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The book is divided in three parts: 1) Seven articles on the prophetic texts from Mari and the OT... more The book is divided in three parts: 1) Seven articles on the prophetic texts from Mari and the OT. 2) Another seven articles on specific thematic studies and 3) five articles on rites, procedures and representations related to the making of a covenant. These studies are important for setting the record straight. JGH was a precursor who first introduced the comparative, contextual and iconographic approaches in the study of Hebrew prophetic literature in light of the Mari documents that has now become standard procedure, fully adopted and followed by modern biblical scholars. The long Preface written by Manfred Weippert (" Vorwort " pp. xiii-xxv), duly points this out giving JGH credit for having forcefully and decisively called his attention to the importance of the Mari prophetic texts in respect to the Hebrew prophets at the Rome International Congress for OT Studies in 1968 (see infra, article n o 2). There, JGH presented Old Babylonian = (OB) Mari parallels on " Holy War " terminology that gave G. von Rad's well-known study 1 a radically new perspective. At that time, JGH in Europe together with Jack Sasson 2 in the USA were among the first scholars calling the community of researchers to the enormous comparative potential of Mari documents for OT prophetic literature. In the wake of this new, groundbreaking comparative-contrastive approach, M. Weippert himself produced in the following years a series of detailed studies on Assyrian and OT prophecies, now republished in his own volume of collected essays. 3 These two works, the one by Heintz on Old Babylonian Mari texts and OT prophets and the one by Weippert on Neo-Assyrian and Hebrew prophecies should be obligatory reading for any serious student of OT prophetic literature. They deserve to be translated into English for those who do not read French and German. In what follows I will point out some elements found in individual articles that could be further fruitfully researched and reinforced with additional comparative material culled from the rest of the ancient Near East. I will occasionally update the discussion quoting newer research that confirms the correctness of JGH's initial suggestions. Most of the Mari texts quoted in these studies can now be checked online and corrected when necessary owing to " Archibab " (http://www.archibab.fr/) dealing with the Old Babylonian archives from the 20 th to the 17 th centuries BCE. The site created and regularly updated by the Collège de France team of Assyriologists around Dominique Charpin and Jean-Marie Durand in Paris, provides most of the Mari texts in transliteration, translation with basic bibliography and study of key terms.
http://www.darchitectures.com/le-barrage-du-mont-saint-michel-a1040.html
Papers by Jean-Georges HEINTZ
Heintz Jean-Georges. Zainab Bahrani, The Graven Image. Representation in Babylonia and Assyria, (... more Heintz Jean-Georges. Zainab Bahrani, The Graven Image. Representation in Babylonia and Assyria, (Archaeology, Culture, and Society) Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 85e année n°2, Avril-Juin 2005. pp. 303-304
Most species of reptile studied to date have polygynandrous mating systems and possess specialise... more Most species of reptile studied to date have polygynandrous mating systems and possess specialised sperm storage regions. Consequently, there is a high potential for sperm competition in this group. Using comparative analyses, I examined the level of sperm competition in New Zealand geckos and how this has influenced the evolution of their reproductive morphology. Across lizards and snakes, there was more than a 40-fold variation in relative testis size. New Zealand geckos fell in the middle of this range and lacked sexual dimorphism in head size, suggesting that most species have polygynandrous mating systems. I confirmed this for one species, Hoplodactylus maculatus, which is gregarious, lacks territoriality and has a courtship pattern that suggests a high level of promiscuity for both sexes. I found that hemipenis size in New Zealand geckos was positively correlated with relative testis size, suggesting that sperm competition has resulted in the evolution of larger intromittent organs. However, the surface features of the hemipenis were relatively conservative across species. Although there was no relationship between sperm length or putative sperm storage site (SST) morphology and relative testis size, species with fewer SSTs, and thus more intense sperm competition, had longer sperm. H. maculatus males produced two types of sperm which differed not only in length but also in fertilising capacity, the short morph lacking DNA. This is the first known example of such sperm polymorphism in a vertebrate and may have evolved in response to sperm competition, the non-fertilising morph potentially helping to block the sperm of rival males or filling sperm storage sites. The motility of these short sperm was positively correlated with temperature; however, at higher temperatures motility declined with time, suggesting a trade-off between motility and longevity. Such temperature influences on male reproductive physiology have important implications for males of ectothermic species under sperm competition.
L’Almanach protestant, 2021
Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 1972
De l'absence de la statue divine au « Dieu qui se cache » (Ésaïe, 45/15) : aux origines d'un thèm... more De l'absence de la statue divine au « Dieu qui se cache » (Ésaïe, 45/15) : aux origines d'un thème biblique SOMMAIRE Sur la base d'un dossier documentaire incluant des textes babyloniens -lettre à caractère « prophétique » de Mari, mythe d'Erra, hymne à la déesse Ishtar, prologues aux « Prophéties akkadiennes », etc. -une interprétation d'Ésaïe 45/15 (sans correction du T.M. !) est proposée : dans cet oracle prophétique de forme doxologique, c'est l'action salvatrice du Dieu d'Israël (v. 15b) qui est invoquée, alors même qu'il « se tient caché » (v. 15a). Le prophète procède ici par allusion contrapuntique et satirique aux dieux étrangers qui peuvent être enlevés et anéantis, ainsi que l'atteste ce thème récurrent de l'historiographie mésopotamienne (critère externe) tout comme la polémique du prophète contre les idoles (critère interne). « Dieu étant ainsi caché, toute religion qui ne dit pas que Dieu est caché n'est pas véritable ; et toute religion qui n'en rend pas la raison n'est pas instruisante. La nôtre fait tout cela : Vere tu es Deus absconditus. » PASCAL, Pensées [éd. Brunschvicg, n° 585]. Depuis l'affirmation du 'El mistatêr dans un oracle prophétique du Deutéro-Ésaïe (45/15 -6e siècle avant J.-C.) jusqu'à la notion du Deus absconditus, traduction de l'expression biblique attestée par la Vulgate et reprise dans les « Pensées » de PASCAL, ce thème a joué un rôle fondamental dans la constitution de la pensée occidentale, autour du courant que l'on a pu désigner sous le terme de « théologie négative ». En effet, dans la pensée religieuse d'Israël déjà, comme l'a si bien montré Edmond JACOB dans sa Théologie de l'Ancien Testament : 1 « La présence de Dieu dans l'histoire est celle du dieu caché dont les intentions restent toujours pleines de mystère aux yeux des hommes 428 (És. 45/15 ; 1 1 ère éd. (Neuchâtel, 1955), p. 154 : II e partie, Chapitre IV, sous le titre : « Dieu, maître de l'histoire ». pp. 155-167. Jean-Georges HEINTZ, Prophétisme et Alliance. -Des Archives royales de Mari à la Bible hébraïque, Recueil d'études, édité par Stephan LAUBER, Othmar KEEL et Hans-Ulrich STEYMANS, -avec un "Vorwort" de Manfred WEIPPERT, in coll. : "Orbis Biblicus et
DOCUMENTARY TOOLS = GRESA PUBLICATIONS / & RECENS by Jean-Georges HEINTZ
![Research paper thumbnail of HEINTZ J.-G. et al., Bibliographie de Mari: Archéologie et textes [1933-1988], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1990.](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/42231417/thumbnails/1.jpg)
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](author's drawings, based on the extant traces but incorporating some material seen by earlier vis... more author's drawings, based on the extant traces but incorporating some material seen by earlier visitors, are well complemented by the accompanying commentary and are supplemented both by black-and-white photographs (some of them, admittedly, too dim to be of much independent value) and by hand-copies from visitors' notebooks whenever the text is in dispute or when the sense might emerge more clearly by comparison with similar materials in other tombs (e.g., the song from the Feast of the Valley on p. 30). The result is eminently usable-and given the lamentable gaps in the documentation of such imperiled monuments, I hope other laborers in the Theban hills (if they cannot meet the very high standards set by publications of the German Institute or the Epigraphic Survey) will at least be emboldened to follow the example Manniche has set with this admirably sensible publication.
BOOK REVIEWS 65 deity on each sits on a seat placed on top of a dais. Although both the fringed g... more BOOK REVIEWS 65 deity on each sits on a seat placed on top of a dais. Although both the fringed garment cut away in a curve and the dais occur on Akkadian period seals, neither is common. Both are, however, features of seals which can be dated to the time of the independent governors of Laga' and both are standard features of seals of the Ur III period. Collon's remarks, however tentative, have helped to define the characteristics distinguishing seals of the socalled Post-Akkadian period.
The book is divided in three parts: 1) Seven articles on the prophetic texts from Mari and the OT... more The book is divided in three parts: 1) Seven articles on the prophetic texts from Mari and the OT. 2) Another seven articles on specific thematic studies and 3) five articles on rites, procedures and representations related to the making of a covenant. These studies are important for setting the record straight. JGH was a precursor who first introduced the comparative, contextual and iconographic approaches in the study of Hebrew prophetic literature in light of the Mari documents that has now become standard procedure, fully adopted and followed by modern biblical scholars. The long Preface written by Manfred Weippert (" Vorwort " pp. xiii-xxv), duly points this out giving JGH credit for having forcefully and decisively called his attention to the importance of the Mari prophetic texts in respect to the Hebrew prophets at the Rome International Congress for OT Studies in 1968 (see infra, article n o 2). There, JGH presented Old Babylonian = (OB) Mari parallels on " Holy War " terminology that gave G. von Rad's well-known study 1 a radically new perspective. At that time, JGH in Europe together with Jack Sasson 2 in the USA were among the first scholars calling the community of researchers to the enormous comparative potential of Mari documents for OT prophetic literature. In the wake of this new, groundbreaking comparative-contrastive approach, M. Weippert himself produced in the following years a series of detailed studies on Assyrian and OT prophecies, now republished in his own volume of collected essays. 3 These two works, the one by Heintz on Old Babylonian Mari texts and OT prophets and the one by Weippert on Neo-Assyrian and Hebrew prophecies should be obligatory reading for any serious student of OT prophetic literature. They deserve to be translated into English for those who do not read French and German. In what follows I will point out some elements found in individual articles that could be further fruitfully researched and reinforced with additional comparative material culled from the rest of the ancient Near East. I will occasionally update the discussion quoting newer research that confirms the correctness of JGH's initial suggestions. Most of the Mari texts quoted in these studies can now be checked online and corrected when necessary owing to " Archibab " (http://www.archibab.fr/) dealing with the Old Babylonian archives from the 20 th to the 17 th centuries BCE. The site created and regularly updated by the Collège de France team of Assyriologists around Dominique Charpin and Jean-Marie Durand in Paris, provides most of the Mari texts in transliteration, translation with basic bibliography and study of key terms.
http://www.darchitectures.com/le-barrage-du-mont-saint-michel-a1040.html
Heintz Jean-Georges. Zainab Bahrani, The Graven Image. Representation in Babylonia and Assyria, (... more Heintz Jean-Georges. Zainab Bahrani, The Graven Image. Representation in Babylonia and Assyria, (Archaeology, Culture, and Society) Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 85e année n°2, Avril-Juin 2005. pp. 303-304
Most species of reptile studied to date have polygynandrous mating systems and possess specialise... more Most species of reptile studied to date have polygynandrous mating systems and possess specialised sperm storage regions. Consequently, there is a high potential for sperm competition in this group. Using comparative analyses, I examined the level of sperm competition in New Zealand geckos and how this has influenced the evolution of their reproductive morphology. Across lizards and snakes, there was more than a 40-fold variation in relative testis size. New Zealand geckos fell in the middle of this range and lacked sexual dimorphism in head size, suggesting that most species have polygynandrous mating systems. I confirmed this for one species, Hoplodactylus maculatus, which is gregarious, lacks territoriality and has a courtship pattern that suggests a high level of promiscuity for both sexes. I found that hemipenis size in New Zealand geckos was positively correlated with relative testis size, suggesting that sperm competition has resulted in the evolution of larger intromittent organs. However, the surface features of the hemipenis were relatively conservative across species. Although there was no relationship between sperm length or putative sperm storage site (SST) morphology and relative testis size, species with fewer SSTs, and thus more intense sperm competition, had longer sperm. H. maculatus males produced two types of sperm which differed not only in length but also in fertilising capacity, the short morph lacking DNA. This is the first known example of such sperm polymorphism in a vertebrate and may have evolved in response to sperm competition, the non-fertilising morph potentially helping to block the sperm of rival males or filling sperm storage sites. The motility of these short sperm was positively correlated with temperature; however, at higher temperatures motility declined with time, suggesting a trade-off between motility and longevity. Such temperature influences on male reproductive physiology have important implications for males of ectothermic species under sperm competition.
L’Almanach protestant, 2021
Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 1972
De l'absence de la statue divine au « Dieu qui se cache » (Ésaïe, 45/15) : aux origines d'un thèm... more De l'absence de la statue divine au « Dieu qui se cache » (Ésaïe, 45/15) : aux origines d'un thème biblique SOMMAIRE Sur la base d'un dossier documentaire incluant des textes babyloniens -lettre à caractère « prophétique » de Mari, mythe d'Erra, hymne à la déesse Ishtar, prologues aux « Prophéties akkadiennes », etc. -une interprétation d'Ésaïe 45/15 (sans correction du T.M. !) est proposée : dans cet oracle prophétique de forme doxologique, c'est l'action salvatrice du Dieu d'Israël (v. 15b) qui est invoquée, alors même qu'il « se tient caché » (v. 15a). Le prophète procède ici par allusion contrapuntique et satirique aux dieux étrangers qui peuvent être enlevés et anéantis, ainsi que l'atteste ce thème récurrent de l'historiographie mésopotamienne (critère externe) tout comme la polémique du prophète contre les idoles (critère interne). « Dieu étant ainsi caché, toute religion qui ne dit pas que Dieu est caché n'est pas véritable ; et toute religion qui n'en rend pas la raison n'est pas instruisante. La nôtre fait tout cela : Vere tu es Deus absconditus. » PASCAL, Pensées [éd. Brunschvicg, n° 585]. Depuis l'affirmation du 'El mistatêr dans un oracle prophétique du Deutéro-Ésaïe (45/15 -6e siècle avant J.-C.) jusqu'à la notion du Deus absconditus, traduction de l'expression biblique attestée par la Vulgate et reprise dans les « Pensées » de PASCAL, ce thème a joué un rôle fondamental dans la constitution de la pensée occidentale, autour du courant que l'on a pu désigner sous le terme de « théologie négative ». En effet, dans la pensée religieuse d'Israël déjà, comme l'a si bien montré Edmond JACOB dans sa Théologie de l'Ancien Testament : 1 « La présence de Dieu dans l'histoire est celle du dieu caché dont les intentions restent toujours pleines de mystère aux yeux des hommes 428 (És. 45/15 ; 1 1 ère éd. (Neuchâtel, 1955), p. 154 : II e partie, Chapitre IV, sous le titre : « Dieu, maître de l'histoire ». pp. 155-167. Jean-Georges HEINTZ, Prophétisme et Alliance. -Des Archives royales de Mari à la Bible hébraïque, Recueil d'études, édité par Stephan LAUBER, Othmar KEEL et Hans-Ulrich STEYMANS, -avec un "Vorwort" de Manfred WEIPPERT, in coll. : "Orbis Biblicus et
author's drawings, based on the extant traces but incorporating some material seen by earlier vis... more author's drawings, based on the extant traces but incorporating some material seen by earlier visitors, are well complemented by the accompanying commentary and are supplemented both by black-and-white photographs (some of them, admittedly, too dim to be of much independent value) and by hand-copies from visitors' notebooks whenever the text is in dispute or when the sense might emerge more clearly by comparison with similar materials in other tombs (e.g., the song from the Feast of the Valley on p. 30). The result is eminently usable-and given the lamentable gaps in the documentation of such imperiled monuments, I hope other laborers in the Theban hills (if they cannot meet the very high standards set by publications of the German Institute or the Epigraphic Survey) will at least be emboldened to follow the example Manniche has set with this admirably sensible publication.
BOOK REVIEWS 65 deity on each sits on a seat placed on top of a dais. Although both the fringed g... more BOOK REVIEWS 65 deity on each sits on a seat placed on top of a dais. Although both the fringed garment cut away in a curve and the dais occur on Akkadian period seals, neither is common. Both are, however, features of seals which can be dated to the time of the independent governors of Laga' and both are standard features of seals of the Ur III period. Collon's remarks, however tentative, have helped to define the characteristics distinguishing seals of the socalled Post-Akkadian period.
![Research paper thumbnail of Bibliographie d'El-Amarna: Supplément VI [2008-2017] by Jean-Georges Heintz, Rijad Mehmedi, Jana Mynářová, and Juan-Pablo Vita (2017)](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/59042353/thumbnails/1.jpg)
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Bibliography for the Amarna tablets (2008-2017)
![Research paper thumbnail of Bibliographie d'El-Amarna : Supplément V [ 2003 – 2006 ]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/54491826/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](Ugarit-Forschungen, 2006
Suite à la parution de notre : Bibliographie des textes babyloniens d'El-Amarna [ 1888 à 1993 ]-e... more Suite à la parution de notre : Bibliographie des textes babyloniens d'El-Amarna [ 1888 à 1993 ]-en tant que I ère partie de l'Index Documentaire d'EL-AMARNA, Vol. 2, [ Abrév. = IDEA, 2 ], (Wiesbaden, 1995), pp. 1-119-, et des Suppléments I & IV qui ont déjà été publiés dans cette Revue, respectivement : voici le Supplément V [ de 2003 à nos jours ], qui en constitue une nouvelle mise à jour. La parution de tels "Suppléments" est prévue à un rythme pluriannuel, dans le cadre d'Ugarit-Forschungen. Par ailleurs, l'ensemble des références publiées jusqu'ici seront reprises-y compris les compléments et les corrections indispensables-dans le cadre d'une nouvelle édition, refondue et complétée, de cette Bibliographie d'El-Amarna-à (re)paraître ultérieurement aux Éditions Harrassowitz (Wiesbaden). Comme par le passé, nous tenons à remercier tous les collègues qui ont bien voulu nous faire bénéficier de leurs informations en ce domaine. Ne pouvant tous les citer à nouveau, par manque de place, nous indiquons ici les centres de recherche et de documentation avec lesquels nous effectuons des échanges et qui nous ont apporté leur précieux concours – depuis les débuts de cette entreprise de recherche documentaire en domaine sémitique (en 1969 !) :-The Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, BERKELEY;-The Oriental Institute-Research Archives Acquisitions List [ = RAAL ], CHICAGO University;-The American Anthropological Association-Tozzer Library, [ Hollis ], HARVARD University;-Seminar für Sprachen und Kulturen des Vorderen Orients : "Keilschriftbibliographie" [ = KsB ], Universität HEIDELBERG;
Les théologiens et les exégètes de la Bible à travers le monde, mais également de nombreux fidèle... more Les théologiens et les exégètes de la Bible à travers le monde, mais également de nombreux fidèles du "Dieu vivant", juifs et chrétiens, de notre région, ont appris avec peine le décès du professeur Edmond Jacob, survenu le samedi 17 janvier 1998.
