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A long-awaited and much-needed comprehensive analysis of the
material evidence concerning Persian-period Judah. Carter analyses
the settlement pattern and population distribution of the province,
using both excavations and archaeological surveys. His meticulous
examination arrives at a rather low estimate of the population
during this period, on the basis of which he examines Yehud's
socio-economic setting and considers the implications of a small
Yehud for some of the prominent theories concerning the province in
the Persian-period.
Carol Meyers is renowned for her expertise in many fields: the use
of social-science methodologies to understand the Bible and the
world of Iron Age Israel; the archaeology of ancient Israel,
especially important sites of the Second Temple period; and the
study of women in the Bible and in ancient Israel. In this volume,
some of Meyers’s foremost scholarly peers honor her by offering
essays that build on her work and depend on her expertise. For
example, Norman K. Gottwald uses a social-scientific analysis to
continue his groundbreaking work on the structure of the early
Israelite confederacy; Eric Meyers discusses how certain Second
Temple artifacts, such as ossuaries and bathing installations,
might be used as markers of Jewish ethnicity; and Ross S. Kraemer,
in conjunction with Jennifer Eyl, takes on the issue of how women
are represented (or not) in Bible translators’ renderings of
certain ambiguously gendered terms. Joining this community of Carol
Meyers’s peers are some of her most noted students, who also have
contributed essays that speak to Meyers’s many areas of interest
and expertise and reflect what they have learned from her about,
especially, the study of women in the Bible and in ancient Israel,
and the application of social-scientific approaches to biblical
studies. Moreover, as Meyers’s work spans the millennium-long
history of the Iron Age and the Second Temple period, so do the
essays of Meyers’s students, with offerings that consider some of
the earliest texts in the Bible (Judges 5), as well as texts that
come from the Second Temple archive of scrolls discovered at
Qumran. The result is a collection of essays that are as richly
multifaceted as is the work of the extraordinary scholar whose
career they honor.
This collection of essays contextualizes the history and current
state of the social science method in the study of the Hebrew
Bible. Part 1 traces the rise of social science criticism by
reprinting classic essays on the topic; Part 2 provides "case
studies," examples of application of the methods to biblical
studies.
This comprehensive reference offers ready access to the most
up-to-date information on all facets of electronic transformer
design. Coverage includes full treatments of the principles of
transformer operation and behaviour, construction, cooling
considerations, and overload protection. This edition is thoroughly
updated to incorporate the latest information on new core and
construction materials and gaseous insulants. It contains expanded
coverage of size versus rating as affected by new cooling
techniques, polyphase capacitor input filters material (including a
discussion of semiconductor/rectifier technology) and saturating
devices. New chapters cover inverter transformers, inverter
circuits, high voltage applications, and the design of special
transformers.
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