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2024
Assyria and its image in Hosea
Aster, S. Z., 2024, The Oxford Handbook of Hosea. p. 37-53 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2023
Dor in the Neo-Assyrian Period: A Provincial Capital without a Hinterland?
Aster, S. Z. & Itach, G., Jun 2023, In: Israel Exploration Journal. 73, 1, p. 14-33 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
ISRAELITE PROPHECY FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE EXILE
Aster, S. Z., 1 Jan 2022, The Ancient Israelite World. Taylor and Francis, p. 494-504 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2021
The contribution of Assyriology to the study of Isaiah
Aster, S. Z., 2021, The History of Isaiah. p. 3-21 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Historical issues connected to Sinai
Aster, S. Z., 2021, The Revelation at Sinai. p. 169-181 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Ashdod in the assyrian period: Territorial extent and political history
Aster, S. Z., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 80, 2, p. 323-340 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
A Personal Perspective on Biblical History, the Authorship of the Torah, and Belief in Its Divine Origin.
Aster, S. Z., 2019, The Believer and the Modern Study of the Bible. Ganzel, T., Brandes, Y. & Deutsch, C. (eds.). Boston: Academic Studies Press, p. 192-206 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Sargon in Samaria—Unusual formulations in the royal inscriptions and their value for historical reconstruction
Aster, S. Z., 2019, In: Journal of the American Oriental Society. 139, 3, p. 591-610 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
An Assyrian Loyalty-Oath Imposed on Ashdod in the Reign of Tiglath-pileser III?
Aster, S. Z., 2018, In: Orientalia. 87, 3, p. 275-289 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Southern Levant Under Assyrian Domination
Aster, S. Z. (Editor) & Faust, A. (Editor), 2018, University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. 272 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
The shock of Assyrian imperial ideology and the responses of biblical authors in the late eighth century
Aster, S. Z., 2018, Archaeology and History of Eighth-Century Judah. Farber, Z. L. & Wright, J. L. (eds.). Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, p. 475-487 15 p. (Ancient Near Eastern Monographs; vol. 23).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Between Narrative and Exegesis: מיד inn Midrash Genesis Rabbah
Aster, S. Z., 1 Nov 2018, To Fix Torah in Their Hearts: Essays on Biblical Interpretation and Jewish Studies in Honor of B. Barry Levy. du Toit, J. S., Kalman, J., Lachter, H. & Sasson, V. R. (eds.). Cincinnati, OH: Hebrew Union College Press, p. 145-170 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Treaty and prophecy: a survey of biblical reactions to Neo-Assyrian political thought
Aster, S. Z., 2018, The Southern Levant under Assyrian Domination. Aster, S. & Faust, A. (eds.). University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, p. 89-118 30 p. (Eisenbrauns).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
The Historical Background of the Destruction of Judahite Gath in 712 BCE
Aster, S. Z., 2018, Tell it in Gath: : Studies in the History and Archaeology of Israel. Essays in Honor of A. M. Maeir on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday. Shai, I. (ed.). Munster: Zaphon, p. 436-445 10 p. (Ägypten und Altes Testament; vol. 90).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Akkadian bulluu and Hebrew: Pardon and loyalty in hosea and in neo-assyrian political texts
Aster, S. Z. & Berkovitz, A. J., 2018, In: Hebrew Studies. 59, p. 149-171 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
2017
The Wedge-Impressed Bowl and the Assyrian Deportation
Itach, G., Zelig Aster, S. & Ben-Shlomo, D., 2 Jan 2017, In: Tel Aviv. 44, 1, p. 72-97 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Isaiah 31 as a Response to Rebellions against Assyria in Philistia
Aster, S. Z., 2017, In: Journal of Biblical Literature. 136, 2, p. 347-361 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reflections of Empire in Isaiah 1-39: Responses to Assyrian Ideology
Aster, S. Z., 2017, Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature. 359 p. (Ancient Near Eastern Monographs; no. 19)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
ירושלים וחשיבותה בתנ"ך
אסטר, ש.-ז., 2017, ירושלים: מראשיתה ועד הכיבוש העות'מאני. פאוסט, א., ברוך, א. & שוורץ, י. (eds.). רמת-גן: מרכז אינגבורג רנרט ללימודי ירושלים אוניברסיטת בר אילן, p. 73-80 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Judah's Reaction to the Babylonian Exile
Aster, S. Z., 2017, In: Bible Lands E-Review. 2017, S1, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
In the Shadow of Bezalel: . Aramaic, Biblical, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Bezalel Porten
Aster, S. Z., 2016, In: Journal of the American Oriental Society. 136, 1, p. 210-212 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Israelite embassies to Assyria in the first half of the eighth century
Aster, S. Z., 2016, In: Biblica. 97, 2, p. 175-198 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2015
An assyrian bi¯t mardi¯te near Tel Hadid?
Aster, S. Z., Oct 2015, In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 74, 2, p. 281-288 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Isaiah 19: The “Burden of Egypt” and Neo-Assyrian Imperial Policy
Aster, S. Z., Jul 2015, In: Journal of the American Oriental Society. 135, 3, p. 453-470 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Images of the palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Calah in the throne-room vision of Isaiah 6
Aster, S. Z., 2015, Marbeh Ḥokmah: : Studies in the Bible and the Ancient Near East in Loving Memory of Victor Avigdor Hurowitz. Yona, S., Greenstein, E., Gruber, M., Machinist, P. & M. Paul, S. (eds.). Indiana: Eisenbrauns, p. 13-42 30 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
המחקר והמסורת: מבט אישי על ההיסטוריה המקראית, על שאלת כתיבת התורה ועל האמונה בה כיצירה אלוקית
אסטר, ש.-ז., 2015, בעיני אלוהים ואדם: האדם המאמין ומחקר המקרא. ברנדס, י., גנזל, ט. & דויטש, ח. (eds.). ירושלים: בית מורשה בירושלים, p. 165-175 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Administrative Texts, Royal Inscriptions and Neo-Assyrian Administration in the Southern Levant: The View from the Aphek-Gezer Region
Aster, S. Z. & Faust, A., 2015, In: Orientalia. 84, 3, p. 292-308 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ezekiel's Adaptation of Mesopotamian Melammu
Aster, S. Z., 2015, In: Die Welt des Orients. 45, 1, p. 10-21 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
תפקידו של המשא בישעיה יד פס' כח-לב בהתפתחות המסורת על קדושת ירושלים
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mishnah Baba Metsia 7:7 and the relationship of Mishnaic Hebrew to Northern Biblical Hebrew
Aster, S. Z., 2014, Talmuda de-Eretz Israel. p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2013
Central Hill Country
Aster, S. Z., 2013, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology. Master, D. M. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press UK, Vol. 1. p. 190-198Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
מדוע לא כבש סנחריב את ירושלים? מבט השוואתי לנוהג האשורי: מבט השוואתי לנוהג האשורי
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2012
The function of the city of Jezreel and the symbolism of Jezreel in Hosea 1-2
Aster, S. Z., Apr 2012, In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 71, 1, p. 31-46 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Unbeatable Light: Melammu and Its Biblical Parallels
Aster, S. Z., 2012, Munster: Ugarit Verlag. 421 p. (Alter Orient und Altes Testament ; vol. 384)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
2011
The Imagined Return to the Land of Israel in Hosea 2
Aster, S., 2011, Mitokh Ha-Ohel: : essays on the Weekly Parashah from the Rabbis and Professors of Yeshiva University. Feldman, D. & W. Halpern, S. (eds.). New Milford: MaggidResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
"Bread of the Dungheap": Light on Num. 21:5 from the tell fekherye inscription
Aster, S. Z., 2011, In: Vetus Testamentum. 61, 3, p. 341-358 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Exodus Narrative as an Expression of the Cosmic Combat Motif
Aster, S. Z., 2011, A Common Cultural Heritage: tudies on Mesopotamia and the biblical world in honor of Barry l. Eichler. Frame, G. (ed.). CDL Press, p. 97-111 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2010
The phrase "qarne hod" in midrashic descriptions of Moses
Aster, S. Z., 2010, Or le-Mayer. p. 39-51 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The Division of the Land of Israel: Archaeology, Anthropology, and Halakha
Aster, S., 2010, Mitokh Ha-Ohel. Daniel Z. Feldman, R. & W. Halpern, S. (eds.). Yeshiva University Press, p. 387-394Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
On the Term ‘Qarne Hod' in Late Midrashim
Aster, S., 2010, Or Le-Mayer. Yona, S. (ed.). Ben-Gurion University Pres, p. 39-52Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Review of Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought, by Joshua A. Berman
Aster, S., 2010, Tradition, 42, p. 96-100.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Arts/Article review
2009
אחת דיבר סנחריב, שתיים זו שמע הנביא—לעיבוד המקורות האשוריים בסיפור הנבואי על מלחמת סנחריב ביהודה
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
אחת דיבר סנחריב, שתיים זו שמע הנביא: לעיבוד המקורות האשוריים בסיפור הנבואי על מלחמת סנחריב ביהודה
אסטר, ש.-ז., 2009, In: שנתון לחקר המקרא והמזרח הקדום. יט, p. 105-124 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
On the Place of Psalm 21 in Israelite Royal Ideology
Aster, S., 2009, Mishneh Todah Studies in Deuteronomy and Its Cultural Environment in Honor of Jeffrey H. Tigay. Glatt-Gilad, D., S. Fox, N. & Williams, M. (eds.). Eisenbrauns, p. 307-320Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
On the place of Psalm 21 in Israelite royal ideology
Aster, S. Z., 2009, Mishneh Todah. p. 307-320 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2008
הרקע ההיסטורי של הנבואה המתארת את המסע נגד ירושלים בישעיה י: כח-לב
אסטר, ש.-ז., 2008, In: מחקרי יהודה ושומרון. יז, p. 25-35 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
They Feared God/ They Did Not Fear God:' On the Use of 'Fear of God' in II Kings 17 24-41
Aster, S., 2008, Birkat Shalom: Studies in the Bible, Ancient Near Eastern Literature, and Postbiblical Judaism Presented to Shalom M. Paul on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday. Cohen, C. & Schwartz, B. (eds.). Eisenbrauns, p. 135-141Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
הרקע ההיסטורי של הנבואה המתארת את המסע נגד ירושלים בישעיה י': כח-לב
אסטר, ש.-ז., 2008, In: מחקרי יהודה ושומרון. כרך יז, p. 25-35 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
"They feared God"/"they did not fear God": on the use of "yěrě' Yhwh" and "yarě' 'et Yhwh" in 2 Kings 17:24-41
Aster, S. Z., 2008, Birkat Shalom. p. 135-141 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The Historical Background to the Prophecy about the Messiah in Isaiah 10:28ff
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2007
The image of Assyria in Isaiah 2:5-22: The campaign motif reversed: The campaign motif reversed
Aster, S. Z., 1 Jul 2007, In: Journal of the American Oriental Society. 127, 3, p. 249-278 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transmission of neo-Assyrian claims of empire to Judah in the late eighth century B.C.E.
Aster, S. Z., 2007, In: Hebrew Union College Annual. 78, p. 1-44 44 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The image of Assyria in Isaiah 2:5-22: The campaign motif reversed
Aster, S. Z., Jul 2007, In: Journal of the American Oriental Society. 127, 3, p. 249-278 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2005
Academic Jewish Studies as 'Handles for Torah': The Case of Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Joshua
Aster, S. & Rothstein, A., 2005, In: Ten Daat: A Journal of Jewish Education. 17, p. 49-57Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Academic Jewish studies as "oznayim le-Torah": the case of Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Yehoshu'a
Rothstein, A. & Aster, S. Z., 2005, In: Ten Da'at; a Journal of Jewish Education. 17, p. 49-57 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2003
What was doeg the edomite's title? Textual emendation versus a comparative approach to 1 Samuel 21:8
Aster, S. Z., 2003, In: Journal of Biblical Literature. 122, 2, p. 353-361 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
2000
Articles on "Book of Judges," "Book of Samuel," "Book of Kings," "Biblical Flora and Fauna,"
Aster, S., 2000, Readers' Guide to Judaism. Aster, S. (ed.). Fitzroy DearbornResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review