{"title":"Plene Spelling and Defective Spelling in the Hebrew Bible","authors":"Joel Elitzur","doi":"10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.ar027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.ar027","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000It is commonly accepted that the spelling of the pre-exilic books of the Bible was generally defective like that of contemporary epigraphy, and that the matres lectionis were inserted into the original texts by scribes during the first half of the Second Temple period. This article argues that the orthography of the ancient books of the Bible was from its beginning similar to that of the MT . The difference between the current biblical spelling and the defective spelling of the inscriptions should instead be understood as a matter of different registers . \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":46777,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY","volume":"52 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139007023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Ptolemaic Tradition and Islamic Innovation: The Astronomical Tables of Kūshyār ibn Labbān","authors":"S. M. Mozaffari","doi":"10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0069","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000Ptolemaic Tradition and Islamic Innovation: The Astronomical Tables of Kūshyār ibn Labbān. By Benno Van Dalen. Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus, Texts, vol. 2. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2021. Pp. xviii + 595, 16 color pls. €120; https://ptolemaeus.badw.de/publications. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":46777,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY","volume":"25 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139008829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spring and Autumn Historiography: Form and Hierarchy in Ancient Chinese Annals","authors":"Y. Grebnev","doi":"10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0078","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000Spring and Autumn Historiography: Form and Hierarchy in Ancient Chinese Annals. By Newell ann Van Auken. New York: Columbia UniversitY Press, 2023. Pp. xx + 328. $65. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":46777,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY","volume":"25 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139008836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Martyrs on the Mountain","authors":"I-Wen Su","doi":"10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.ar030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.ar030","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000This study investigates the origin, transmission, and reception of two hadith with doctrinal significance on the formation of early Sunni identity and memory of the past—the Mountain hadith, in which the Prophet designates each of the first three caliphs as either a saint or a martyr; and the Ten Promised Paradise hadith, which names the first four caliphs and another five or six Companions as the future residents of paradise. The study identifies Qatāda b. Diʿāma and Hilāl b. Yasāf as the earliest transmitters of both hadith. Analysis of their transmission of the Ten Promised Paradise hadith reveals the emergence of a seminal trend among Kufan traditionists, who, by advocating for an all-embracing approach to ʿUthmān, ʿAlī, and the latter’s opponents, allowed various Kufan groups to find common ground, which was also accompanied by the formation of a comprehensive historical narrative on the first fitna. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":46777,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY","volume":"28 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139008957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible: A Lexicon of Language Contact","authors":"Christopher Theis","doi":"10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0060","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible: A Lexicon of Language Contact. By Benjamin J . Noonan. Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic, vol. 14. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2019 . Pp . xxxv + 512. $149.95. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":46777,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139009861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consonantal Dotting and the Oral Quran","authors":"Hythem Sidky","doi":"10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.ar029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.ar029","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000The oral transmission of the Quran has long been the subject of dispute. Some scholars have asserted that the canonical reading traditions are products of attempts at deciphering the ʿUthmānic text without reference to a living oral tradition. Although our understanding of the written Quran in early Islam has advanced considerably in recent years, the same cannot be said for the oral Quran. A careful study of the consonantal dotting patterns between the canonical readings reveals independent Medinan, Meccan-Basran, and Kufan regional traditions. Through additional statistical analysis and corresponding manuscript evidence, I demonstrate the existence of an inherited oral tradition that likely dates to the time of the ʿUthmānic recension and among the first generation of the followers of Muḥammad. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":46777,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY","volume":"42 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139006671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of The Sōushén Hòujì: Latter Notes on Collected Spirit Phenomena Attributed to Tao Yuanming (365–427)","authors":"Kay Duffy","doi":"10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.br013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.br013","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000The Sōushén Hòujì: Latter Notes on Collected Spirit Phenomena Attributed to Tao Yuanming (365–427). By Richard VanNess Simmons. New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society, 2022. Pp. xv + 132. $39.50 (paper), $32.50 (ebook). \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":46777,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY","volume":"89 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139008322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Von Briefen und Kompilatoren: Zur Einbindung von Texten des Genres shu in Geschichts- und Sammel-werken","authors":"Charles Sanft","doi":"10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0075","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000Von Briefen und Kompilatoren: Zur Einbindung von Texten des Genres shu in Geschichts- und Sammel-werken. By Clara Luhn . Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2022. Pp. xiv + 266. €58. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":46777,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY","volume":"24 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139008883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Untersuchungen zur transtextuellen Poetik assyrischer herrschaftlich-narrativer Texte","authors":"Benjamin R. Foster","doi":"10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0066","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000Untersuchungen zur transtextuellen Poetik assyrischer herrschaftlich-narrativer Texte. By Johannes Bach. State Archives of Assyria Studies, vol. 30. Helsinki: the Neo-Assyrian Texxt Corpus Project, 2020. Pp. xvi + 481. $75 (paper). [Distributed by Penn State University Press, State Col- lege, PA] \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":46777,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY","volume":"54 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139006919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of The Enigma of the Hyksos, vol . 2: Transforming Egypt into the New Kingdom: The Impact of the Hyksos and Egyptian–Near Eastern Relations","authors":"Anthony Spalinger","doi":"10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7817/jaos.143.4.2023.r0063","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000The Enigma of the Hyksos, vol . 2: Transforming Egypt into the New Kingdom: The Impact of the Hyksos and Egyptian–Near Eastern Relations. By Anna-Latifa Mourad. Contributions to the Archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Levant, vol. 10. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2021 . Pp. 463, illus. €128. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":46777,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY","volume":"36 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139007925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}