Ancient Near East History and Study

Updated July 17, 2002

Aufrecht, Walter E., Neil A. Mirau, and Steven W. Gauley, eds. Aspects of Urbanism in Antiquity: From Mesopotamia to Crete. JSOTSup 244. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997. 

Beckman, Gary. Hittite Diplomatic Texts. 2nd ed. Atlanta: Scholars Press/SBL Writings from the Ancient World, 1999.

Brody, Aaron Jed. "Each Man Cried Out To His God" The Specialized Religion of Canaanite and Phoenician Seafarers. Atlanta: Scholars Press?Harvard Semitic Monographs, 1999.

Bunson, Margaret, ed. A Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. New York: Oxford University Press, 19--.

Coogan, Michael David, ed. Stories from Ancient Canaan. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1978.

DeVries, LaMoine F. Cities of the Biblical World. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1998. 

Elayi, Josette and Jean Sapin. Beyond the River: New Perspectives on
Transeuphratene
. JSOTSup 250. Trans. J. Edward Crowley. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998. 

Freeman, Charles. Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean. New York: Oxford University Press, 19--.

Hoffner, Jr., Harry A. Hittite Myths. 2nd ed. Atlanta: Scholars Press/SBL Writings from the Ancient World, 1999.

Matthews, Victor H., Bernard M. Levinson, and Tikva Frymer-Kensky, eds. Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East. JSOTSup 262. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press,
1998.

Matthews, Victor H., and Don C. Benjamin. Old Testament Parallels: Law and Stories from the Ancient Near East. Fully Revised and Expanded Edition. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist, 19--.

Nissinen, Martti, ed. Prophecy in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context: Mesopotamian, Biblical and Arabian Perspectives. SBL Symposium Series 13. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.

Perego, Giacomo. Interdisciplinary Atlas of the Bible: Scripture, History, Geography, Archaeology and Theology. Translated by Stewart Foster; London and Strathfield: St. Paul's Press, 1999. 

Porter, Barbara Nevling, ed. One God or Many? Concepts of Divinity in the Ancient World.
Transactions of the Casco Bay Assyriological Institute 1. Casco Bay, Maine: Casco Bay Assyriological Institute, 2001.

Pritchard, James B., ed. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. 3rd ed. with Supplement. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969.

Pritchard, James B., ed. The Ancient Near East in Pictures Relating to the Old Testament. 2nd ed. with Supplement. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969.

Pritchard, James B. The Ancient Near East. 2 volumes. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 19--.

Redford, Donald B. Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 19--.

Sasson, Jack M., ed. Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. 4 volumes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1995.

Silverman, David P., ed. Ancient Egypt. New York: Oxford University Press, 19--.

Starr, Chester G. A History of the Ancient World. New York: Oxford University Press, 19--.

Wiseman, D. J. Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 19--.

Yamauchi, Edwin, ed. Peoples of the Old Testament World. Grand Rapids: Baker, 19--.

 

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