3107, 2013

Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – July 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 31, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern civilizations Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean, 1989-1996 (Vol. 3 & Vol.4) Ebla and its landscape / edited by Paolo Malthiae & Nicolò Marchetti  Aspetti del sistema preposizionale dell’eblaita / Maria Vittoria Tonietti. The world of the Neo-Hittite kingdoms: a political and military history / Trevor Bryce. Linguistics studies in Phoenician: in memory of J. Brian Peckham / edited by Robert D. Holmstedt and Aaron Schade. The elements of

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0301, 2013

Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – December 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 3, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern civilizations A Sumerian chrestomathy / Konrad Volk, with the collaboration of Silvano Votto and Jessica Baldwin Hebrew studies Seride teshuvot : a descriptive catalogue of responsa fragments from the Jacques Mosseri collection, Cambridge University Library / by Shmuel Glick ; with Dotan Arad … [et al.] Jewish studies The lawgiver / by Herman Wouk Jewish identity and politics between the Maccabees and Bar Kokhba : groups, normativity,

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2808, 2012

Anthropology & Sociology – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 28, 2012|Anthropology and Sociology|0 comments

All tomorrow’s cultures : anthropological engagements with the future / Samuel Gerald Collins. Anthropologists, indigenous scholars and the research endeavour : seeking bridges towards mutual respect / edited by Joy Hendry and Laara Fitznor. Being there : learning to live cross-culturally / edited by Sarah H. Davis and Melvin Konner. Contemporary sociological theory / edited by Craig Calhoun … [et al.]. 3rd Edition The creolization of theory / edited by

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1908, 2012

Religion – January to August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 19, 2012|Religion|0 comments

Journals Fieldwork in Religion [Equinox Journals] Volume 1(2005) onwards. Books Sectarian conflict in Egypt : Coptic media, identity, and representation / Elizabeth Iskander. Contemporary theories of religion : a critical companion / edited by Michael Stausberg. [Also available as an e-book via Dawsonera, Available to SOAS staff & students only] Miaphysite Christology : an Ethiopian perspective / by Mebratu Kiros Gebru. Approaching the Holy Mountain : art and liturgy at St.

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0608, 2012

Japan – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 6, 2012|Japan|0 comments

Public opinion, propaganda, ideology : theories on the press and its social function in interwar Japan, 1918-1937 / by Fabian Schäfer Japanese religions / edited by Lucia Dolce Celebrity gods : new religions, media, and authority in occupied Japan / Benjamin Dorman Pop culture and the everyday in Japan : sociological perspectives / edited by Katsuya Minamida and Izumi Tsuji translated by Leonie R. Stickland Understanding Japanese society / Joy

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0408, 2012

Religions – July 2012

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

e-Journals Journal of Religion in Japan Vol.1 (2012) onwards [Available to all users on-campus, and SOAS Students/Staff off-campus] Journal of Hindu Studies. Volume 1 (2008) onwards. [Available to all users on-campus, and SOAS Students/Staff off-campus] Books The Almohad revolution: politics and religion in the Islamic West during the twelfth-thirteenth centuries / Maribel Fierro Buddhist funeral cultures of Southeast Asia and China / edited by Paul Williams and Patrice Ladwig. Citizens

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