Resources for Schools - Epigraphic Texts and Inscriptions

Epigraphic Texts and Inscriptions

Use the following sites to search for texts related to Ancient Israel, including:

• Amman Citadel Inscription
• Beit YHWH ostracon
• Ekron inscription
• El Kerak inscription
• Gezer Calendar
• Lachish ostracon
• Melqart stele
• Moabite stele or Mesha stele
• Samaria ostraca
• Sennacherib Prism
• Siloam Tunnel inscription
• Tel Dan inscription
• Widow’s Petition ostracon
• Yavneh-Yam ostracon

Bible History Online.

Ancient Israel: Texts & Inscriptions

Ancient Israel and the Near East

http://www.bible-history.com/links.php?cat=2&sub=229&cat_name=Ancient+Israel&subcat_name=Texts+%26+Inscriptions

Dead Sea Scrolls.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

http://www.english.imjnet.org.il/page_899

Fordham University, New York

Internet History Sourcebook: Israel.

The National Monarchy (c.1020-586 BCE)

http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/asbook06.asp

http://legacy.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/asbook06.asp#The National Monarchy

W. Hallow and K. Lawson Younger (eds.), The Context of Scripture, (Brill, 1997-2017)

This work of 4 volumes gives the text in translation and with helpful introductions. It is available both in print and digital format (search online).

K.C. Hanson

Collection of Ancient Documents

http://www.kchanson.com/ANCDOCS/ancdocs.html

See especially:

http://www.kchanson.com/ANCDOCS/westsem/westsem.html

InscriptiFact

University of Southern California. West Semitic Research: An Image Database of Inscriptions and Artifacts

http://www.inscriptifact.com/

Inscriptions from the Land of Israel / Palestine

M.L. Satlow,  University of Virginia

http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/mls4n/

and

http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/Inscriptions/

Papyrus Stories

Ancient Lives from the Ancient Past. A collection of texts including Coptic, Demotic, Hebrew, Akkadian, Egyptian and Greek.
https://papyrus-stories.com/

Sefaria: a living library of Jewish Texts

http://www.sefaria.org/