Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae (CIIP) - Walter de Gruyter

IN PREPARATION
Corpus inscriptionum
Iudaeae/Palaestinae (CIIP)
Edited by an International Research Team from the Universities of
Cologne (Germany), Jerusalem and Tel Aviv (Israel)
Anyone involved in the study of ancient Iudaea/Palaestina and its vicinity has felt the need
for a comprehensive work containing all the inscriptions in various languages found in the
region. Th e lack of such a work was all the more regrettable, as the material concerns not
only those interested in the region, but also students of a great variety of related subjects,
such as the history of the ancient Near East, ancient Jewish history and early Christianity,
and, of course, historians of the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.
Over the next few years a group of scholars from Israel and Germany will produce such a
corpus. It will contain all the inscriptions from the time of Graeco-Roman rule in the area,
from the time of Alexander until the end of Byzantine rule in Palestine around 640. Th e
territory covered is the strip between the Mediterranean and the river Jordan, the Negev,
and the Golan Heights. Unlike traditional corpora of inscriptions it is intended to include
inscriptions in all languages represented: not only Greek and Latin, but also Semitic languages,
primarily Hebrew, Aramaic (Jewish, Samaritan, Nabataean, Christian and Syriac),
Th amudic and the Caucasian languages. Th e advantages of such a Corpus are obvious: all
cultural phenomena expressed in inscriptions can be seen together.
The plan for the CIIP:
Volume I: Jerusalem and the area around
Volume II: Galilee and northern coastal strip
Volume III: Golan
Volume IV: Caesarea and the middle coastal strip
Volume V: Samaria
Volume VI: Judaea-Idumaea
Volume VII: Southern coastal strip
Volume VIII: Negev
Volume IX: Milestones