Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East
About the Book Series
Advisory Board of Associate Editors
Ra’anan Boustan, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Zeba Crook, Carleton University, Canada; Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA; Matthew Gibbs, University of Winnipeg, Canada; John Lee, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA; Alan Lenzi, University of the Pacific, USA; Harry Munt, University of York, UK; Richard Payne, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, USA; Lucy Wadeson, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; Selena Wisnom, University of Leicester, UK; Philip Wood, Aga Khan University, London, UK.
Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East provides a global forum for works addressing the history and culture of the Ancient Near East, spanning a broad period from the foundation of civilisation in the region until the end of the Abbasid period. The series includes research monographs, edited works, collections developed from conferences and workshops, and volumes suitable for the university classroom.
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Ancient Jewish Food in Its Geographical and Cultural Contexts: What's Cooking in the Talmuds?
1st Edition
By Susan Weingarten
March 25, 2025
This book is the first in-depth study of food in talmudic literature in its geographical and cultural contexts. It demonstrates the sharing of foods and foodways between Jews and their non-Jewish neighbours in the Near East in Late Antiquity. Using both ancient written sources and archaeological ...
Settlement and Urbanization in Early Islamic Palestine, 7th-11th Centuries: Texts and Archaeology Contrasted
1st Edition
By Hagit Nol
October 28, 2024
This volume follows the changes that occurred in central Palestine during the longue duree between the 7th to the 11th centuries. That region offers a unique micro-history of the Islamicate world, providing the opportunity for intensive archaeological research and rich primary sources. Through a ...
The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1-11: Peering into the Deep
1st Edition
By Adam E. Miglio
February 10, 2023
This book provides a substantive, reliable, and accessible comparison of the Gilgamesh Epic and Genesis 1–11, investigating their presentation of humanistic themes such as wisdom, power, and the ‘good life.’ While the Gilgamesh Epic and Genesis 1–11 are characterized by historical and cultural ...
Geography, Religion, Gods, and Saints in the Eastern Mediterranean
1st Edition
By Erica Ferg
December 13, 2021
Geography, Religion, Gods, and Saints in the Eastern Mediterranean explores the influence of geography on religion and highlights a largely unknown story of religious history in the Eastern Mediterranean. In the Levant, agricultural communities of Jews, Christians, and Muslims jointly venerated and...
A Story of YHWH: Cultural Translation and Subversive Reception in Israelite History
1st Edition
By Shawn W. Flynn
September 30, 2021
A Story of YHWH investigates the ancient Israelite expression of their deity, and tracks why variation occurred in that expression, from the early Iron Age to the Persian period. Through this text, readers will gain a better appreciation for the complexities and contexts in the development of YHWH,...
Children in the Bible and the Ancient World: Comparative and Historical Methods in Reading Ancient Children
1st Edition
Edited
By Shawn W. Flynn
September 30, 2021
The topic of children in the Bible has long been under-represented, but this has recently changed with the development of childhood studies in broader fields, and the work of several dedicated scholars. While many reading methods are employed in this emerging field, comparative work with children ...
Migration and Colonialism in Late Second Millennium BCE Levant and Its Environs: The Making of a New World
1st Edition
By Pekka Pitkänen
September 30, 2021
This book examines migration and colonialism in the ancient Near East in the late second millennium BCE, with a focus on the Levant. It explores how the area was shaped by these movements of people, especially in forming the new Iron Age societies.The book utilises recent sociological studies on ...
Near Eastern Cities from Alexander to the Successors of Muhammad
1st Edition
By Walter D. Ward
September 30, 2021
Near Eastern Cities from Alexander to the Successors of Muhammad compares the evolution of several cities in the Near East from the time of Alexander the Great until the beginning of the Islamic 'Abbasid Dynasty. This volume examines both archaeological remains and literary sources to explain the ...
On the Edge of Empires: North Mesopotamia During the Roman Period (2nd – 4th c. CE)
1st Edition
By Rocco Palermo
June 30, 2021
On the Edge of Empires explores the mixed culture of North Mesopotamia in the Roman period. This volatile region at the eastern edge of the Roman world became during the imperial period the theater of confrontation for multiple political entities: Rome, Parthia, Sasanian Persia. Roman presence is ...
Losing One's Head in the Ancient Near East: Interpretation and Meaning of Decapitation
1st Edition
By Rita Dolce
August 14, 2020
In the Ancient Near East, cutting off someone’s head was a unique act, not comparable to other types of mutilation, and therefore charged with a special symbolic and communicative significance. This book examines representations of decapitation in both images and texts, particularly in the context ...
The Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I in History and Historical Memory
1st Edition
By John P. Nielsen
August 14, 2020
Nebuchadnezzar I (r. 1125-1104) was one of the more significant and successful kings to rule Babylonia in the intervening period between the demise of the Kassite Dynasty in the 12th century at the end of the Late Bronze Age, and the emergence of a new, independent Babylonian monarchy in the last ...
Discovering Babylon
1st Edition
By Rannfrid Thelle
February 25, 2020
This volume presents Babylon as it has been passed down through Western culture: through the Bible, classical texts, in Medieval travel accounts, and through depictions of the Tower motif in art. It then details the discovery of the material culture remains of Babylon from the middle of the 19th ...