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P. 193: two lines up, read ºbdk.
P. 194: read bªrh in line 6 and myyn in line 8.
P. 208: mºwd is not to be regarded as a “complex
preposition” but as a preposition combined with
the original nominal use of ºwd, which could only
be conjectured from the usage of Biblical Hebrew.
P. 209: the “interrogative ªl” is a fantasy: it is the
normal prefix h that makes Lachish Ostracon
5:9–10 into a question.
P. 241: there is some confusion in the inclusion
of the phrase yd hkty in the last paragraph but
one: it should be in the previous paragraph, as
kty is not a proper name but a gentilic.
P. 251: the function of the cardinal numeral
described here is not “quasi-pronominal” but
nominalizing.
P. 259: the expression lª bnm in the second
“Mousaïeff ostracon” (Semitica 46 [1996]: 61–
76) should have been included here (even
though the authenticity of the inscription has
been questioned).
P. 260: while ºwd is used to express “prolon-
gation” (and there are examples of this in the
first two lines of the Siloam Tunnel inscription),
the passages cited here are not instances of it but
of the use of ºwd as a noun (cf. above comments
for p. 208).
P. 271 (cf. p. 356): hnqbh in line 1 of the Siloam
Tunnel inscription cannot be, as stated, a Niphal
infinitive construct with pronominal suffix, since
there is nothing to which the suffix can refer
(likewise most likely in lines 3– 4), and the form
must be a noun with the definite article. There is
probably an instance of the Niphal infinitive in
line 2 (though the end of the word is damaged),
but that is not mentioned.
P. 272: delete “person” from the list of what par-
ticiples indicate.
P. 280: in relation to the examples of S-V word
order in a verbal clause, it could have been
pointed out that they are all covered by the
special situations described in Joüon-Muraoka
s155nd and ne.
P. 284: to say that “the definite object marker ªt
may be omitted when the object precedes the
verb” is true, but there are also many cases of its
omission when the object follows the verb: see
my article, “The Use and Non-Use of the Particle
ªt in Hebrew Inscriptions,” in K. Jongeling et al.,
Studies in Hebrew and Aramaic Syntax Pre-
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sented to Professor J. Hoftijzer (Leiden, 1991),
pp. 14–26.
P. 289: the use of the expression “circumstantial
clauses” to describe what are regular temporal
clauses is misleading.
P. 515: the name of J. B. Pritchard should be
added before the title of the monograph on in-
scriptions from Gibeon.
Pp. 517–18: the items attributed to A. F. Rainey
here should, as their alphabetical position con-
firms, be assigned to Y. Shiloh.
G. I. Davies
University of Cambridge
Catalogue of Punic Stelae in the British Museum.
By Carole Mendleson. The British Museum
Occasional Papers, no. 98. London: The British
Museum, 2003. Pp. vi + 111 + 8 figs. + 46 pls.
L50. [Distributed in North America by The
David Brown Book Co., POB 511, Oakville,
CT 06779.]
Presented here are 8 “tomb markers,” 117
Punic stelae, and 61 Neo-Punic stelae and stelae-
like objects (this number includes two objects
that were joined after the catalogue was written,
nos. 31 and 43) dating from roughly 400 b.c. to
400 a.d. Most of these witnesses to the West-
Semitic presence in North Africa had been
published previously and this catalogue fills,
therefore, the role of bringing together in one
place objects of a given category held in a single
collection. Each object is described briefly; in-
scriptions, where present, are given in trans-
literated form with translation, and previous
bibliography is cited. The introduction describes
briefly the origins of the objects and of the col-
lection (with documentation and further discus-
sion in three appendixes), and an introductory
chapter on iconography provides a succinct over-
view with useful charts, including a bar graph in-
dicating relative percentages of symbols. There
is an index of personal names and two concor-
dances of numbers (museum numbers and de-
partmental and registration numbers; the second
has a column indicating whether the object is in-
scribed or not). Though the total number of items
in this collection represent only a fraction of the
230 Journal of Near Eastern Studies
thousands of such objects scattered in museums
and private collections across the world, this com-
petent presentation is both handy and useful, a
model of its kind.
Dennis Pardee
The University of Chicago
The Chronicler as Theologian: Essays in Honor
of Ralph W. Klein. Edited by M. Patrick
Graham, Steven L. McKenzie, and Gary N.
Knoppers. Journal for the Study of the New
Testament, Supplement Series 371. London
and New York: T & T Clark International
(Continuum), 2003. Pp. xvi + 285. $110.
In this volume, the third of an ongoing series
of conference papers from the Chronicles, Ezra,
Nehemiah Section of the Society of Biblical Lit-
erature, tribute is paid to Ralph Klein for his re-
search on Chronicles and his continuing support
for the section. The contributors, all established
scholars in Chronicles and biblical-history studies
generally, approach the Chronicler’s theology
through a variety of specific topics, though some
clearly have defined “theology” rather widely.
The volume begins with two short offerings
devoted to Klein’s work in the field. R. Smith’s
short offering outlines Klein’s academic journey,
while A. Mueller provides a highly select bibli-
ography of his work in Old Testament studies
generally. The rest of the contributions are di-
vided into the two sections entitled “Texts” and
“Themes”; the former deals with specific pas-
sages, the latter with general characteristics of
the Book of Chronicles.
While the chapters on specific topics do not
systematically comment on the entire text of
Chronicles, they do include observations cover-
ing the range of narrative genres in the biblical
book. G. Knoppers presents a study of the ge-
nealogies of Genesis’s Table of Nations as back-
ground for 1 Chron. 1:5–23, setting the material
in a framework of authors attempting to under-
stand Israel among the nations. G. Snyman
approaches the genealogy of 1 Chron. 2:3– 4:23
with a combination of production model, ideo-
logical criticism, and “common sense realism”
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asking who would write this and why. The answer
he discovers is not unlike standard commentary
assumptions of the past century. E. Ben Zvi in-
vestigates the deviations in the narrative of the
“secession of the Northern Kingdom” as told in
Chronicles from that told in Kings, with an eye
toward what was accepted common knowledge,
what was malleable in the retelling, and what the
theology of the Chronicler required to be adapted.
In much the same way, a literary and theological
reflection on the literary character Manasseh is
presented by P. Abadie, in which the biblical
covenant theology is posited as a central aspect
for a double reading of the figure: on one level
the repentance of the king of Judah, on another
level the story of the Judean exiles. M. Thront-
veit makes an argument for the reign of King
Hezekiah, as presented in 2 Chron. 29–32, as
being the reestablishment of the ideal United
Monarchy with its theology as presented in the
David-Solomon kingdom as envisioned by the
Chronicler.
The more general contributions select aspects
of the Chronicler’s theology affecting the entire
book. L. Allen displays how the notion of cove-
nant as a faith passed on from one generation to
the next is articulated in the narratives, showing
the precariousness of tradition and the acknowl-
edgement of the importance of remembering pre-
vious generations. C. Begg outlines the use of the
“ark of the covenant” in the Chronicler’s history,
observing that most attention to the ark comes
during the high-point of the United Monarchy,
while disinterest in the ark results in disaster (note
the perceptive observation on Josiah and the ark
in 2 Chron. 35:3; p. 141). R. Braun considers the
notion of kingship by means of the Chronicler’s
hope for the future of that institution (including
the rise of messianism) as seen through the lens
of the Persian King Cyrus. J. Endres emphasizes
the centrality of worship in the book, setting
the topic squarely in a world where proper ritual
with its proper motions and exact actions were
as important as having a faith embodied in love
and mercy. I. Kalimi sets the Chronicler’s use
and symbolic interpretation of the city of Jeru-
salem in a historical continuum; in the end, it is
found that “little happens without some connec-
tion to Jerusalem” (p. 205). B. Kelly reads the