The Distribution of Personal Names in the Land of Israel and Transjordan during the Iron II Period.
This study reports the geographical distribution of personal names in the Land of Israel and Transjordan during the Iron II Period (ca. tenth century B.c.E. to 586 B.C.E., according to the traditional chronology). In contrast with previous onomas-tic studies, the emphasis here is geographic and ther...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 134; no. 4; pp. 621 - 643 |
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American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA)
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