"An excellent fortress for his armies, a refuge for the people" : Egyptological, archaeological, and biblical studies in honor of James K. Hoffmeier

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    • Hoffmeier, James Karl
    • Averbeck, Richard E.
    • Younger, K. Lawson, Jr.

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"An excellent fortress for his armies, a refuge for the people" : Egyptological, archaeological, and biblical studies in honor of James K. Hoffmeier

edited by Richard E. Averbeck and K. Lawson Younger, Jr

Eisenbrauns, 2020

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Festschrift for James K. Hoffmeier

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

James Hoffmeier is a giant in the field of Egyptology. Among his many publications are two volumes of archaeological reports from Tell el-Borg, where he led excavations from 1999 to 2008. He is also well known for his interest in how ancient Egypt and the biblical world intersected, having edited and written several books on the subject, including the recent "Did I Not Bring Israel Out of Egypt?" Biblical, Archaeological, and Egyptological Perspectives on the Exodus Narratives, published by Eisenbrauns. Dedicated to Hoffmeier, this volume features essays written by more than thirty of his colleagues, former students, and friends. The contributions cover the second and first millennia BCE-from the Egyptian Old Kingdom through the Persian period-as well as New Testament times. The subjects covered include archaeology, biblical studies, Egyptology, and, of course, how these fields intersect with one another. Among the many contributors are Aaron A. Burke, Deirdre Fulton, Rick Hess, Edmund Meltzer, Alan Millard, Steven Ortiz, Donald B. Redford, Gary A. Rendsburg, and Nili Shupak. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students who, following in the footsteps of Hoffmeier, are interested in how the biblical world interacted with ancient Egypt and the ancient Near East.

Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations List of Contributors Personal and Academic Biography of James K. Hoffmeier Publications of James K. Hoffmeier Chapter 1. The Tests of a Prophet Richard E. Averbeck Chapter 2. Fishing for Fissures: The Literary Unity of the Kadesh Poem of Ramesses II and Its Implications for the Diachronic Study of the Hebrew Bible Joshua Berman Chapter 3. Food for the Forces: An Investigation of Military Subsistence Strategies in New Kingdom Border Regions Louise Bertini and Salima Ikram Chapter 4. Left Behind: New Kingdom Specialists at the End of Egyptian Empire and the Emergence of Israelite Scribalism Aaron A. Burke Chapter 5. The Ficus Judaicus and the New Testament Thomas W. Davis Chapter 6. Gifts of the Nile: Materials That Shaped the Early Egyptian Burial Tradition Joanna Debowska- Ludwin and Karolina Rosinska- Balik Chapter 7. Computer Analytics in Chronology Testing and Its Implications for the Date of the Exodus David A. Falk Chapter 8. Uniting the World: Achaemenid Empire Lists and the Construction of Royal Ideology Deirdre N. Fulton and Kaz Hayashi Chapter 9. Geophysical Research in Pelusium: On the Benefits of Using the Resistivity Profiling Method Tomasz Herbich Chapter 10. The Genealogies of Genesis 5 and 11 and Comparative Studies: Evidence for a Seam Richard S. Hess Chapter 11. Sety I's Military Relief at Karnak and the Eastern Gate of Egypt: A Brief Reassessment Hesham M. Hussein Chapter 12. Ma' at in the Amarna Period: Historiography, Egyptology, and the Reforms of Akhenaten Mark D. Janzen Chapter 13. "I Have Made Every Person Like His Fellow" Jens Bruun Kofoed Chapter 14. The Founding of the Temple in Ancient Egypt: Ritual and Symbolism Ash Melika Chapter 15. Goliath's Head Wound and the Edwin Smith Papyrus Edmund S. Meltzer Chapter 16. Did the Patriarchs Meet Philistines? Alan Millard Chapter 17. Writing Trauma: Ipuwer and the Curation of Cultural Memory Ellen Morris Chapter 18. Old Kingdom Exotica at Pharaoh's Court and Beyond: Dwarfs, Pygmies, Primates, Dogs, and Leopards Gregory Mumford Chapter 19. Judges 10:11: A Memory of Merenptah's Campaign in Transjordan Steven Ortiz and S. Cameron Coyle Chapter 20. Digging for Data: A Practical Critique of Digital Archaeology Miller C. Prosser Chapter 21. Debriefing Enemy Combatants in Ancient Egypt Donald B. Redford Chapter 22. Israelite Origins Gary A. Rendsburg Chapter 23. The Egyptian Background of the Joseph Story: Selected Issues Revisited Nili Shupak Chapter 24. Mighty Bull Appearing in Napata: Memorialization and Adaptation of the Bronze Age into the Iron Age World of the Kushite, Twenty- fifth Dynasty of Egypt Stuart Tyson Smith Chapter 25. Hosea 1-3 as the Key to the Literary Structure and Message of the Book Eric J. Tully Chapter 26. The Egyptian Fortress Commander: A Career Check Based on Selected Middle and New Kingdom Examples Carola Vogel Chapter 27. Mud- bricks as a Dating Tool in Egyptian Archaeology Kei Yamamoto and Pearce Paul Creasman Chapter 28. The God ' El of Ramesses II's Stela from Sheikh Sa' d (the "Job Stone") K. Lawson Younger Jr.

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