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To the Madbar and Back Again
Studies in the languages, archaeology, and cultures of Arabia dedicated to Michael C.A. Macdonald
Series: - Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, Volume: 92
Michael C.A. Macdonald is one of the great names of Arabian Studies. He pioneered the field of Ancient North Arabian and made invaluable contributions to the history of Arabia and the nomads of the Near East, their languages, and their scripts. This volume gathers thirty-two innovative contributions from leading scholars in the field to honor the career of Michael C.A. Macdonald, covering the languages and scripts of ancient Arabia, their history and archaeology, the Hellenistic Near East, and the modern dialects and languages of Arabia. The book is an essential part of the library of any who study the Near East, its languages and its cultures.
Laila Nehmé, Ph.D. (1994) University of Paris I, is Director of Research at the CNRS since 2014. She received a knighthood in the Ordre National du Mérite, in 2010. She works on the development of Nabataean writing in Arabic scripture, and is compiling a corpus of Nabatéo-Arabic Texts (4th-5th centuries) on which she carries out paleographic and linguistics analyses.
Ahmad Al-Jallad, Ph.D. (2012) Harvard University, is an Assistant Professor at Leiden University. He has published on the comparative grammar of the Semitic languages, the history of Arabic, and on the epigraphy of Ancient North Arabia, including An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions (Brill, 2015).
Ahmad Al-Jallad, Ph.D. (2012) Harvard University, is an Assistant Professor at Leiden University. He has published on the comparative grammar of the Semitic languages, the history of Arabic, and on the epigraphy of Ancient North Arabia, including An Outline of the Grammar of the Safaitic Inscriptions (Brill, 2015).
The Research of M.C.A. Macdonald
Publications of M.C.A. Macdonald
Tabula Gratulatoria
Tables and Figures
Contributors
1 Les artisans et professions «â¯libéralesâ¯Â» dans le domaine nabatéen
âLaila Nehmé
2 Anmerkungen zum safaitischen und althebräischen Onomastikon
âWalter W. Müller
3 Safaitic Prayers, Curses, Grief and More from Wadi SalhubâNorth-Eastern Jordan
âHani Hayajneh
4 Notes on ḥwb in Safaitic
âChiara Della Puppa
5 Traditional Music or Religious Ritual? Ancient Rock Art Illumined by Bedouin Custom
âAli Al-Manaser
6 The Formularies and Their Historical Implications: Two Examples from Ancient South Arabian Epigraphic Documentation
âAlessandra Avanzini
7 Ancient South Arabian Graffiti from ShabathÄn (Governorate of al-Bayá¸Äʾ, Yemen)
âAlessia Prioletta
8 Schreiben, meiÃeln, Fehler machen. Zur Funktion von Schrift im öffentlichen Raum im antiken Südarabien
âPeter Stein
9 The Phonemes Ạand Ṡin the Dadanitic Inscriptions
âFokelien Kootstra
10 Dadanitic Inscriptions from Jabal al-KhraymÄt (MadÄʾin á¹¢Äliḥ)
âMarÃa del Carmen Hidalgo-Chacón DÃez
11 Un sanctuaire de montagneâ¯: Mushannaf
âMaurice Sartre
12 Un pasteur et un soldatâ¯? Deux inscriptions grecques dââ¯Ã©poque romaine à lââ¯est du Jabal ḤawrÄn
âFrançois Villeneuve
13 Méharistes et cavaliers romains dans le désert jordanien
âPierre-Louis Gatier
14 Goras, sanglier ou jeune lion (ou onagre)�
âJean-Baptiste Yon
15 A Lead Syriac Protective Talisman
âSebastian Brock
16 Two New Arabic Inscriptions: Arabian Castles and Christianity in the Umayyad Period
âRobert Hoyland
17 The Etymology of ḤattÄ
âAhmad al-Jallad
18 Are Libyco-Berber Horizontal ṯ and Vertical h the Same Sign?
âMarijn van Putten
19 The Outer Wall of TaymÄʾ and Its Dating to the Bronze Age
âArnulf Hausleiter
20 Pottery from the âMidianite Heartlandâ? On Tell Kheleifeh and Qurayyah Painted Ware. New Evidence from the Harvard Semitic Museum
âMarta Luciani
21 A Caravan Merchant Family of âAntioch on the Chrysorhoasâ. A Glimpse of Hellenistic Gerasa as a Caravanserai
âIna Kehrberg(-Ostrasz)
22 The Visit of MÄlik bin MuÊ¿Äwiyah, King of Kindah and Maá¸á¸¥iǧ to the Himyarite King Å ammar YuharÊ¿iÅ¡ in Maʾrib
âMohammed Maraqten
23 Der rituelle Umzug des Yadaʿʾil á¸arīḥ nach á¹¢irwÄḥ
âNorbert Nebes
24 Sedentism of Arabs in the 8thâ4th Centuries BC
âIsrael EphÊ¿al
25 Reflections on Arab Leadership in Late Antiquity
âGreg Fisher
26 A Paradise in the Desert: Iram at the Intersection of One Thousand and One Nights, Quranic Exegesis, and Arabian history
âOrhan Elmaz
27 Mourning for the Dead and the Beginning of Idolatry in the KitÄb al-Aá¹£nÄm and the Spelunca Thesaurorumâan Unknown Parallel to SÅ«rat at-TakÄṯur (Q102)?
âKonstantin M. Klein
28 Temple Inscriptions and âthe Death of the God(s)â
âJohn F. Healey
29 âThe Conception of Jesusâ
âHannah M. Cotton Paltiel
30 Drink Long and Drink in Peace: Singing to Livestock at Water in Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman
âMiranda J. Morris and SÄlim ÊAwaá¸Ì£Ì£ Ahmad al-Shaḥri
31 South Arabian Sibilants and the ÅḥerÉÌt sÌ ~ Å¡ Contrast
âAlex Bellem and Janet C.E. Watson
32 Was There a âBedouinisation of Arabia? Probably Not, at Least in the Way It Has so Far been Portrayed
âWilliam Lancaster and Fidelity Lancaster
Index
Publications of M.C.A. Macdonald
Tabula Gratulatoria
Tables and Figures
Contributors
Epigraphy and Philology
1 Les artisans et professions «â¯libéralesâ¯Â» dans le domaine nabatéen
âLaila Nehmé
2 Anmerkungen zum safaitischen und althebräischen Onomastikon
âWalter W. Müller
3 Safaitic Prayers, Curses, Grief and More from Wadi SalhubâNorth-Eastern Jordan
âHani Hayajneh
4 Notes on ḥwb in Safaitic
âChiara Della Puppa
5 Traditional Music or Religious Ritual? Ancient Rock Art Illumined by Bedouin Custom
âAli Al-Manaser
6 The Formularies and Their Historical Implications: Two Examples from Ancient South Arabian Epigraphic Documentation
âAlessandra Avanzini
7 Ancient South Arabian Graffiti from ShabathÄn (Governorate of al-Bayá¸Äʾ, Yemen)
âAlessia Prioletta
8 Schreiben, meiÃeln, Fehler machen. Zur Funktion von Schrift im öffentlichen Raum im antiken Südarabien
âPeter Stein
9 The Phonemes Ạand Ṡin the Dadanitic Inscriptions
âFokelien Kootstra
10 Dadanitic Inscriptions from Jabal al-KhraymÄt (MadÄʾin á¹¢Äliḥ)
âMarÃa del Carmen Hidalgo-Chacón DÃez
11 Un sanctuaire de montagneâ¯: Mushannaf
âMaurice Sartre
12 Un pasteur et un soldatâ¯? Deux inscriptions grecques dââ¯Ã©poque romaine à lââ¯est du Jabal ḤawrÄn
âFrançois Villeneuve
13 Méharistes et cavaliers romains dans le désert jordanien
âPierre-Louis Gatier
14 Goras, sanglier ou jeune lion (ou onagre)�
âJean-Baptiste Yon
15 A Lead Syriac Protective Talisman
âSebastian Brock
16 Two New Arabic Inscriptions: Arabian Castles and Christianity in the Umayyad Period
âRobert Hoyland
17 The Etymology of ḤattÄ
âAhmad al-Jallad
18 Are Libyco-Berber Horizontal ṯ and Vertical h the Same Sign?
âMarijn van Putten
Archaeology, History and Religion
19 The Outer Wall of TaymÄʾ and Its Dating to the Bronze Age
âArnulf Hausleiter
20 Pottery from the âMidianite Heartlandâ? On Tell Kheleifeh and Qurayyah Painted Ware. New Evidence from the Harvard Semitic Museum
âMarta Luciani
21 A Caravan Merchant Family of âAntioch on the Chrysorhoasâ. A Glimpse of Hellenistic Gerasa as a Caravanserai
âIna Kehrberg(-Ostrasz)
22 The Visit of MÄlik bin MuÊ¿Äwiyah, King of Kindah and Maá¸á¸¥iǧ to the Himyarite King Å ammar YuharÊ¿iÅ¡ in Maʾrib
âMohammed Maraqten
23 Der rituelle Umzug des Yadaʿʾil á¸arīḥ nach á¹¢irwÄḥ
âNorbert Nebes
24 Sedentism of Arabs in the 8thâ4th Centuries BC
âIsrael EphÊ¿al
25 Reflections on Arab Leadership in Late Antiquity
âGreg Fisher
26 A Paradise in the Desert: Iram at the Intersection of One Thousand and One Nights, Quranic Exegesis, and Arabian history
âOrhan Elmaz
27 Mourning for the Dead and the Beginning of Idolatry in the KitÄb al-Aá¹£nÄm and the Spelunca Thesaurorumâan Unknown Parallel to SÅ«rat at-TakÄṯur (Q102)?
âKonstantin M. Klein
28 Temple Inscriptions and âthe Death of the God(s)â
âJohn F. Healey
29 âThe Conception of Jesusâ
âHannah M. Cotton Paltiel
Modern Dialects and Tribes
30 Drink Long and Drink in Peace: Singing to Livestock at Water in Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman
âMiranda J. Morris and SÄlim ÊAwaá¸Ì£Ì£ Ahmad al-Shaḥri
31 South Arabian Sibilants and the ÅḥerÉÌt sÌ ~ Å¡ Contrast
âAlex Bellem and Janet C.E. Watson
32 Was There a âBedouinisation of Arabia? Probably Not, at Least in the Way It Has so Far been Portrayed
âWilliam Lancaster and Fidelity Lancaster
Index
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