Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – April 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 13, 2015|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Canaanite religion according to the liturgical text of Ugarit [2nd edn ] / Gregorio del Olmo Lete. Transl. by W. G. E. Watson. Knowledge and wisdom: archaeological and historical essays in honour of Leah Di Segni / edited by Giovanni C. Bottini, L. Daniel Chrupcala, Joseph Patrich Memory and the city in ancient Israel / edited by Diana V. Edelman and Ehud Ben Zvi. Prophétisme et

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History – December 2014 and January 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 23, 2015|History|0 comments

General & thematic Into new territory: American historians and the concept of US imperialism / James G. Morgan Travel narratives from the age of discovery: an anthology / edited by Peter C. Mancall   Thinking history globally / Diego Olstein Hinterlands and commodities: place, space, time and the political economic development of Asia over the long eighteenth century / edited by Tsukasa Mizushima, George Bryan Souza and Dennis O’Flynn Chinese and

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History – September 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 14, 2014|History|0 comments

General and comparative A history of market performance: from ancient Babylonia to the modern world / [edited by] R.J. Van der Spek, Jan Luiten van Zanden, E.S. van Leeuwen. A global conceptual history of Asia, 1860-1940 / edited by Hagen Schulz-Forberg.  Historians debate the rise of the West / Jonathan Daly. Africa Berber government: the Kabyle polity in pre-colonial Algeria / Hugh Roberts.   The politics of chieftaincy: authority and

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History – August 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 25, 2014|History|0 comments

General and comparative The Oxford history of historical writing [Vol.2: 400-1400]/ Daniel Woolf, general editor. The Oxford handbook of the history of medicine / edited by Mark Jackson.  Africa An African in Paris / Bernard Binlin Dadié ; translated by Karen C. Hatch. Blue dahlia, black gold: a journey into Angola / Daniel Metcalfe Lost and found in Johannesburg, a memoir / Mark Gevisser. Good morning, Mr Mandela / by

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Cities in the Ancient Near East: Ömür Harmanşah discusses his recent book

By Mary Fisk|August 20, 2014|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica|0 comments

In this article on the ASOR (American Schools of Oriental Research) blog, Ömür Harmanşah discusses how he came to write Cities and the shaping of memory in the Ancient Near East, published by Cambridge University Press in 2013, and also looks at concepts of architectural and urban space in more modern times (with a particular focus on Ankara) Click here to go to the Library catalogue, where you will also find

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Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – December 2013 and January 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 7, 2014|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Cyrus the Great: an ancient Iranian king / edited by Touraj Daryaee  “Thus speaks Ishtar of Arbela”: prophecy in Israel, Assyria, and Egypt in the Neo-Assyrian period / edited by Robert P. Gordon and Hans M. Barstad. Models of Mesopotamian landscapes: how small-scale processes contributed to the growth of early civilizations / edited by T.J. Wilkinson, McGuire Gibson and Magnus Widell  Literature as politics, politics as

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Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – October 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 13, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

e-books Violence, nonviolence, and the Palestinian national movement / Wendy Pearlman. [e-book via Cambridge Books Online] Struggle and survival in Palestine/Israel / edited by Mark LeVine and Gershon Shafir. [e-book via ebrary] Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations De Hattusa à Memphis: Jacques Freu in honorem / Michel Mazoyer. Les religieuses et le culte de Marduk dans le royaume de Babylone / Lucile Barberon. Neo-Babylonian documents from Sippar pertaining to the cult

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Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – May 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 29, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Perché il male? : il problema della Mesopotamia antica / Claudio Saporetti ; con un contributo bibliografico di Giovanna Matini. Wissenskultur im Alten Orient Weltanschauung, Wissenschaften, Techniken, Technologien : 4. Internationales Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 20.-22. Februar 2002, Münster Im Auftrag des Vorstands der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft / unter Mitarbeit von Susanne Paulus [and] Hans Neumann. A manual of Hurrian / by Arnaud Fournet. La collezione orientale

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Religions – November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 5, 2012|Religions|0 comments

e-books Mohajir militancy in Pakistan: violence and practices of transformation in the Karachi Conflict / by Nichola Khan. Available from Dawsonera Books A matter of belief: Christian conversion and healing in north-east India / Vibha Joshi  Islam, women, and violence in Kashmir: between India and Pakistan / Nyla Ali Khan. Islamic history: a very short introduction / Adam J. Silverstein Also available as an e-book  from Dawsonera New approaches to

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