Aramaic Literature from Egypt and the Levant

In this volume, Tawny L. Holm provides bilingual editions of the majority of Aramaic literary compositions written between the fifth century BCE and first century CE. Each text is presented in transliteration and accompanied by an introduction, notes, and an English translation. This corpus ranges from the Egyptian Papyrus Amherst 63 and the Story and Proverbs of Ahiqar to several of the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls. The book addresses matters of history, language, genres, poetics, and scribalism, and it offers a comprehensive collection of primary sources for use in ancient Near Eastern studies courses as well as biblical studies.