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American Schools of Oriental Research - ASOR Books
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The Babylonian Entitlement Narûs: A Study in Form and Function
by Kathryn Slanski
In this investigation into the form, function and historical significance of the Babylonian entitlement narûs (steles), the author sheds new light on one of antiquity's most mysterious and elusive classes of artifact. More commonly referred to as kudurrus, these objects first came to the attention of western scholars in 1801 when the explorer Anton Michaux sold a polished black stone that he had discovered near Baghdad to the ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £22.95, Our Price GB £9.95
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Desire, Discord and Death: Approaches to Near Eastern Myth
by Neal Walls
The three essays presented in this volume reveal the symbolic complexity and poetic visions of ancient Near Eastern mythology. The author explores the interrelated themes of erotic desire, divine conflict, and death's realm in selected ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian mythological narratives using contemporary methods of literary analysis. Topics include the construction of desire in the Gilgamesh epic, a psychoanalytic approach to 'The ...
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Hardback. Price GB £49.95
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On the Way to Nineveh: Studies in Honour of George M Landes
edited by Stephen L Cook and S C Winter
A tribute to Dr George M Landes on the occasion of his retirement as professor of Hebrew Bible Studies at Union Seminary and as Secretary of the American Schools of Oriental Research. Contributions aim to address the role of philology and archaeology in biblical studies, and include: Ruth Revisited (Edward F Campbell, Jr); Holy War Ideology and the Rapid Shift of Mood in Psalm 3 (Ee Kon Kim); No Small Thing: The "Overturning" of ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £35.00, Our Price GB £6.95
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Archaeology, History and Culture in Palestine and the Near East: essays in memory of Albert E Glock
edited by Tomis Kapitan.
Albert Glock, Director of Birzeit University's Institute of Archaeology, was one of the first archaeologists to promote and foster research into the archaeological record of Palestinian Arabs. This volume commemorates his contribution to archaeology and education in Palestine and the Near East and includes studies by his colleagues and articles by Glock himself that were previously unpublished. Papers discuss: oral history, ethnoarchaeology, ...
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One Hundred Years of American Archaeology in the Middle East
edited by Douglas Clark and Victor Matthews
This volume presents an important collection of essays on the history and archaeology of the Ancient Middle East, written by the leading scholars in the field. Based on papers presented at the ASOR Centennial Celebration in Washington DC in 2000, these essays provide a useful synthesis of the results of North American excavations in the Middle East region over the past century, and their implications for historical and anthropological research. ...
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