Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – October 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 5, 2014|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations The ark before Noah: decoding the story of the flood / Irving Finkel. Legend, history and the ancient city: Babylon / Michael Seymour. Die babylonischen Kudurru-Inschriften von der kassitischen bis zur frühneubabylonischen Zeit : untersucht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung gesellschafts- und rechtshistorischer Fragestellungen / Susanne Paulus.  Le droit de la vente a Emar / Lena Fijalkowska.  Orient und Okzident in hellenistischer Zeit : Beiträge zur Tagung “Orient

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Religions – July 2013

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Coptic culture: past, present and future / edited by Mariam Ayad. Modest fashion: styling bodies, mediating faith / edited by Reina Lewis. The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of death and burial / ed. by Sarah Tarlow and Liv Nilsson Stutz. Oxford handbook of religion and violence / edited by Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, and Michael Jerryson. Christianizing death: the creation of a ritual process in early medieval Europe /

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