(14) We contend that KTU 1.19 is indeed the last in the sequence based on
epigraphic evidence that deals with the work of the scribe when he prepared the third tablet.
Zevit pays special attention to unique
epigraphic material, with distinct Sitz im Leben, found in sites such as a cave near Ein Gedi, Khirbet El-Qom, and Kuntillet 'Ajrid, and Khirbet Beit Lei, only three of which he classifies as cult locales, which he considers "from the perspective of a SPEAKING model of ethnographic communicative acts" (p.
The individual
epigraphic evidence from the coast and from Samaria indicates an influence mainly from Phoenicia, particularly during the period of the Omri dynasty in ninth century B.c.
Second, though the
epigraphic chapters are better grounded in actual diplomacy, here, as Patterson acknowledges, "the specific circumstances" of introducing ancestral forefather myths into the diplomacy generally remain unstated in the inscriptions and as such "beyond our reach" (110-111).
He concludes with a plea not to trust any
epigraphic material bought in the marketplace.
Epigraphic evidence is like the tip of an iceberg in that underneath it cultural conventions and aspects of social life lie submerged.
Among their topics are the Acts of John and Christian communities in Ephesus in the mid-second century AD, relational identity and Roman name-giving among Lycaonian Christians, early Christian inscriptions from Corinthia and the Peloponnese, the formation of a Pauline letter collection in light of Roman
epigraphic evidence, and from Aphrodite(s) to saintly bishops in Late Antique Cyprus.
Four of the studies are primarily
epigraphic in character: Marilyn J.
Dossey's analysis represents an integrated approach, and the evidence considered here encompasses a wide range of material and integrates the archaeological evidence with the
epigraphic and literary sources.