2901, 2019

New acquisitions for SOAS Library: Ancient Near East, Semitics & Judaica (November 2018 – January 2019)

By Mary Fisk|January 29, 2019|Ancient Near East, Art and Archaeology, History, Religion, Semitics & Judaica|

This is a selection of titles received by SOAS Library in the field of Ancient Near Eastern studies, Semitics and Judaica between November 2018 and January 2019. Please note that this section of the Library also includes material on the history and politics of modern Israel / Palestine. Click on the hyperlink to go through to the item entry on the SOAS Library catalogue Please note that some e-book content

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2505, 2016

Ancient Near East, Semitics & Judaica at SOAS: a selection of new titles received April & May 2016

By Mary Fisk|May 25, 2016|Africa, Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Anthropology and Sociology, Art and Archaeology, Films and Sound Recordings, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Philosophy, Politics and International Relations, Religions|0 comments

This is a selective list of new books received on topics relating to the Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica during April and May 2016. Please note that some of these titles may be shelved in the Art and Archaeology section (Level D) and that this section also includes books on modern Israeli / Palestinian studies (Level B) Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Iconography of “Neo-Hittite” seals / by Agata Kubala

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1004, 2015

Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – March 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 10, 2015|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations A city from the dawn of history: Erbil in the cuneiform sources / by John MacGinnis. Présence et pouvoir hittites à Ougarit : le cas des DUMU.LUGAL / Charlotte Lebrun. Documents of Judean exiles and West Semites in Babylonia in the collection of David Sofer / by Laurie E. Pearce and Cornelia Wunsch. Life, death, and coming of age in Antiquity: individual rites of passage in

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1406, 2012

Religions – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 14, 2012|Religions|0 comments

e-books The Routledge companion to religion and film / edited by John Lyden. [Dawsonera] [Also available in print] Theology and social theory: beyond secular reason / John Milbank. [Dawsonera] Spiritual marketplace: baby boomers and the remaking of American religion / Wade Clark Roof. [Dawsonera] After God / Mark C. Taylor. [Dawsonera] Books The cult of emptiness : the Western discovery of Buddhist thought and the invention of Oriental philosophy / Urs App. Catalogue

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