The Lebanon and Phoenicia: Ancient texts illustrating their physical geography and native industries 1 The physical setting and the forest
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| adam_text | Titel: Bd. 1. The Lebanon and Phoenicia. The physical setting and the forest
Autor: Brown, John Pairman
Jahr: 1969
CONTENTS
XI
Preface ....................................................................................................................xiii
List of Abbreviations ......................................................
Maps ........................................................................... xxvii
Introduction ..................................................................
CHAPTER I: GENERAL TEXTS
x. Latitude of Phoenicia (Strabo) ..............................................................................1
2. Longitude of Baalbek (Ptolemy) ........................................................................2
3. The almanac of Gezer, ab. 925 B.C. (Canaanite inscription) 2
4. The seasons in Lebanon (Nonnus) ..................................................................4
5. Seasonal proverbs (colloquial Arabic) ............................................................6
6. Month-names at Baalbek (Roman calendar) ..........................................8
7. Hebrew-Phoenician zodiacs ....................................................................................10
8. East winds of Phoenicia (Theophrastus) ................................................14
9. Rainstorm and Ramsin (St. Luke)........................................................................17
to. Year s drought (Menander of Ephesus) ......................................................18
xi. Early sowing in Phoenicia (Anatolius of Berytus) ..............................20
12. Springtime on the Lebanon (Song of Songs) ....................................20
13. Mount Lebanon as type of creation (Psalm 104) ..............................23
14. Forests and snow of Lebanon (Tacitus) ......................................................27
15. Mountain and plain m Lebanon (Strabo) ................................................28
16. Vicinity of Tripolis, A.D. 1253 (Burchard) ..........................................32
17. The Bekaa in the 19th century B.C. (Sinuhe) ....................................35
18. The coastal route, 2i 8 B.C. (Polybius)......................................................36
19. Natural resources of Canaan (Deuteronomy) ..........................................39
20. Marine industries (Talmudic texts) ..................................................................41
21. Athenian imports, 4.25 B.C. (Hermippus Comicus) ........................42
22. Phoenician exports, A-D .301 (inscription of Diocletian)..................43
23. Phoenician exports, A.D. 35s Anonymous)................................................47
24. Exports of the nations to Rome (Sidonius)................................................48
25. Zoning-regulations for industry (Julianus of Ascalon) ............49
CHAPTER II : HYDROGRAPHY OF THE LEBANON
26. Irrigated and rain-watered fields (Deuteronomy) ..............................53
27. Snow of Hermon for refrigeration (Jerome) ..........................................55
28. Rain and snow in the Lebanon (James of Vitriacum) ..................55
29. The springs of Tyre (Olympiodoms) ............................................................56
30. Siege of Tyre by Esarhaddon, 670 B.C. (cuneiform) ..................57
31. Assyrian siege of tyre (Menander of Ephesus) ....................................58
32. Fresh-water springs undersea (poseidonius) ............. .... 59
33- Underwater spring at Tyre? (Jerusalem Talmud)..............................61
34. Rivers and springs of Lebanon (Joannes Phocas) ..............................62
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CONTENTS xxxvii
35. Rivers of Lebanon (Julius Honorius) ............................................................64
36. Spring spate of the Adonis river (Lucían) ................................................65
37. Lake and cult of Aphaka (Zosimus)..................................................................67
38. The river Adonis and Aphaka (Sozomenus) ..........................................68
39. Intermittent spring of Eleutherus (Josephus)..........................................69
40. The river Litas, A.D. 743 (Theophanes) ................................................70
41. Irrigation at Baalbek (Byzantine Greek inscription) ........................71
42. Hydrography of the upper Jordán (Josephus) ....................................72
43. Course of the Jordan (Babylonian Talmud) ..........................................73
44. Lake Huleh (Josephus) ................................................................................................74
45. Springs of the Orontes (Polybius) ..................................................................75
46. Course of the Orontes (Strabo) ........................................................................76
47. The giant of the Orontes (Pausanias, Malalas) ....................................78
CHAPTER III: GEOLOGY OF LEBANON
48. Cyprus as detached from Syria (Pliny)............................................................80
49. Limestone and lime-burning in Lebanon (Theophrastus)............80
50. Lime-burning in Phoenicia (Theophrastus)................................................82
51. The fossil fish of Lebanon (Eusebius)............................................................82
52. Marble of Tyre and Sidon? (Statius) ............................................................84
53. Alexandrite (?) of Tyre (Pliny)..............................................................................85
54. Bitumen of Sidon (Pliny, Dioscorides) ......................................................86
55. Copper in the Bekaa (II Samuel) ........................................................................87
56. Bronze-industry at Tyre (I Kings etc.) ......................................................90
57. Sidonian bronze-industry (Philo of Alexandria)....................................92
58. Bronze industry of Berytus (inscription) ......................................................95
59. Forced labor in mine and forest (Eusebius)................................................95
60. The discovery of iron (Philo of Byblos) ......................................................97
61. Lebanese iron in Erech, 550 B.C. (cuneiform) ....................................98
62. Steel industry at Sidon, 47 B.C. (Greek inscription)........................102
63. Phoenician mining in general ..............................................................................103
64. Sidonian glass-making (Strabo) ........................................................................104
65. The vitreous sand of Acco (Josephus)............................................................105
66. Phoenician glass (Pliny)................................................................................................106
67. Sidonian glassmakers (mold-blown inscribed glasses) ..................109
68. Byzantine glass-worker of Berytos (Greek inscription) ..................110
69. Phoenician glass-makers at Puteoli ?..................................................................111
70. Carthaginian glass-maker in Gaul (Latin inscription) ..................112
CHAPTER IV: SEISMOLOGY
71. Earthquakes at Tyre (Seneca) .............................................................................. 3
72. Earthquake-theories (Josephus) ........................................................................ll4
73. Earthquake in the cedar-forest (Psalm 29) ................................................115
74. Balmarcodes as Earthshaker (Greek inscription) ..............................117
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75. Poseidon as Earthshaker (Nonnus) ....................................................9
76. Drought and earthquake on Lebanon (Nahum)..................
77. Syrian earthquake at end of world (Lactantius) ....................................121
78. Magical control over earthquakes (Euagrius) ..........................................121
79. Earthquake at Sidon, 150*60 B.C. (Poseidonius) ..............................^2
80. Tsunami at Ptolemais, 138 B.C. (Poseidonius) ..........................*24
81. Quake of A.D. 551 in Phoenicia, Egypt, Cos (Agathias) ............126
82. Quake of A.D. 551: the Syriac tradition (chronicles) ..................130
83. Quake of A.D. 551: the tradition of Antioch (Malalas) :................135
84. Effects of the quake of A.D. 551 (Antoninus) ....................................136
85. Destruction of Baalbek by earthquake? (Syriac
chronicles) ..................................................................................................................13
CHAPTER V: THE FOREST OF LEBANON
A. ECOLOGY
86. Homogeneity of the cedar-forest (Theophrastus) ...........................14°
87. Ancient forests of the Mediterranean (Theophrastus) ....................141
88. Forest fires of Lebanon (Dionysius of Alexandria) ........................144
89. Varieties of cedar (Theophrastus, Pliny)................................................145
90. Characteristic trees of the Levant (Ecclesiasticus) ........................147
91. Trees of the Bekaa (Poseidonius) ..................................................................149
92. Cedars of Arke (Babylonian Talmud) ............................................................15°
93. Lebanese forest under Hadrian, A.D. 134 (Latin
inscriptions)..................................................................................................................152
94. Transplanting cedars? (Ezekiel) ........................................................................154
95. Properties of resinous woods (Vitruvius)......................................................155
96. Woods used for naval construction (Theophrastus) ........................156
97. Construction of the Tyrian ship (Ezekiel, Jerome) ........................158
98. Pitch-making in Syria (Theophrastus)............................................................160
99. Medical uses of cedar-sap (Pliny, Dioscorides) ....................................161
B. RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY
100. Fable of the trees (Judges) ....................................................................................164
101. Trees personified (Zechariah) ..............................................................................164
102. Cedar-Gods (Hittite evocation) ........................................................................165
103. Sacred cypress of Baalbek (Roman coin of Philip) ........................165
104. Sacred oak of Lebanon (Christian legend) ................................................166
105. Gilgamesh in Lebanon (cuneiform sources) ..........................................167
106. Cedar of Lebanon as world-tree (Ezekiel) ................................................167
107. Cypress of Casius in myth (Servius) ............................................................170
108. Rabbinic mythology of the cedar (Talmudic sources) ..................171
109. Timber-cutting by Yahweh (Hebrew prophets)....................................172
CONTENTS xxxix
C. HISTORY OF DEFORESTATION
i io. Earliest use of Lebanese timber in Egypt ................................................175
hi. Sumerian kings in the West (statue of Gudea) ....................................176
112. King of Mari in the Lebanon area, 18th cent. B.C....................177
113. Thothmes III in Lebanon, 1457 B.C. (Barkal stele) ..................178
114. Cedar-cutting by Seti I, 1318-1301 B.C. (relief) ................................178
115. Ramses II in the Bekaa, 1297 B.C. (poem on Qadesh)..................179
116. Tiglath-Pileser I in Phoenicia, 1114-1076 B.C......................................179
117. Wen-Amon in Byblos, 1100 B.C. (Egyptian papyrus) ..................180
118. David s palace of cedar (II Samuel etc.) ....................................................180
119. Hiram and Solomon (I Kings etc.) ..................................................................181
120. Ashur-Nasir-Pal in Lebanon, 883-859 B.C............................................189
121. Tiglath-Pileser HI, 744-727 B.C....................................................................191
122. Senaccherib in the Antilebanon, 705-681 B.C......................................192
123. Phoenician shipbuilding in Mesopotamia, 698 B.C..........................193
124. Esarhaddon in Syria and Cyprus, 680-669 B.C................................194
125. Ashurbanipal in Lebanon, 668-633 B C....................................................*94
126. Nebuchadrezzar on the eastern slopes .....................................................196
127. Building of Darius at Susa, 521-486 B.C..................................................199
128. Rebuilding of Jerusalem temple, 520 B.C. (Ezra) ..............................201
129. Rebuilding of Jerusalem, 445 B.C. (Nehemiah) ..................................203
130. Reprisals in Phoenician revolt, 350 B.C. (Diodorus) ......................204
131. Alexander on Lebanon, 332 B.C..........................................................................206
132. The Lebanese forest in 315 B.C. (Diodorus) ........................................206
133. Decree of Antiochus III, 200 B.C. (Josephus) ....................................208
134. Agrippa II on Lebanon, A.D. 50-68 (Josephus) ..............................210
135. Construction at Baalbek ............................................................................................210
136. The basilica of Tyre, A.D. 312-9 (Eusebius) ......................................211
137. Justinian in Jerusalem, A.D. 527-65 (Procopius) ................................212
Addenda
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