Dear colleagues, I have been asked by the Israel Academy of Sciences to announce the appearance of the second printing with agenda and corrigenda of Hayim ...
There is an emerging social networking presence for ANE-2 on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39599010182 for those who are interested in that...
I will refrain from expressing my personal views on this matter, but I believe this article is of interest to many on the ANE-2 list, and I offer it in the...
Hi David, Yes one sterling example comes to mind in answer to your excellent question: The idea that the Hyksos introduced the horse, chariot, composite bow,...
Hi, Has anyone heard of this author or book? His other books seem New Age, his publisher (Sierra Press) has published only his books so he seems selfpublished....
I have just finished reading Claire Epstein's, Palestinian Bichrome Ware, 1966. Even though we have since learned the bulk of these wares are produced using...
Dear All, I have been struggling to find adequate references to flora in Ugaritic...I am currently looking for the words for oak terebinth and pistachio, but...
Dear ANE-2 Members, The moderators have decided to impose a moratorium on discussion of Dead Sea Scrolls / Qumran on the ANE-2 list. The reasons for this...
Darius' inscription at Behistun is written in a number of languages. Can someone tell me whether these were all inscribed at roughly the same time? I'm...
Dear ANE-2 Listers: Now seems a good time to thank all of the moderators of ANE-2, all of whom--as far as I am aware--offer their service to the list gratis....
Dear Colleagues, I have been asked to announce the appearance of a Festschrift presented to Prof. (emeritus) Israel Ephal of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem....
I understand Bar-Nathan's pottery datings and I relied upon her Jericho pottery volume (2002) in my article in the Galor et al. Brown University conference ...
Pardon the intrusion with a non-subject-of-the-list query, but could someone with some familiarity with 'grade schools' (not 'american schools') in Israel...
In the May/June 2008 issue of BAR, Ronald Hendel argues that forgers help keep scholars sharp: "Without the forgers, the scholars would lack the challenge to...
Dear all, I am glad to announce that the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures (http://www.jhsonline.org) has recently published a set of articles on Mary Douglas and...
If the recent exchanges about the Essene theory and, offlist, the Fraenkel crusade, prove one thing, it is that two people's solutions of a problem may differ...
As part of its Electronic Publications Initiative, the Oriental Institute Publications Office announces the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) publication of...
I remind List members of our protocol regarding signatures and signing of posts: Public postings to ANE-2 *must include* the full name of the contributor and...
Would anyone know whether or not there were other officials of the Neo-Assyrian period - other than Shamash-nasir - attested with the title LU.IGI.DUB $a...
As member of this group I wish to share with you the following information on a publication of which I am co-author. Here is the book: Dubai: Civilization and...
Dear members, At the Deir 'Alla (Jordan) excavations there has been found an Egyptian vase, bearing the cartouche of Queen Tawosret. From this vase only one...
Norman Golb has a new article out on the OI website, rebutting Emile Puech's claim that the word "mebaqqer"; is legible in the Qumran ostracon. According to...
SBL published a 47-page article by Scott Brown critical of Peter Jeffery's book claiming Morton Smith wrote the "Secret Mark" ms. Jeffery has written an ...
Does anyone have specific details on Kikkuli text CTH 284? I'm looking for archaeological information on its provenance. Was it discovered in-situ, who was the...
Eisenbrauns is pleased to announce the publication of 3 new titles: War in the Bible and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Richard S. Hess and...
Hi, Sorry to intrude- but would anyone on list have the email address of Klaus Berger, Heidelberg? If so, please, if you don't mind, send it to me offlist. ...
