Ancient Near East, Semitics & Judaica: new book acquisitions September 2016
This is a selection of new books acquired for the Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica collections in SOAS Library during September 2016. Note that this subject area also includes modern Israeli / Palestinian studies
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Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations
The SBL handbook of style: for biblical studies and related disciplines / Billie Jean Collins, project director ; Bob Buller, publishing director ; John F. Kutsko, executive director – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10043109
Exploring the Neo-Assyrian frontier with Western Iran: the 2015 season at Gird-i Bazar and Qalat-i Dinka / [edited by] Karen Radner, Janoscha Kreppner & Andrea Squitieri –https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10045520
Revolt and resistance in the ancient Classical world and the Near East: in the crucible of empire / edited by John J. Collins and J.G. Manning – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10046901
Women in the Ancient Near East / Marten Stol; Translated by Helen Richardson-Hewitt & Mervyn Richardson – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10045696
Problems of canonicity and identity formation in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia / edited by Kim Ryholt, Gojko Barjamovic – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10046134
The religious aspects of war in the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome / edited by Krzysztof Ulanowski. – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10046041
Hebrew and other Semitic languages
Acquisition and development of Hebrew: from infancy to adolescence / edited by Ruth A. Berman – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10046057
Jewish Studies
Jewish identities in East and Southeast Asia: Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Harbin, Shanghai, Rangoon, and Surabaya / Jonathan Goldstein – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10045555
Pious irreverence: confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism / Dov Weiss – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10045699
Fallen angels and the history of Judaism and Christianity: the reception of Enochic literature / Annette Yoshiko Reed. – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10046439
Modern Israeli / Palestinian studies
World War 1: impact on Palestine, a hundred year legacy / foreward by Richard Falk, edited by Sophia Akram – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10046502
E-books
Cosmopolitanism and empire: universal rulers, local elites, and cultural integration in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean / edited by Myles Lavan, Richard E. Payne, John Weisweiler – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10047221
Atlas of the ancient Near East: from prehistoric times to the Roman imperial period / by Trevor Bryce ; with an introductory section on the prehistoric Near East by Jessie Birkett-Rees – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10047194