Moshe HeldFrank ZimmermanSolomon ZeitlinPrice, Robert2023-05-222018-12-0519652018-12-05https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/27655The present study is concerned with the text, origin, and relation to Hebrew and Akkadian Wisdom Literature of the oldest extant version of the story and teaching of Ahiqar, a learned official of the Assyrian court who, through the machinations of his foster son, nearly lost his life, but in the end recovered his former glories.Jewish StudiesThe Elephantine Ahiqar: A New Edition and Commentary with Special Reference to Babylonian and Hebrew Wisdom LiteratureDissertation/Thesis