"See, I will bring a scroll recounting what befell me" (Ps 40:8)

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In January 2011, the David and Jemima Jeselsohn Epigraphic Center for Jewish History hosted its second international conference at Bar-Ilan University, honoring the late Professor Hanan Eshel, the center's founding academic director. This collection of articles collectively explores daily life in Israel from the First Temple Period to the Talmudic era, as reflected in various inscriptions from those times. Schiffman provides a summary of Hanan’s contributions as an introduction. A? ituv examines the language and religious perspectives of the Kuntilet ‘Ajrud inscriptions. Mazar and A? ituv present a survey of numerous short inscriptions from Mazar’s excavation at Tel Re? ov. Maeir and Eshel analyze four brief contemporary inscriptions from Tell es-Safi, identified as the Philistine city of Gath. Demsky addresses theoretical aspects of literacy in ancient Israel, while Grabbe explores the role of scribes during the Second Temple Period. Zissu, Langford, Ecker, and Eshel report on both Aramaic and Latin graffiti found in a first and second-century CE oil press at Khirbet ‘Arâk Hâla. Rappaport surveys Jewish coins from the Persian Period through the Bar-Kokhba Revolt, focusing on Hasmonean coins. Amit describes a collection of bread stamps and oil seals in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin, while Klein and Mamalya detail two Byzantine Period Nabatean Christian burial sites and their epitaphs.