Aram Society

For Syro-Mesopotamian Studies

 Aram Periodical

Aram Periodical is a refereed journal, published by the Aram Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies.

 

Address:

Aram Society, University of Oxford

The Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane

Oxford OX1 2LE, United Kingdom

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ISSN:   0959-4213

 

Editor:  Dr. Shafiq Abouzayd (University of Oxford) Email: shafiq.abouzayd@orinst.ox.ac.uk

 

Advisory Editorial Board:

Dr. Sebastian Brock (Oxford University), Dr. Jorunn J. Buckley (Bowdoin College-USA), Dr. J. F. Coakley, (University of Cambridge), Prof. Rifaat Ebied (University of Sydney) Prof. Michael Gawlikowski (Warsaw University), Prof. John Healey (Manchester University), Prof Amos Kloner (Bar Ilan University), Prof. Peter Machinist (Harvard University), Prof. Wilfred Madelung (University of Oxford), Prof. Kurt Rudolph (Philipps-Universität), Dr. David Taylor (University of Oxford).

 

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Volume 1, Number 1, 1989

 

Prof. Nicholas Postgate (University of Cambridge):

            “Ancient Assyria - A Multi-Racial State.” PP. 1-10

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford):

            “Three thousand years of Aramaic literature.” PP. 11-23

Mr. Alan R. Millard (University of Liverpool):

            “Mesopotamia and the Bible.” PP. 24-30

Dr. John F. Healey (University of Manchester):

            “Ancient Aramaic culture and the Bible.” PP. 31-37

Dr. John F. Healey (University of Manchester):

            “Were the Nabataeans Arabs?” PP. 38-44

Dr. Michael W. Dols (University of California):

            “Syriac into Arabic: the transmission of Greek medicine.” PP. 45-52

Dr. Sebastian P. Brock (University of Oxford):

“The dispute between soul and body: an example of a long-lived Mesopotamian literary genre.” PP. 53-64

Dr. Hashim Behbehani (University of Kuwait):

            “Arab-Chinese military encounters: two case studies 715-751 A.D.” PP. 65-112

Mr. Moussa M. Domit (New York Arts Gallery):

            “The Art of Saliha Douaihy.” PP. 113-138

ARAM Newsletter. 139-147

Dr. Yusef M. Ishaq (University of Stockholm):

            “The historical sources of Abu al’Faraj al’Mati” (In Arabic). PP. 149-172

Dr. Yusef M. Ishaq (University of Stockholm):

“Gregorius Abu’l Faraj, Bar Hebraeus, and his ‘History of Nations’.” (In Arabic). PP. 173-198

ARAM Newsletter (in Arabic).PP.199-205

 

 

Volume 1, Number 2, 1989

 

Prof. Paul E. Dion (University of Toronto):

“Medical personnel in the ancient Near East. Asû and ashipu in Aramaic Garb.” PP. 206-216

Dr. Shafiq Abouzayd (University of Oxford):

“The Acts of Thomas and the unity of the dualistic world in the Syrian Orient.” PP. 217-252

Dr. Zeidoun Al-Muheisen (Yarmouk University):

            “Yasileh.” PP. 253-257

Dr. Hugh Kennedy (St Andrew's University):

“Change and continuity in Syria and Palestine at the time of the Moslem conquest.” PP. 258-267

Dr. Sebastian P. Brock (University of Oxford):

            “Syriac culture in the Seventh century.” PP. 268-280

Mr. Nicholas Campion (Bristol):

“The concept of destiny in Islamic astrology and its impact on Mediaeval European thought.” PP. 281-289

Prof. Michael Hollerich (Santa Clara University):

            “Arthur Vööbus Remembered.” PP. 290-293

Dr. Sebastian P. Brock (University of Oxford):

            “Arthur Vööbus' contribution to Syriac Studies.” PP. 294-299

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 300-307

Dr. Youssif Qozi (University of Baghdad):

“The letter qaf in Arabic and its different sounds in the Semitic languages.” (In Arabic). PP. 308-317

Dr. Yusef M. Ishaq (University of Stockholm):

“The Syriac translation of the Peshitta.” (In Arabic). PP. 318-327

Dr. Yusef Habbi (Irqi Academic Committee):

            “The Syriac contribution to Arab civilisation.” (In Arabic). PP. 328-343

ARAM Newsletter. (In Arabic). PP. 344-346

 

 

Volume 2, Numbers 1&2, 1990

 

Proceedings of the ARAM First International Conference:

The Nabataeans

(University of Oxford)

Under the Patronage of H.R.H. Crown Prince Hassan bin Talal

 

Dr. Zeidoun al-Muheisen & Dr. Dominique Tarrier (Yarmouk University):

            “A la mémoire de Père Jean Starcky.” PP. 1-5

Mr. Peter Parr (University of London):

            “Sixty years of excavation in Petra: a critical assessment.” PP. 7-23

Prof. John R. Bartlett (University of Dublin):

            “From Edomites to Nabataeans: the problem of continuity.” PP. 25-34

Dr. Piotr Bienkowski (Museum of Liverpool):

            “The chronology of Tawilan and the "Dark Age" of Edom.” PP. 35-44

Prof. David Graf (University of Miami):

            “The origin of the Nabataeans.” PP. 45-75

Dr. Manfred Lindner (Naturhistorische Gesellschaft, Nurnberg):

“A unique lithic early bronze Edomite-Nabataean site in southern Jordan: both past and present.” PP. 77-92

Dr. John Healey (University of Manchester):

            “The Nabataean contribution to the development of the Arabic script.” PP. 93-98

Prof. William J. Jobling (University of Sydney):

“Some New Nabataean and North Arabian Inscriptions of the Hisma in Southern Jordan.” PP. 99-111

Dr. Youssif Qozi (University of Baghdad):

“Remarques sur une inscription Nabatéene de Mada`in Salih/Al-Higr.” PP. 113-122

Mr. Karl Schmidt-Korte (Frankfurt):

“An early Christian record of the Nabataeans: the Maslam inscription (ca. 350 A.D.)” PP. 123-142

Dr. Robert Wenning (University of Münster):

            “Two forgotten Nabataean inscriptions.” PP. 143-150

Dr. Fawzi Zayadine (Department of Antiquities, Jordan):

“The Pantheon of the Nabataean inscriptions in Egypt and the Sinai.” PP. 151-174

Dr. Ernst Axel Knauf (University of Heidelberg):

            “Dushara and Shai al-Qaum.” PP. 175-183

Dr. Joseph Patrich (University of Haifa):

“Prohibition of a graven image among the Nabataeans: the evidence and its significance.” PP. 185-186

Dominique Tarrier (Yarmouk University):

“Baalshamin dans le monde Nabatéen: à propos de découvertes récentes.” PP. 197-203

Dr. Zeidoun al-Muheisen (Yarmouk University):

            “Maîtrise de l'eau et agriculture en Nabatène: l'exemple de Petra.” PP. 205-220

Mr. Julian M.C. Bowsher (Museum of London):

            “Early Nabataean coinage.” PP. 221-228

Mrs. Jaqueline Dentzer-Feydy (Universsity of Paris 1 -Sorbonne):

            “Khirbet Edh-Dharih: architectural decoration of the temple.” PP. 229-234

Dr. David J. Johnson (Brigham Young University):

            “Nabataean piriform unguentaria.” PP. 235-248

Mrs. Marie Killick (Oxford):

            “Les Nabatéen a Udhruh.” PP. 249-252

Mrs. Diana Kirkbride (Copenhagen):

            “The Nabataeans, Trajan and the Periplus.” PP. 253-265

Dr. Margaret B. Lyttleton & Dr. Thomas F.C. Blagg (London):

            “Sculpture from the tenemos of Qasr el-Bint at Petra.” PP. 267-286

Mr. James R.B. Mason & Dr. Khairieh ‘Amr (Department of Antiquities, Amman):

“A study of Nabataean pottery manufacturing techniques. An experiment for reconstructing the production of fine bowls.” PP. 287-307

Dr. Gerald L. Mattingly (Johnson Bible College):

“Settlement on Jordan's Kerak plateau from Iron Age IIC through the early Roman period.” PP. 309-335

Prof. Avraham Negev (Hebrew University):

            “Mampsis - the end of a Nabataean town.” PP. 337-365

Dr. François Villeneuve (Ecole Normale Superieure):

“The pottery from the oil factory at Khirbet EDh-Dharih (2nd century A.D.).” PP. 367-384

Dr. John P. Zeitler (Naturhistorische Gesellschaft, Nurnberg):

            “A private building from the first century B.C. in Petra.” PP. 385-420

Dr. Mohammad Abdul-Latif Abdul Karim (University of Baghdad):

            “The Nabataeans in the Arab tradition.” PP. 421-424

Dr. Salih Harmarneh (University of Jordan):

“The Nabataeans after the decline of the political power: from the Arabic Islamic sources.” PP. 425-436

ARAM Newsletter. 437-447

 

 

Volume 3, Numbers 1,  1991

 

Proceedings of the ARAM Second International Conference:

 Cultural Interchange during the Abbasid Era

(Oxford University)

 

Prof. Michael Morony (University od California.L.A.):

            “The Aramaean population in the economic life of early Islamic Iraq.” PP. 1-6

Dr. Carmela Baffioni (University of Naples):

            “Probable Syriac influences in the Ikhwan al-Safa''s logical epistles?” PP. 7-22

Dr. Stephanie Dalley (University of Oxford):

            “The Gilgamesh epic and Manichaean themes.” PP. 23-33

Prof. Wilferd Madelung (University of Oxford):

            “Al-Qasim ibn Ibrahim and Christian theology.” PP. 35-44

Dr. Hans Daiber (Vreije University, Amsterdam):

“Nestorians of 9th century Iraq as a source of Greek, Syriac and Arabic. A survey of some unexploited sources.” PP. 45-52

Dr. Bo Holmberg (University of Lund):

            “The trinitarian terminology of Israel of Kashkar (d. 872).” PP. 53-81

Dr. Sarah Stroumsa (Hebrew University):

“The impact of Syriac tradition on early Judaeo-Arabic bible exegesis.” PP. 83-96

Dr. Johannes den Heijer (University of Leiden):

“Syriacisms in the Arabic version of Aristotle's Historia Animalium.” PP. 97-114

Prof. Sidney H. Griffith (Catholic University of America):

            “The apologetic treatise of Nonnus of Nisibis.” PP. 115-138

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford):

            “The Syriac background to Hunayn's translation techniques.” PP. 139-162

Dr. Gotthard Strohmaier (Corpus Medicorum Graecorum, Berlin):

            “Hunain ibn Ishaq - an Arab scholar translating into Syriac.” PP. 163-170

Dr. Samir Khalil Samir (Université St Joseph-Beyrouth):

“Un traité perdu de Hunayn ibn Ishaq retrouvé dans la ‘Somme d'ibn al-‘Assal.” PP. 171-192

Dr. Henri Hugonnard-Roche (C.N.R.S. Paris):

“Contributions Syriaques aux etudes Arabes de logique à l’époque Abbasside.” PP. 193-210

Mr. Robert Hoyland (University of Oxford):

“Arabic, Syriac and Greek historiography in the first Abbasid century: An inquiry into inter-cultural traffic.” PP. 211-233

Dr. Mauro Zonta (University of Pavia):

“Ibn al-Tayyib, zoologist and Hunayn ibn Ishaq's revision of Aristotle's De Animalibus - New evidence from the Hebrew tradition.” 235-247

 

 

Volume 3, Number 2, 1991

 

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford):

“‘Come, Compassionate Mother..., come Holy Spirit’: a forgotten aspect of early Eastern Christian imagery.” PP. 249-257

Dr. Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford):

            “Some new Syriac documents from the third century A.D.” PP. 259-267

Dr. Shamil Kubba (Jordan):

            “The origins of the Islamic city.” PP. 269-285

Prof. Irfan Shahid (Georgetown University):

“In Memoriam: Metropolitan Gregorius Bulus Behnam, 1916-1969.” PP. 287-291

Dr. Elizabeth Theokritoff (New Jersey):

            “The life of our holy father Alexander (a translation)”. PP. 293-318

Dr. Chris Lightfoot (Bilkent University, Ankara) & Dr. Joseph Naveh (Hebrew University):

“A north Mesopotamian Aramaic inscription on a relief in the Tigris gorge.” PP. 319-336

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 339-361

 

 

Volume 4, Numbers 1&2, 1992

 

Proceedings of the ARAM Third International:

The Decapolis: History and Archaeology

(University of Oxford)

 

Prof. David Graf (University of Miami):

            “Hellenisation and the Decapolis.” PP. 1-48

Dr. Martin Goodman (University of Oxford):

            “Jews in the Decapolis.” PP. 49-56

Dr. W. Harold Mare (Covenant Theological Seminary-USA):

            “Abila: a thriving Greco-Roman city of the Decapolis.” PP. 57-77

Dr. Robert Wenning (University of Münster):

            “Nabataeans in the Decapolis/Coele Syria.” PP. 79-99

Dr. Ali Zeyadeh (Birzeit University):

            “Urban Transformation in the Decapolis cities of Jordan.” PP. 101-115

Dr. Gideon Foerster & Prof. Yoram Tsafrir (Hebrew University):

“Nysa-Scythopolis in the Roman period: ‘a Greek city of Coele Syria’ - Evidence from the excavations at Bet-Shean.” PP. 117-138

Dr. Maurice Sartre (François Rabelais University):

“Les cités de Décapole septentrionale: Canatha, Raphana, Dion et Ahadra.” PP. 139-156

Dr. Michael Fuller & Mrs Neathery Fuller (St Louis Community College-USA):

            “Regional Survey and ethnoarcharological investigations at Abila.” PP. 157-171

Dr. Pau Figuras (Ben-Gurion University):

“The Roman worship of Athena-Allat in the Decapolis and the Negev.” PP. 173-183

Mr. Jacques Seigne (IFAPO-Amman):

            “A l'ombre de Zeus et d'Artemis, Gerasa de la écapole.” PP. 185-195

Dr. Robert H. Smith (College of Wooster-USA):

            “Some pre-Christian religions at Pella of he Decapolis.” PP. 197-214

Dr. Robert W. Smith (Miami University):

            “Secondary use of the necropoleis of the Decapolis.” PP. 215-228

Dr. Dominique Tarrier & Dr. Zeidoun Al-Muheisen (Yarmouk University):

            “La nécropole de Yasileh et les tombeaux du nord de la Jordanie.” PP. 229-244

Dr. Zeidoun al-Muheisen (Yarmouk University):

            “Le site de Yasileh et la Décapole.” PP. 245-251

Dr. Margaret O'Hea (University of Adelaide):

            “The glass industry of the Decapolis.” PP. 253-264

Mr. Julian Bowsher (Museum of London):

            “Civic organisation within the Decapolis.” PP. 265-281

Dr. Yizhar Hirschfeld & Dr. Erez Cohen (Israel Antiquities Authority):

            “The reconstruction of the Roman baths at Hammath Gader.” PP. 283-306

Dr. Leah di Segni (Hebrew University):

            “Greek inscriptions of the bath-house in Hammath Gader.” PP. 307-328

Dr. John D. Wineland (Miami University):

“Archaeological and numismatic evidence for the Political structure and Greco-Roman religions of the Decapolis, with particular emphasis on Gerasa & Abila.” PP. 329-342

Prof. Alan Walmsley (University of Sidney):

“Vestiges of the Decapolis in north Jordan during the Late Antique and Early Islamic periods.” PP. 343-355

Dr. Willard W. Winter (Cincinati Bible College and Seminary):

            “A Byzantine basilica at Abila.” PP. 357-369

Dr. Karel J. Vriezen (University of Utrecht):

            “The centralised church in Umm Qais (andcient Gadara).” PP. 371-386

Mr. Robert Guinée & Miss. Nicole Mulder (University of Utrecht):

            “Survey of the Terrace and western theatre area in Umm Qais.” PP. 387-406

Miss. Susanne Kerner (German Protestant Institute of Archaeology):

            “Umm Qais-Gadara: recent excavations.” PP. 407-423

Dr. Esti Dvorjetzki (Hebrew University of Jerusalem):

“Medicinal hot springs in Eretz-Israel and the Decapolis during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.” 425-449

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 451-457 

Volume 5, Numbers 1&2, 1993

 

A Festschrift for Dr Sebastian P. Brock

 

Dr. Shafiq Abouzayd (University of Oxford):

            “Sebastian Paul Brock: Life and Work.” PP. 1-22

Prof. Luise Abramowski (University of Tübingen):

“Die Reste der syrischen Übersetzung von Theodor von Mopsuestia, De Incarnatione, in add 14669.” PP. 23-32

Dr. Micheline Albert (Université de Sorbonne):

            “Lettre de Grégoire de Nysse à son frère Pierre d'Annési-Sébaste.” PP. 33-64

Dr. David Bundy (Christian Theological Seminary-USA):

“Revising the Diatessaron against the Manichaeans: Ephrem of Syria on John 1:4.” PP. 65-74

Dr. James T. Clemons (Wesley Theological Seminary-USA):

            “Syriac Studies in the United   States: 1783-1900.” PP. 75-86

Dr. J F Coakley (Harvard University):

            “Yaroo M Neesan, `a missionary to his own people'.” PP. 87-101

Dr. Johann Cook (University of Stellenbosch):

            “Syriac studies in South Africa.” PP. 101-114

Dr. Peter S. Cowe (Columbia University):

            “Philoxenus of Mabbug and the Synod of Manazkert.” PP. 115-129

Prof. André de Halleux (Université de Louvain):

“L'annonciation à Marie dans le commentaire syriaque du Diatessaron.” PP. 131-145

Prof. Han J. W. Drijvers (Groningen University):

            “New Syriac inscriptions.” PP. 147-161

Dr. Jean-Marie Fiey (Université St Joseph-Beyrout):

            “L'imprimerie des Dominicains de Mossoul 1860-1914.” PP. 163-174

Dr. François Graffin (Paris):

            “Adresses d'un supérieur de monastère à ses frères.” PP. 175-179

Prof. Sidney H Griffith & Ms. Monica Blanchard (Catholic University of America):

“Henri Hyvernat (1858-1941) and the beginning of Syriac Studies at the Catholic University of America.” PP. 181-196

Dr. Mary Hansbury (Philadelphia):

            “Nature as soteric: Syriac and Buddhist traditions.” PP. 197-217

Prof. Susan Ashbrook Harvey (Brown University):

“The memory and meaning of a saint: two homilies on Simeon Stylites.” PP. 219-241

Dr. Erica C.D. Hunter (Cambridge University):

            “A scroll amulet from Kurdistan.” PP. 243-254

Mr. Konrad Jenner (Rijks University-Leiden):

“A review of the methods by which Syriac biblical and related manuscripts have been described and analysed.” PP. 255-266

Dr. Hubert Kaufhold (University of Munich):

            “Über Datum und Schreiber der Handschrift             Vaticanus Syriacus 51.” PP. 267-275

Dr. David J. Lane (College of the Resurrection-England):

            “Admonition and analogy: 13 chapters from Shubhalmaran.” PP. 277-284

Prof. Michael Lattke (University of Queensland-Australia):

            “Die griechischen Wörter im             syrischen Text der Oden Salomos.” PP. 285-302

Dr. Dana Miller (Harvard University):

            “George, bishop of the Arab tribes, on true philosophy.” PP. 303-320

Dr. Robert Murray (London University):

“‘It was springtime’: the source of Jerome's rendering of a phrase in Genesis 35:16 and 48:7.” PP. 321-328

Dr. Kathleen McVey (Princeton University):

“The sogitha on the Church of Edessa in the context of other early Greek and Syriac Hymns for the consecration of Church buildings.” PP. 329-370

Dr. Andrew Palmer (University of London):

            “A lyre without a voice': the poetics and the             politics of Ephrem the Syrian.” PP. 371-399

Dr. Martin G. F. Parmentier (Hilversum-Holland):

            “Pseudo-Gregory of Nyssa's homily on poverty.” PP. 401-426

Prof. Paul-Hubert Poirier (Université Laval-Québec):

            “’Аπουσία. Note sur un mot des Actes de Thomas.” PP. 427-435

Dr. Gerrit D. Reinink (Rijks University-Leiden):

            “Pseudo-Ephraems `Rede über das Ende' und die Syrische eschatologische Literatur des siebenten Jahrhunderts.” PP. 437-463

Dr. Frédéric Rilliet (Université de Génève):

“Une victime du tournant des études syriaques à la fin du XIXe siècle. Rétrospective sur Jaques de Saroug dans la science occidentale.” PP. 465-480

Dr. Alison Salvesen (University of Oxford):

            “Spirits in Jacob's revision of Samuel.” PP. 481-490

Prof. Irfan Shahîd (Georgetown University):

“The restoration of the Ghassanid Dynasty, AD 587: Dionysius of Tellmahre.” PP. 491-503

Dr. Robert Taft (Oriental Institute-Rome):

“Some structural problems in the Syriac Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles I.” PP. 505-520

Dr. Martin Tamcke (Phillips University-Germany):

            “Die Konfessionsfrage bei den lutherischen             Nestorianen.” PP. 521-536

Prof. Michel van Esbroeck (University of Munich):

“Les versions syriaques du panégyrique de Grégoire le Thaumaturge.” PP. 537-553

Prof. Lucas van Rompay (Rijks University-Leiden):

“Memories of paradise. The Greek ‘Life of Adam and Eve’ and early Syriac tradition.” PP. 555-570

Dr. Jacob Vellian (St Ephrem Institute-India):

“The early Syriac manuscripts of the Qurbana of Malabar.” PP. 571-578

Dr. John W. Watt (University of Wales):

            “The Syriac reception of Platonic and Aristotelian rhetoric.” PP. 579-601

Prof. Gabriele Winkler (University of Tübingen):

            “Neue Überlegungen zur Entstehung des Epiphaniefests.” PP. 603-633

Dr. Witold Witakowsi (University of Uppsala):

“The division of the Earth between the descendants of Noah in Syriac tradition.” PP. 635-656

Dr. Ugo Zanetti (Université de Louvain):

            “Projet d'une Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca.” PP. 657-670

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 671-687

 

 

Volume 6, Numbers 1&2, 1994

 

Proceedings of the ARAM Fourth International Conference:

Cultural Interchange during the Umayyad Era in Bilad al-Sham

(University of Oxford)

 

Prof. Irfan Shahîd (Georgetown University):

            “The Umayyad ajnad: Byzance après Byzance.” PP. 1-11

Dr. Donald Whitcomb (University of Chicago):

            “Amsar in Syria? Syrian in cities after the conquest” PP. 13-33

Prof. Daniel Sahas (University of Waterloo):

“Cultural interaction during the Umayyad period: the ‘circle’ of John of Damascus.” PP. 35-66

Prof. Ahmad Shboul (University of Sydney):

“Change and continuity in early Islamic Damascus.” PP. 67-102

Prof. Han Drijvers (University of Groningen):

            “The Testament of our Lord: Jacob of Edessa's response to Islam.” PP. 104-114

Prof. Sidney Griffith (Catholic University of America):

“Michael, the martyr and monk of Mar Sabas monastery, at the court of Caliph 'Abd al-Malik: Christian apologetics and martyrdom in the early Islamic period.” PP. 115-148

Dr. Monica Blanchard (Catholic University of America):

“The Georgian version of the martyrdom of St Michael, monk of Mar Sabas monastery.” PP. 149-163

Mr. Robert Hoyland (University of Oxford):

“The correspondence between Leo III (717-741) and 'Umar II (717-720).” PP. 165-177

Dr. Elizabeth Savage (London):

            “Iraqi christian links with an early Islamic sect.” PP. 179-192

Dr. Geoffrey Khan (Cambridge University):

            “The pre-Islamic background of Muslim legal formularies.” PP. 193-224

Dr. Lawrence Conrad (Wellcome Institute):

            “Did al’ Walid I found the first Muslim hospital?” PP. 225-244

Dr. Claus-Peter Haase (Kiel University):

“Is Madinat al-Far - in the Balikh region of northern Syria - an Umayyad foundation?” PP. 245-257

Dr. Michael Fuller (St Louis Community College-USA):

            “Continuity and cultural interchange at Tell Tuneinir, Syria.” PP. 259-277

Dr. Pau Figueras (Ben-Gurion University):

“The impact of the Islamic conquest on the Christian communities of the South Palestine.” PP. 279-293

Dr. Steven A Rosen (Ben-Gurion University):

“The nomadic periphery: archaeology of pastoralists in the south central Negev during Late Antiquity.” PP. 295-309

Dr. Pamela Watson (British Institute of Archeology-Amman):

“Pictorial painting on pottery and its demise in the mid-7th century AD: the case of the Jerash bowls.” PP. 311-332

Prof. Zeidoun al-Muheisen & Dominique Tarrier (Yarmouk University):

“La période omeyyade dans le nord de la Jordanie: continuité et rupture.” PP. 333-341

Mr. Claude Vibert-Guigue (IFAPO-Amman):

“Le projet franco-jordanien de relevé des peintures de Quseir `Amra.” PP. 343-358

Dr. W. Harold Mare (Covenant Theological Seminary-USA):

“The Christian church of Abila of the Decapolis and the Yarmouk Valley System in the Umayyad period.” PP. 359-379

Dr. Michael Bates (The American Numismatic Society):

“Byzantine coinage and its imitations, Byzantine coinage and its imitations: Arab-Byzantine coinage.” PP. 381-403

Mr. W. Andrew Oddy (British Museum):

            “The early Umayyad coinage of Baisan and Jerash.” PP. 405-418

 

Miscellaneous:

Prof. Abraham Negev (Hebrew University of Jerusalem):

            “Khaznet Fira'un at Petra - Iconoclasm Nabataean. style.” PP. 419-448

Dr. Sebastian P. Brock (Oxford University):

            “Professor André de Halleux's contributions to Syriac studies.” PP. 449-456

ARAM Newsletter. PP. 457-462

 

Contents of Volume 7, Number 1, 1995

Proceedings of the ARAM Fifth International Conference:

Palmyra: History and Archaeology

(Oxford University)

Under the Patronage of H.E. Dr. Najah Al-Attar, the Syrian Minister of Culture.

 

Dr. Najah Al-Attar (The Syrian Minister of Culture):

        &