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| 978-1-60724-328-1 | Bar, Shaul, and Lenn Schramm. I Deal Death and Give Life
Is death the end of the human journey, or is there continuity after death? Why must human beings die? What happens to body and soul after death? Were Israelites worshipping the dead? What is the source of mourning practices? More... | $133.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-671-8 | Cribb, Bryan, and Daniel Block. Speaking on the Brink of Sheol
A groundbreaking form critical study of a previously unidentified Old Testament genre, the death story. By modifying traditional methodology, the work forges new paths in form criticism, while also providing exegetical insights into these important biblical accounts. More... | $123.44 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-668-8 | Soltysiak, Arkadiusz. Time and Astronomy in Past Cultures
The volume contains 12 papers presented at the conference "Time and Astronomy in Past Cultures" (Torun, Poland 2005). Five of them concern Near Eastern calendars and sky-watching, three are devoted to European archaeoastronomy (including a paper on Stonehenge), two represent ethnoarchaeological research in the Baltic area. More... | $102.56 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-666-4 | Soltysiak, Arkadiusz. Bioarchaeology of the Near East 1 (2007)
Bioarchaeology of the Near East (Volume 1, 2007) includes contributions by Theya Molleson, Douglas H. Ubelaker, and Joseph L. Rife, as well as short fieldwork reprots. More... | $110.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-667-1 | Soltysiak, Arkadiusz. Bioarchaeology of the Near East 2 (2008)
Bioarchaeology of the Near East (Volume 2, 2008) includes contributions by Nathan K. Harper, Sherry C. Fox, Mateusz Baca, and Martyna Molak, as well as short fieldwork reprots. More... | $110.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-326-7 | Ben Zvi, Ehud. Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures V
This volume incorporates all the articles and reviews published in the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures in 2008. Contributors include D. Stein, R. Kletter, J. Cook, Y. Shemesh, A. Pinker, R. Hendel, S. Olyan, A. Marx, R. Schmitt, D. Wright, S. Apóstolo, H. Basser, T. Römer, J. Jacobs, M. Kline, M. Avioz, E. Assis, F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp, N. Na'aman, Y. Garfinkel, S. Ganor, A. Steinmann, and I. Young. The review section includes more than fifty reviews. More... | $165.08 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-598-4 | Anspacher, Abraham. Tiglath Pileser III
The historic first attempt to provide a succinct account of the reign of the founder of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Anspacher’s monograph has stood the test of time. Written in accessible form, this brief account of a king, notorious by biblical standards, will be welcomed by all who are interested in the history of the Middle East. More... | $38.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-563-6 | Huizinga, Abel. Analogy in the Semitic Languages
Abel H. Huizinga was a noted scholar of Hebrew, and in this, his dissertation for John's Hopkins University, he discusses the mechanics of analogy in semitic languages with a focus on Hebrew. More... | $72.28 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-557-5 | Haupt, Paul. The Assyrian E-Vowel
Paul Haupt argues for the existence of an e-vowel in Ugaritic, a vowel whose existence is difficult to prove in the consonant-free script of Semitic language. More... | $72.28 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-626-4 | Honor, Leo. Sennacherib's Invasion of Palestine
Considering both the Assyrian and biblical sources for the description of Sennacherib’s devastating invasion on Palestine, Honor tests the records to see if he can develop an historical account. He makes use of the Annals of Sennacherib and the biblical books of 2 Kings, 2 Chronicle, and Isaiah. More... | $45.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-478-3 | Blegen, Carl. Excavations at Troy, 1938
The fifth of Carl Blegen's reports on the excavation of Troy for the American Journal of Archeology concentrating on detailed study of artifacts and finds on the citadel. More... | $19.12 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-475-2 | Blegen, Carl. Excavations at Troy, 1937
The fourth of Carl Blegen's reports on the excavation of Troy for the American Journal of Archeology concentrating on the Trojan acropolis. More... | $21.64 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-474-5 | Blegen, Carl. Excavations at Troy, 1936
The third of Carl Blegen's reports on the excavation of Troy for the American Journal of Archeology concentrating on a large house continuously occupied in some capacity from Troy I – VII. More... | $20.20 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-472-1 | Blegen, Carl. Excavations at Troy, 1935
The second of Carl Blegen's reports on the excavation of Troy for the American Journal of Archeology detailing a small residential area. More... | $20.68 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-471-4 | Blegen, Carl. Excavations at Troy 1934
The first of Carl Blegen's reports on the excavation of Troy for the American Journal of Archeology detailing a small residential area. More... | $19.60 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-470-7 | Richardson, Harry, and Amelia Hertz. Iron, Prehistoric and Ancient
Richardson and Hertz present opposing viewpoints for the origin of iron working in the transition from Bronze Age to Iron, one arguing a European origin and the other a Near Eastern/ Egyptian. More... | $20.92 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-459-2 | Newbold, William. Five Transliterated Aramaic Inscriptions
William Newbold deciphers inscriptions found under the soot and lava of Vesuvius in which Aramaic speakers used Greek and Latin letters to render their native tongue, occasionally in a mixture of Aramaic and Latin. More... | $21.04 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-441-7 | Frothingham, Arthur. Ancient Orientation Unveiled
Frothingham presents an ambitious overview of the development of orientation, or the directionality of sacrifice, prayer, and ritual, played a key role in ancient ceremonies, in the practice of ancient religions. More... | $26.92 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-438-7 | Frothingham, Arthur. Babylonian Origin of Hermes the Snake-God, and of the Caduceus
Arthur Frothingham, one of the founding fathers of Art History, here discusses the origins of Hermes, and suggests that the prototype of Hermes was an Eastern deity of Babylonian extraction. More... | $20.44 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-526-1 | Buckler, W. H., and David Robinson. Greek Inscriptions from Sardes
This piece includes the text, translation, and commentary for a long inscription found on the temple of Artemis and shorter honorific inscriptions on cylindrical stelai found in the ancient city, all dating from the 4th century BC. More... | $39.76 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-506-3 | Fisher, Clarence. The Mycenaean Palace at Nippur
This site report presents a Mycenean palace found at Nippur (a city in the heart of ancient Babylon) with a floor-plan and style similar to the palace at Tiryns. More... | $20.44 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-489-9 | Ward, William. The Hittite Gods in Hittite Art
In this article, the famous Assyriologist William Ward discusses the gods of the Hittites as the appear in in art as well as foreign deities who commonly appear alongside them. More... | $20.68 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-485-1 | Peters, John. Some Recent Results of the University of Pennsylvania Excavations at Nippur, Especially of the Temple Hill
The site report for the University of Pennsylvania's excavation of Nippur in Iraq. The detailed excavation report includes photographs, diagrams, and topographical map. More... | $26.56 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-60724-432-5 | Goodyear, W. H. Egyptian Origin of the Ionic Capital and of the Anthemion
An article tracing the development of the Ionic column from Egyptian lotus motifs through Assyrian rosettes and Cypriot pottery motifs. More... | $21.64 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-977-7 | Holloway, Steven, JoAnn Scurlock, and Richard Beal. In the Wake of Tikva Frymer-Kensky
This volume consists of 14 papers delivered by Assyriologists and biblical specialists at the 2007 Society of Biblical Literature congress in sessions devoted to the scholarly legacy of the late Tikva Frymer-Kensky, Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. More... | $111.32 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-579-3 | Nesbit, William. Sumerian Records from Drehem
Now a fixture in Sumerian studies, Nesbit’s initial publication of thirty tablets from Drehem is deceptively pedestrian at first glance. As the author demonstrates, a close look at these texts reveals invaluable information on the religious and social life of everyday Sumerians. More... | $45.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-791-9 | Katz, Jill. The Archaeology of Cult in Middle Bronze Age Canaan
Canaanite public religious practice during the Middle Bronze Age centered on the temple and its courtyards. The evidence from Tel Haror (biblical Gerar), Israel, suggests a multi-sensory, dynamic, experience including animal sacrifices, incense burning, and ritual feasting. More... | $110.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-955-5 | Burrows, Ronald. The Discoveries in Crete
Indeed a classic of accessible archaeological writing, Burrows’ study of ancient Crete was one of the main contributors to the commencement of modern understanding of the Minoans. The earliest traces of the Minoan civilization are sketched out before he turns to the historical periods when Minos flourished. The sack of Knossos and the end of the Bronze Age are narrated against the archaeological background. Aware of the cultural continuity of classical stories from the island, he introduces the topic of the minotaur and the famed labyrinth of Knossos. For anyone interested in the roots of western civilization, or of the founding of classical civilizations, this book remains essential reading. More... | $109.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-766-7 | Koenig, Nicholas. The History of the Governors of Egypt by Abu 'Umar Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Kindi
Published for the first time in this book is the History of the Governors of Egypt by Abu Umar Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Kindi (d. 870). Edited from a single manuscript by Nicholas Koenig, this study is as close as possible to a critical edition when only one manuscript survives. More... | $81.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-742-1 | Hogarth, David. Kings of the Hittites
Copiously illustrated, this set of three lectures on the Hittites of southern Anatolia is a valuable introduction to the sites of Zenjirli, Sakjegeuzi, and Carchemish. Chosen because of the importance of southern Anatolia to the biblical record, these locations are explained from an archaeologist’s viewpoint and presented in an easily readable format. More... | $38.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-738-4 | Pagoulatos, Gerasimos. Tracing the Bridegroom in Dura
Pagoulatos explores the unknown sources of the eleventh-century Byzantine service of Christ the Bridegroom in the Dura-Europos Christian baptistry ritual (earliest known Iconophile service) dating the liturgical use of Christian images in the third century, not in the seventh-century, A.D. More... | $62.00 | Add to Cart |
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| 978-1-59333-861-9 | Huntington, Ellsworth, and Barry Vann. Geography Toward History
This work compiles essays by Dr. Huntington concerning the usefulness of geography and climatology for understanding history and projecting environmental outcomes. It is of value to students of geography, climatology and Mediterranean, the Near Eastern and Central Asian history. More... | $129.00 | Add to Cart |
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