Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – September 2014
Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations
- Tribe and state: the dynamics of international politics and the reign of Zimri-Lim / by Adam E. Miglio.
- “Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Netherworld” and the Sumerian Gilgamesh cycle / by Alhena Gadotti.
- Karkemish : an ancient capital on the Euphrates / edited by Nicolò Marchetti
- Sourcebook for ancient Mesopotamian medicine / by JoAnn Scurlock.
Byzantium
Hebrew and other Semitic languages
- Semitic linguistics in historical perspective / by Edward Lipinski.
- Me-ʻever la-halakhah/ Gideon Katz, Shalom Ratzabi, Yaacov Yadgar מעבר להלכה : מסורתיות, חילוניות ותרבות העידן החדש בישראל / יעקב ידגר, גדעון כ”ץ, שלום רצבי
- Sheʼerit ha-ḥayim / Tseruyah Shaleṿ שארית החיים / צרויה שלו
- Sanctuary in the wilderness: a critical introduction to American Hebrew poetry / Alan Mintz.
Jewish Studies
- Me-ʻever la-halakhah/ Gideon Katz, Shalom Ratzabi, Yaacov Yadgar : מעבר להלכה : מסורתיות, חילוניות ותרבות העידן החדש בישראל / יעקב ידגר, גדעון כ”ץ, שלום רצבי
- Judaism: a very short introduction [2nd edn.] / Norman Solomon.
- The religious and spiritual life of the Jews of Medina / by Haggai Mazuz.
- Sanctuary in the wilderness: a critical introduction to American Hebrew poetry / Alan Mintz.
Modern Israeli and Palestinian Studies
Akkadian languageancient historyArab-Israeli conflictarchaeologyAssyro-Babylonian literatureAssyro-Babylonian medicinebiographyByzantine Empirecomparative linguistic studiescuneiform textsEbla tabletseconomic historyEgyptepic poetry (ancient)ethnic relationsGaza StripGilgameshHebrew fictionHebrew languageHebrew poetryhistorical linguisticshistory (multi-period)Hittitesinter-faith relationsIsraeli fictionJewish diaspora (Saudi Arabia)Jewish diaspora (United States)JudaismJudaism and secularismKarkemishland settlementMari (extinct city)MedinaMitanni (ancient kingdom)Modern HebrewOrthodox Judaismpolitical historyreligion and culturereligion and stateRevisionist ZionismSemitic Languagessocial conflictsocial historySumerian literatureSyria (ancient(Tseruyah ShalevTurkey (ancient)Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880-1940)Zimri-Lim (King of Mari)Zionism