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Semitic papyrology in contextby L.H. Schiffman
BRILL 2003; US$ 132.00A collection of studies relating to the multicultural traditions of papyrus writing in the Ancient Near East, with attention to the linguistic, literary and cultural features of these, often documentary, texts. The papers were presented at a conference marking Professor Levine's retirement. more...
Figurative Language in the Ancient Near Eastby M. J. Geller
Taylor & Francis 1987; US$ 54.95A group of scholars from Britain, Holland, Germany, and Israel met at the Warburg Institute and the School of Oriental and African Studies in November 1983, to discuss the use of figurative language in Sumerian, Akkadian, Ugaritic, and biblical Hebrew literature. The papers were presented in memory of Henri Frankfort, and consequently also took into account figurative expression in ancient art and architecture. The original impetus for the colloquium came from Thorkild Jacobsen?s extended visit to London as guest of the British Academy, and all of the participants came to honour both Frankfort?s memory and Jacobsen?s presence. This volume represents the fruits of that meeting. Until now, there has been little interaction between Assyriologists,... more...
The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabiaby Roger D. Woodard
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 40.00A convenient, portable paperback derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. more...
Boundaries of the Ancient Near Eastern Worldby Meir Lubetski; Gottlieb Claire; Sharon Keller
Continuum International Publishing 1997; US$ 200.00For over threescore years Cyrus H. Gordon's scholarship and teaching have provided new directions to the study of the ancient Near East. This collection of 34 essays in honour of his 90th birthday, edited by three of his former pupils, celebrates his fascinating and remarkable achievements and reflects his broad command of ancient studies. The global impact of his research can be seen from the geographical dispersion of the outstanding scholars who have written here on the following topics: archaeology, Bible studies, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Arabic, Egypto-Semitic, the cuneiform world, Indo-European, Samaritan, the Graeco-Roman world, mediaeval studies. The inclusion of a complete bibliography of Gordon's works is of singular value. more...
Aramaic Inscriptions and Documents of the Roman Periodby John F. Healey
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 210.60In the first centuries AD, although much of the Near East was ruled by Rome, the main local language was Aramaic, and the people who lived inside or on the fringes of the area controlled by the Romans frequently wrote their inscriptions and legal documents in their own local dialects of this language. This book introduces these fascinating early texts to a wider audience, by presenting a representative sample, comprising eighty inscriptions and documents in the following dialects:Nabataean, Jewish, Palmyrene, Syriac, and Hatran. Detailed commentaries on the texts are preceded by chapters on history and culture and on epigraphy and language. The linguistic commentaries will help readers who have a knowledge of Hebrew or Arabic or one of the... more...
Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages of Semitic, Root-Based, Morphologyby Joseph Shimron
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2003; US$ 195.00This book puts together contributions of linguists and psycholinguists whose main interest here is the representation of Semitic words in the mental lexicon of Semitic language speakers. The central topic of the book confronts two views about the morphology of Semitic words. The point of the argument is: Should we see Semitic words? morphology as ?root-based? or ?word-based?? The proponents of the root-based approach, present empirical evidence demonstrating that Semitic language speakers are sensitive to the root and the template as the two basic elements (bound morphemes) of Semitic words. Those supporting the word-based approach, present arguments to the effect that Semitic word formation is not based on the merging of roots and templates,... more...
New Literature and Philosophy of the Middle Eastby Jason Mohaghegh
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 80.00Mohaghegh tracks the idea of 'chaos' into the contemporary philosophical and cultural imagination of the postcolonial world, exploring its vital role in the formation of an emergent avant-garde literature in the Middle East, concentrating on the writings of the twentieth-century Iranian new wave. more...
Lady E. S. Drower's Scholarly Correspondenceby Jorunn Buckley
BRILL 2012; US$ 144.00An edition of the scholarly letters of the English Lady E. S. Drower, famous for her novels, travel accounts, and studies in the Middle East, especially on the Mandaeans. Drower (1879?1972) kept up a lively correspodence with scholars, and the letters here span the years 1938 to the mid?1960s. more...
A New Philosophy of Literatureby Nicholas Hagger
O-Books 2012; US$ 9.99.cs2654AE3A{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt} .cs566403DE{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } In The New Philosophy of Universalism Nicholas Hagger outlined a new philosophy that restates the order within the universe, the oneness of humankind and an infinite Reality perceived as Light; and its applications in many disciplines, including literature. In this work of literary Universalism, which carries forward the thinking in T.S. Eliot’s ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’ and other essays, Hagger traces the fundamental theme of world literature, which has alternating metaphysical and... more...
The Semitic Languagesby Geoffrey Khan; Janet C. E. Watson; Stefan Weninger; Michael P. Streck
De Gruyter Mouton 2011; US$ 494.00The Handbook of Semitic Languages offers a comprehensive reference tool for Semitic Linguistics in its broad sense. It is not restricted to comparative Grammar, although it covers also comparative aspects, including classification. By comprising a chapter on typology and sections with sociolinguistic focus and language contact, the conception of the book aims at a rather complete, unbiased description of the state of the art in Semitics. Articles on individual languages and dialects give basic facts as location, numbers of speakers, scripts, numbers of extant texts and their nature, attestation where appropriate, and salient features of the grammar and lexicon of the respective variety. The Handbook is the most comprehensive treatment of the... more...
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