Studying Assyriology at Yale

In this online article from the Yale Daily News, Nicolas Niarchos outlines his "Adventures in Assyriology" whilst studying at the University

Marriage gifts and social change in ancient Palestine: book review

Read about Tracy Lemos's book "Marriage gifts and social change in ancient Palestine" in Review of Biblical Literature
The reviewer is Professor Dr. Anselm Hagendorn of the Faculty of Theology at Göttingen's Georg-August-Universitat.

Find the book in SOAS Library at QJ956.9402 / 732934

ZIPANG day out tomorrow

DISCOVER MESOPOTAMIA THROUGH STORYTELLING


The next Zipang Day Out is tomorrow - Saturday 2nd April. The event comprises a heritage trail at the British Museum in the morning, and then Mesopotamian story telling and Iraqi music at the Poetry Café, Covent Garden, in the afternoon.


Click here for more details


This month's theme is The Matter of Aratta: how trade began and the first diplomatic letter was written

Rhetoric in Persian Israel: book review

Read the review of  "A palimpsest: rhetoric. ideology, stylistics and language relating to Persian Israel" (edited by Ehud Ben Zvi, Diana Edelman and Franck Polak) in Review of Biblical Literature

The reviewer is Bob Becking, Faculty Professor for Bible, Religion and Identity at Utrecht University.

Find the book in SOAS Library at QN418 / 732170

Gilgamesh: book review

 Scott Jones (Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Covenant College) reviews Daniel Fleming and Sara Milstein's "The buried foundation of the Gilgamesh epic: the Akkadian Huwawa narrative" in the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (Vol.11, 2011)
The book follows the tradition history of the Gilgamesh epic from the Sumerian Huwawa tales to the Old Babylonian version

Read the book in SOAS Library at QED892.1 / 739772

Mesopotamian story-telling: ZIPANG Day Out at British Museum and the Poetry Café

DISCOVER MESOPOTAMIA THROUGH STORYTELLING
ZIPANG Day Out — Etana, the king who flew on the back of an eagle

Saturday, 12th March 2011
Morning in the British Museum, afternoon at the Poetry Café, Covent Garden

For details of when and where to meet, click here:
http://www.zipang.org.uk/pdfs/When&where.pdf

For a typical ZIPANG Day Out, click here:
http://www.zipang.org.uk/pdfs/TypicalZDO.pdf

Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals

Online article from Unreported Heritage News about anti-witchcraft rituals in ancient Mesopotamia, with translations from the original cuneiform texts by Professor Tzvi Abusch (Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass.)