Dear Trudy, This morning I "chanced" across a quote from 1898 identifying Eden's "tree of life" with the Palm-tree found in neo-Assyrian bas-reliefs from one...
... Thank you. I had Parpola's tree in my "to check" list because I kept seeing it referenced in serious publications even though the claim seemed...
Ariel L. Szczupak
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Apr 1, 2006 2:21 pm
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Tel Asa Nathawan, Jordan: Analysis of the stain found at Hafr Al-Batin has now revealed that it contained DNA from a high status individual. The cloth, which...
... the ... about ... resonate in this New Age when even pop stars ... than the ... This reminds of a comment Jonas Greenfield made, that Jacobsen's ...
Dear G.M. Grena, I've just had a look at the photos posted and with all due caution thought I'd offer the following observations: Bullae of the sort picture...
As we wait for more information, and though not a textile expert, I'll nevertheless propose a different approach, which I think might prove to be crucial. So,...
For those who read German there might also be of interest the review of Parpola's Assyrian Prophecies (SAA 9) by Eckart Frahm in WO 31 (2000/2001), 31-45 "Wie...
... First, thanks for all of your excellent insight, Ronald! I've never heard of napkin-ring bullae, so that's very interesting. I don't know if you caught...
Listers may find this report interesting: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/uonc-ndp033106.php In part, "New Discoveries Point to "Cave of John...
I don't know anything about Wikipedia, but I ask: who gives somebody the right to contribute an entry on a particular subject? G.M. Grena does not have any...
Regarding Wikipedia.... ... Well, there's a problem straight away..... Fortunately, one also easily remedied with a little bit of time and effort! ... I...
... =================================== We are pleased to announce the electronic publication of Women and Property in Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean...
Dear Paul and Sam and anyone else, IN brief, IMHO, knowledge which has already been published should be and obviously is available to everybody, everywhere,...
victor avigdor hurowitz
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Apr 2, 2006 8:54 am
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Dear Victor, You've concisely summarised my own opinion on these matters.... And a most apposite quotation! Best regards, ... Paul James Cowie BA Hons (Sydney)...
should I have given you credit? Victor BGU Israel...
victor avigdor hurowitz
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Apr 2, 2006 9:09 am
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I would then also recommend Mary Bachvarova's article available online at: http://www.duke.edu/web/classics/grbs/FTexts/45/Bachvarova.pdf Best, Miguel ... ...
I just had a brief look at the article recommended her, and although it is interesting in its own right it has nothing to do with Enuma-elish. It does deal...
victor avigdor hurowitz
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Apr 2, 2006 11:05 am
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... The whole wicked wiki project not only allows persons who have no qualifications to publish entries- but anyone can edit anything you write! So, for...
... Wasn't this recently discussed on ANE-2? wikipedia is utterly useless. As Sam pointed out, anyone in the world can write an article on anything at all,...
Regarding Peter Daniel's comments regarding Wikipedia.... Peter is absolutely correct when he identifies reliability as a key issue with regard to Wikipedia....
To: ANE-2 In Response To: Paul James Cowie et al On: Wikipedia From: Bruce PAUL: Like it or not, Wikipedia and projects of its type are apparently here to...
... Who's? ... Yet wikipedia has somehow come to be perceived as different. ... And what sanctions, exactly, can be imposed on those who don't? ... Which tell...
Ladies and gentlemen, Would it not be an advantage if this discussion was illustrated by some examples? AS it goes, some are shouting 'bad', some 'not so bad'....
For those interested in the Low Iron II chronological debate, and who may not yet have perused "The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating" (eds. Levy & Higham, Equinox,...
I'm not so sure many scholars would have the time nor the inclination to devote to Wikipedia. One criteria I would endorse, one that does not limit every ...
... From: "Jim West" <jwest@...> To: <ANE-2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [ANE-2] Wikipedia ... Or, as happens,...
