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Papers by John Healey
Aramaic Studies, 2010
1. Historical and Cultural Introduction 2. Epigraphic and Linguistic Introduction 3. Nabataean In... more 1. Historical and Cultural Introduction 2. Epigraphic and Linguistic Introduction 3. Nabataean Inscriptions and Papyri 4. Jewish (Palestinian) Aramaic Inscriptions and Papyri 5. Palmyrene Inscriptions 6. Early Syriac (Edessan Aramaic) Inscriptions and Parchments 7. Hatran Inscriptions
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2012
The epigraphic, linguistic, and historical studies of M.C.A. Macdonald are well-known to all stud... more The epigraphic, linguistic, and historical studies of M.C.A. Macdonald are well-known to all students of pre-Islamic Arabia and the Hellenistic and Roman Levant. His erudition is appreciated by all who know him and his careful work is testament to a style of scholarship, which should be a model for all of us, wherever we may be in our careers. The present volume is even more of a bonanza than most Variorum reprints in that Macdonald has given us fully 23 pages of addenda and corrigenda (conveniently indicated in the original texts through an asterisk adjacent to the line on which an addendum or corrigendum has been provided), 36 pages of invaluable index, and English translations of two papers published originally in French and Italian. Literacy and Identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia includes nine articles grouped under three topic headings as follows: Part I. Literacy, languages and scripts-'Literacy in an oral environment'; 'Nomads and the 'the Hawràn' in the late Hellenistic and Roman periods: A reassessment of the epigraphic evidence'; 'Reflections on the linguistic map of pre-Islamic Arabia'; Part II. Ancient ethnicity-'Some reflections on epigraphy and ethnicity in the Roman Near East'; 'Arabians, Arabias, and the Greeks: Contact and perceptions' (orig. Italian); 'Les Arabes en Syrie' or 'La pénétration des Arabes en Syrie': A question of perceptions?'; and Part III. Aspects of the history of ancient Arabia-'Was the Nabataean kingdom a "Bedouin state"?'; 'On Saracens, the Rawwàfah inscription and the Roman army' (orig. French); and 'Trade and trade goods at the northern end of the "incense road" in the first millennium B.C. Macdonald describes his own oeuvre as being 'concerned with the many and varied uses of writing in the ancient Near East, and with the ways personal and communal identities were expressed and perceived in that region, particularly in pre-Islamic Arabia' (p. vii). This, however, is a somewhat minimalist view of a career which has involved extensive epigraphic survey in Jordan and Syria; numerous publications of previously unknown or misunderstood inscriptions (particularly Safaitic); and wide-ranging historical analyses that touch on all parts of the Arabian peninsula and the North Arabian desert zone across all known pre-Islamic Arabian dialects. At the same time, Macdonald's comparative perspective, nowhere better illustrated than in his magisterial chapter on 'Literacy in an
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2020
Two new Greek inscriptions from Harran, ancient Carrhae
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2012
Law and Religion in the Eastern Mediterranean, 2013
Malphono w-Rabo d-Malphone, 2008
Introduction I The Alphabet before Islam II The Origin of the Arabic AlphabetIII The Earliest Ara... more Introduction I The Alphabet before Islam II The Origin of the Arabic AlphabetIII The Earliest Arabic Scripts -- Pre- and Early Islamic Inscriptions IV The Arabic PapyriV The Classical Arabic Scripts -- Kufic and naskh*VI The Arabic Scripts beyond the Arabic Heartlands -- North Africa, Iran and Turkey VII Arabic Writing Today AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsBibliographyFurther Reading
The Old Syriac Inscriptions of Edessa and Osrhoene, 1999
Journal of Theological Studies, 2000
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2015
The Religion of the Nabataeans, 2001
The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 2014
The Semitic Languages, 2011
Containing over 700 articles, this Dictionary allows the reader to explore Eastern Christian civi... more Containing over 700 articles, this Dictionary allows the reader to explore Eastern Christian civilization in its cultural and religious riches. The articles are written by an international team of fifty contributors, including leading histoians, theologians, linguists, philosophers, musicians, and scholars of liturgy and iconography. The Dictionary covers the major living traditions of Eastern Christianity and some which are less familiar. It offers balanced treatment of the Byzantine traditions (Green, Slav, Romanian and Georgian), and the Oriental traditions (Armenian, Assyrian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Syrian, Indian), taking account of Orthodox, Catholic and Reformed communities. Both communities in their original homelands and the diaspora, exile and convert communities worldwide are considered. The articles present Eastern traditions not simply in terms of Western Christian interests and a Western view of Christian history, but in terms that Eastern Christians will recognize
Aramaic Studies, 2010
1. Historical and Cultural Introduction 2. Epigraphic and Linguistic Introduction 3. Nabataean In... more 1. Historical and Cultural Introduction 2. Epigraphic and Linguistic Introduction 3. Nabataean Inscriptions and Papyri 4. Jewish (Palestinian) Aramaic Inscriptions and Papyri 5. Palmyrene Inscriptions 6. Early Syriac (Edessan Aramaic) Inscriptions and Parchments 7. Hatran Inscriptions
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2012
The epigraphic, linguistic, and historical studies of M.C.A. Macdonald are well-known to all stud... more The epigraphic, linguistic, and historical studies of M.C.A. Macdonald are well-known to all students of pre-Islamic Arabia and the Hellenistic and Roman Levant. His erudition is appreciated by all who know him and his careful work is testament to a style of scholarship, which should be a model for all of us, wherever we may be in our careers. The present volume is even more of a bonanza than most Variorum reprints in that Macdonald has given us fully 23 pages of addenda and corrigenda (conveniently indicated in the original texts through an asterisk adjacent to the line on which an addendum or corrigendum has been provided), 36 pages of invaluable index, and English translations of two papers published originally in French and Italian. Literacy and Identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia includes nine articles grouped under three topic headings as follows: Part I. Literacy, languages and scripts-'Literacy in an oral environment'; 'Nomads and the 'the Hawràn' in the late Hellenistic and Roman periods: A reassessment of the epigraphic evidence'; 'Reflections on the linguistic map of pre-Islamic Arabia'; Part II. Ancient ethnicity-'Some reflections on epigraphy and ethnicity in the Roman Near East'; 'Arabians, Arabias, and the Greeks: Contact and perceptions' (orig. Italian); 'Les Arabes en Syrie' or 'La pénétration des Arabes en Syrie': A question of perceptions?'; and Part III. Aspects of the history of ancient Arabia-'Was the Nabataean kingdom a "Bedouin state"?'; 'On Saracens, the Rawwàfah inscription and the Roman army' (orig. French); and 'Trade and trade goods at the northern end of the "incense road" in the first millennium B.C. Macdonald describes his own oeuvre as being 'concerned with the many and varied uses of writing in the ancient Near East, and with the ways personal and communal identities were expressed and perceived in that region, particularly in pre-Islamic Arabia' (p. vii). This, however, is a somewhat minimalist view of a career which has involved extensive epigraphic survey in Jordan and Syria; numerous publications of previously unknown or misunderstood inscriptions (particularly Safaitic); and wide-ranging historical analyses that touch on all parts of the Arabian peninsula and the North Arabian desert zone across all known pre-Islamic Arabian dialects. At the same time, Macdonald's comparative perspective, nowhere better illustrated than in his magisterial chapter on 'Literacy in an
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2020
Two new Greek inscriptions from Harran, ancient Carrhae
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2012
Law and Religion in the Eastern Mediterranean, 2013
Malphono w-Rabo d-Malphone, 2008
Introduction I The Alphabet before Islam II The Origin of the Arabic AlphabetIII The Earliest Ara... more Introduction I The Alphabet before Islam II The Origin of the Arabic AlphabetIII The Earliest Arabic Scripts -- Pre- and Early Islamic Inscriptions IV The Arabic PapyriV The Classical Arabic Scripts -- Kufic and naskh*VI The Arabic Scripts beyond the Arabic Heartlands -- North Africa, Iran and Turkey VII Arabic Writing Today AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsBibliographyFurther Reading
The Old Syriac Inscriptions of Edessa and Osrhoene, 1999
Journal of Theological Studies, 2000
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2015
The Religion of the Nabataeans, 2001
The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 2014
The Semitic Languages, 2011
Containing over 700 articles, this Dictionary allows the reader to explore Eastern Christian civi... more Containing over 700 articles, this Dictionary allows the reader to explore Eastern Christian civilization in its cultural and religious riches. The articles are written by an international team of fifty contributors, including leading histoians, theologians, linguists, philosophers, musicians, and scholars of liturgy and iconography. The Dictionary covers the major living traditions of Eastern Christianity and some which are less familiar. It offers balanced treatment of the Byzantine traditions (Green, Slav, Romanian and Georgian), and the Oriental traditions (Armenian, Assyrian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Syrian, Indian), taking account of Orthodox, Catholic and Reformed communities. Both communities in their original homelands and the diaspora, exile and convert communities worldwide are considered. The articles present Eastern traditions not simply in terms of Western Christian interests and a Western view of Christian history, but in terms that Eastern Christians will recognize
E. Laflı/J. Healey, A Palmyrene relief, Aram, 2021
Söz konusu eser Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 27 Nisan 2006 ... more Söz konusu eser Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü'nün 27 Nisan 2006 tarih ve B.16.0.KVM.200.11.02.02.14.01.222.11.(TA 014/G). 65675 sayılı yazılı izni ile çalışılmıştır.
The full form of this article will be displayed in Academia beginning from January 1, 2024, as it can be filed on freely accessible online archives no earlier than one year after the release of its journal. Please e-mail me for obtaining this brief article before 2024: elafli@yahoo.ca
In this brief contribution an inscribed Palmyrene funerary relief from southern Turkey is presented. The c. 40 cm high figure looks youthful, is male and holds in his hands a bird and a bunch of grapes (damaged). There are many parallels to this in Palmyrene art. This paper provides an epigraphic discussion of the inscription and also an art-historical contextualisation by comparison with similar reliefs from Palmyra and elsewhere in the Roman Near East.