo piú antico e le sue versioni
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 163-165; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm051 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wilfred G.E. Watson
ROLF P. KNIERIM and GEORGE W. COATS, Numbers
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 165-167; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm052 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R.E. Clements
STEPHEN L. COOK and CORRINE L. PATTON, Ezekiel's Hierarchical World: Wrestling with a Tiered Reality
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 167-169; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm053 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James L. Crenshaw
ALICE M. SINNOTT, The Personification of Wisdom
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 169-170; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm054 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer Dines
GERHARD TAUBERSCHMIDT, Secondary Parallelism: A Study of Translation Technique in LXX Proverbs
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 170-172; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm055 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dorothy M. Peters
GABRIELE BOCCACCINI (ed.) Enoch and Qumran Origins: New Light on a Forgotten Connection.
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 172-175; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm056 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Albert Harrill
CATHERINE HEZSER, Jewish Slavery in Antiquity
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 175-176; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm057 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B.S. Jackson
LAWRENCE H. SCHIFFMAN (ed.), Semitic Papyrology in Context. A Climate of Creativity.
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 176-180; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm058 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Willem Van Henten
SHMUEL SHEPKARU, Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan and Christian Worlds.
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 180-183; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm059 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James R. Davila
RA‘ANAN S. BOUSTAN, From Martyr to Mystic: Rabbinic Martyrology and the Making of Merkavah Mysticism
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 183-184; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm060 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gillian Greenberg
JOHN F. HEALEY, Leshono Suryoyo: First Studies in Syriac
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 185-186; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm061 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sue Gillingham
DAVID STEC, The Targum of Psalms
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 186-188; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm062 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wulf-Otto Dreessen
JEROLD C. FRAKES (ed.), Early Yiddish Texts 1100–1750: With Introduction and Commentary. • JEAN BAUMGARTEN, Introduction to Old Yiddish Literature. Edited and translated by Jerold C. Frakes.
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 188-192; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm063 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shuruq Naguib
DELIA CORTESE and SIMONETTA CALDERINI, Women and the Fatimids in the World of Islam.
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 192-194; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm064 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher Melchert
YASIN DUTTON, Original Islam: Malik and the madhhab of Madina
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 194-196; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm065 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew J. Newman
PATRICIA CRONE, From Kavad to al-Ghazali: Religion, Law and Political Thought in the Near East, c. 600–c. 1100
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 196-197; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm066 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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W.G. Lambert
AGUSTINUS GIANTO (ed.), Biblical and Oriental Essays in Memory of William L. Moran
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 199; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm067 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W.G.E. Watson
PIETRO MANDER, Canti sumerici d'amore e morte. La vicenda della dea Inanna/Ishtar e del dio Dumuzi/Tammuz
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 199-200; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm068 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W.G. Lambert
WILLIAM L. MORAN (Edited by JOHN HUEHNERGARD and SHLOMO IZRE'EL), Amarna Studies: Collected Writings
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 200; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm069 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edward Lipinski
AGNÈS TICHIT, Le verbe en hébreu biblique • AGNÈS TICHIT, Hébreu Biblique: Grammaire de base et introduction aux fêtes juives. Textes expliqués
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 200-201; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm070 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George J. Brooke
DOUGLAS A. KNIGHT, Rediscovering the Traditions of Israel3
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 202; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm071 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George J. Brooke
ROBERT B. CHISHOLM JR., Interpreting the Historical Books: An Exegetical Handbook
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 202; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm072 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Firth
CARL S. EHRLICH and MARSHA C. WHITE (eds), Saul in Story and Tradition
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 202-204; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm073 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tamlin Lizius
WILLIAM G. DEVER, Did God Have a Wife: Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel.
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 204; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm074 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George J. Brooke
MELVIN K.H. PETERS (ed.), XII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, Leiden, 2004
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 204-205; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm075 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George J. Brooke
DAVID T. RUNIA and GREGORY E. STERLING (eds), The Studia Philonica Annual: Studies in Hellenistic Judaism
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 205-206; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm076 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George J. Brooke
LARRY W. HURTADO (ed.), The Freer Biblical Manuscripts: Fresh Studies of an American Treasure Trove
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 206; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm077 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George J. Brooke
CHRISTINE HELMER with the assistance of CHARLENE T. HIGBE (eds), The Multivalence of Biblical Texts and Theological Meanings
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 206-207; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm078 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George J. Brooke
HAROLD W. ATTRIDGE and JAMES C. VANDERKAM (eds), Presidential Voices: The Society of Biblical Literature in the Twentieth Century
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 207; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm079 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B.S. Jackson
MICHAEL WALZER (ed.) Law, Politics, and Morality In Judaism.
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 208; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm080 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John F. Healey
JEROME ALAN LUND, The Book of the Laws of Countries: A Dialogue on Free Will Versus Fate. A Key-Word-in-Context Concordance.
J Semitic Studies 2008 53: 208-209; doi:10.1093/jss/fgm081 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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