R. Mansfield Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Accordance users already familiar with quality Carta Jerusalem titles such as The Sacred Bridge will be pleased to see two new inscription-related titles added to the Accordance Library: The Raging Torrent and Echoes from the Past. Introductory pricing available through April 20, 2015 For more information see today's blog post. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Λύχνις Δαν Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Got say this got my attention. These look cool. The Raging Torrents looks especially interesting but I have a question. How much Babylonian and Assyrian transliteration of the texts is present in the volume ? Is each inscription presented in transcription of the original with the translation in English or is it mostly images of the original accompanied by the translation ? Thx D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.D. Riddle Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) Daniel, Echoes from the Past includes transliterations into square Hebrew script, both with and without reconstructed vocalization, and English translation. The Raging Torrent is only English translations, with introductions and notes. Cogan just came out with a companion volume, Bound for Exile: Israelites and Judeans Under Imperial Yoke, which covers the period of the Exile. The images are for illustration purposes, and are not useful for study of the original inscriptions. A.D. Edited April 14, 2015 by A.D. Riddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Λύχνις Δαν Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Thanx for this. I didn't expect the photos to be more than illustrative but was rather hoping for transliterations in the Torrent. Oh well. Thx D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian W. Davidson Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Do these contain inscriptions not included in the other inscription modules , the Hebrew and north west Semitic ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Brown Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Certainly the Raging Torrent covers material not found in the Inscriptions module, but I am not competent to say how much overlap there is with Context of Scripture. It seems to me that Echoes includes more inscriptions than our text module, but of course the Hebrew text is not tagged. It does offer translations and discussions as well as images. Both volumes should be extremely valuable for studies of early written semitic language and the culture that produced it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian W. Davidson Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) Thanks, Helen. That is really helpful. I also found these two reviews, both positive: Raging Torrent reviewed by David Vanderhooft: https://www.academia.edu/3312992/Review_of_M._Cogan_The_Raging_Torrent_Historical_Inscriptions_from_Assyria_and_Babylonia_Relating_to_Ancient_Israel_JNES_Vol._72_No._1_April_2013_pp._116-118_ Vanderhooft notes that 12 of the 47 inscriptions are not included in The Context of Scripture Echoes from the Past reviewed by Matthieu Richelle: http://www.jhsonline.org/reviews/reviews_new/review464.htm Edited April 14, 2015 by Brian W. Davidson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Brown Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 The link to the review of Echoes is not working for me. This link does work: http://www.jhsonline.org/reviews/reviews_new/review464.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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