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Moabite and Ammonite are two of the most important languages of the ancient Levantine world. Inscriptions in these Iron Age languages reveal a great deal about writing and literacy, scribalism, religion, economics, agriculture, warfare, diplomacy, kings, and kingdoms in the ancient region that is part of modern Jordan. It is a stunning legacy and deserves enormous attention. Using some of the most recent high resolution images, this lecture will focus on a dozen of the most consequential of these ancient inscriptions, including reference as well to some of the scholars whose work is the most foundational for the study of these inscriptions, namely, W.F. Albright, Frank Moore Cross, and Walter Aufrecht.
Contact:
Kevin McGeough | mcgekm@uleth.ca | (403) 382-7168
