The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion by Lipinski, E - 2000

Peeters, 2001-02-01. hardcover. very good/very good. 6x1x9. NOT an ex library book. 694 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 1" tear top of front endflap that is covedred with scotch tape.

Peeters Publishers, 2000. hardcover. New. 9x6x1.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters and Department. Oosterse Studies, 2000. First edition. Octavo. 694, (8)pp. Indices. Green dust jacket lettered in white, over green cloth, gilt. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, 48 text figures and 16 maps. A fine, as new copy. In order to present the Aramean history during some six hundred years, down to the seventh century B.C., it was necessary to analyze a wide range of sources, mainly cuneiform, epigraphic, and biblical. Chapter I deals with Aramean pre-history and proto-history, while chapter II examines the question of the alleged relationship between the Hebrew forefathers and the ancient Arameans. Chapters III to XIV give a relatively accurate description of the territory of each historically attested Aramean group or state and present a detailed narrative of political events. Chapter XIV, the most extensive, considers the situation of the Arameans in Babylonia, also in relation to the Chaldeans and to the North-Arabian tribes. Chapters XV to XVIII deal with… Read More