Phoenician Inscriptions introduces readers to the writing of the ancient people groups who originated in the ancient Levantine cities of Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon by the late second millennium BCE. Thanks to their establishment of colonies throughout the Mediterranean world, written evidence of their influence has been discovered from the Levant, Anatolia, and Cyprus to Egypt, Greece, Italy, and Spain. Each inscription in this volume is transliterated and includes an English translation and select critical commentary. Helpful maps, discussions of historical context, and drawings of inscribed artifacts supplement the translations. This resource opens a window onto the religious ideas and economic practices of people instrumental in shaping the history and culture of the ancient Mediterranean for a variety of readers, including curious nonspecialists and scholars and students of ancient history, linguistics, and archaeology.

Robert Holmstedt is Professor of Hebrew Bible and West Semitic Languages at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Relative Clause in Biblical Hebrew (2016) Aaron Schade is Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. He is codirector of the Khirbat Ataruz archaeological project and coeditor of Linguistic Studies in Phoenician Grammar (2013). Philip C. Schmitz is an emeritus professor in the History and Philosophy Department at Eastern Michigan University. His most recent book is The Phoenician Diaspora: Epigraphic and Historical Studies (2012).