Religions – October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 7, 2012|Religions|0 comments

Shoshannat Yaaqov : Jewish and Iranian studies in honor of Yaakov Elman / edited by Shai Secunda and Steven Fine The power of oratory in the medieval Muslim world / Linda G. Jones Hattha-Yoga : its context, theory, and practice / Mikel Burley ; with a foreword by David Frawley (isbn 9788120817067) Animals in the Qur’an / Sarra Tlili. Animism in rainforest and tundra: personhood, animals, plants and things in

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Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 5, 2012|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations The arrows of the sun: armed forces in Sippar in the first millennium BC / by John MacGinnnis ; with copies of the cuneiform texts by Cornelia Wunsch New inscriptions and seals relating to the Biblical world / by Meir Lubetski Ancient Aramaic documents from Bactria / edited by Joseph Naveh and Shaul Shaked  Jewish Studies Shoshannat Yaaqov : Jewish and Iranian studies in honor of

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Book review: Women and the Messianic heresy of Sabbatai Zevi

By Mary Fisk|September 10, 2012|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Religions|0 comments

Ada Rapoport-Albert’s latest book Women and the Messianic heresy of Sabbatai Zevi: 1666-1815 explores the role of female prophets, mystics and religious activities in the “heretical” Sabbathaian Jewish sect of the 17th to early 19th century, making comparisons with the role of women among the Hasidim at the time and contending that pre-modern roots of “feminism” can be found among the Sabbathaians rather than the Hasidim. She also looks at the place of Jewish female prophets

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Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 5, 2012|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

 Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Pilgrimage and household in the ancient near East / Joy McCorriston “With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains”: historical and literary studies on ancient Mesopotamia and Israel / Hayim Tadmor ; edited by Mordechai Cogan Stories from ancient Canaan / edited and translated by Michael D. Coogan and Mark S. Smith The monuments of Syria: a guide / Ross Burns

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Religions – August 2012

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

e-books e-books are available to SOAS staff and students only, on or off-campus. Sinister yogis / David Gordon White – ebrary The origins of yoga and tantra : Indic religions to the thirteenth century / Geoffrey Samuel – Dawsonera Yoga body: the origins of modern posture practice / Mark Singleton – Dawsonera Introducing world Christianity / edited by Charles E. Farhadian – Dawsonera Endings: a sociology of death and dying / Michael C. Kearl. – Dawsonera

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Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 5, 2012|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations The Ugaritic texts and the origins of West-Semitic literary composition / by Dennis Pardee Picturing the past: imaging and imagining the ancient Middle East / edited by Jack Green, Emily Teeter and John A. Larson Hammurabi of Babylon / Dominique Charpin Methoden zur Restaurierung von ungebrannten und gebrannten Keilschrifttafeln : gestern und heute / Carmen Gütschow Disaster and relief management = Katastrophen und ihre Bewältigung /

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History – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 4, 2012|History|0 comments

Arming the periphery: the arms trade in the Indian Ocean during the age of global empire / by Emrys Chew Posing for posterity: royal Indian portraits / Pramod Kumar K.G. ; foreword by H.R.H. Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur. (isbn 9781780762494) The company-state: corporate sovereignty and the early modern foundation of the British Empire in India / Philip J. Stern. Best of enemies: a history of US and Middle

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On the Aleppo Codex

By Mary Fisk|August 2, 2012|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Religions|0 comments

Click to read an article from the New York Times on the “murky and often contradictory story” of the travels of “the oldest, most complete, most accurate text of the Hebrew Bible” dating from around 930 AD. The Codex has been digitized and made available by the Ben Zvi Institute in Jerusalem. Click here to view the Codex website. There is a another link to the digitized text. The text can

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Music, Media and Film Studies – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 13, 2012|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Raga and music in the Sikh holy scriptures / Savita Bakshi. Tribal dances of India / Usha Mehta. Trance, ritual, and rhythm : the cult of Mahasu Deota in the western Himalayas / Hans Utter. The new (ethno)musicologies / edited by Henry Stobart. Development of Hindustani classical music (19th & 20th centuries) / Rama Saraf. Boro Baba- Ustad Alauddin Khan / Sahana Gupta née Khan. Gāundā jāe wanạjārā / Sāhila

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Middle East and Central Asia – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 20, 2012|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Islam Dreams and visions in Islamic societies / edited by Özgen Felek and Alexander D. Knysh. Islam, Christianity and the mystic journey : a comparative exploration / Ian Richard Netton. The Qurʼān in context : historical and literary investigations into the Qurʼānic milieu / edited by Angelika Neuwirth, Nicolai Sinai, Michael Marx. Young British Muslims : identity, culture, politics and the media / Nahid Afrose Kabir. Constructing a religiously ideal

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