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Gods in dwellings : temples and divine presence in the ancient Near East / by Hundley, Michael B., 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- List of figures -- Abbreviation -- Part 1: Temples in the Ancient Near East -- 1: Temples in the Ancient Near East: An Introduction -- 2: Egyptian Temples -- 3: Mesopotamian Temples -- 4: Hittite Temples -- 5: Syro-Palestinian Temples -- 6: Temples: Synthesis -- Part 2: Divine Presence in Ancient Near Eastern Temples -- 7: Introduction to Divine Presence in Ancient Near Eastern Temples -- 8: Divine Presence in Egyptian Temples -- 9: Divine Presence in Mesopotamian Temples -- 10: Divine Presence in Hittite Temples -- 11: Divine Presence in Syro-Palestinian Temples -- 12: Divine Presence: Synthesis -- Afterword -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Ancient Sources.…”
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A History of the Ancient near East, Ca. 3000-323 BC by Van De Mieroop, Marc

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- A History of the Ancient Near East -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Charts -- Maps -- Debates -- Boxes -- Documents -- Preface -- Author's Note -- 1 Introductory Concerns -- 1.1 What Is the Ancient Near East? …”
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Popular preaching and religious authority in the medieval Islamic Near East / by Berkey, Jonathan Porter

“…Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.…”
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Revolt and resistance in the ancient Classical world and the Near East : in the crucible of empire /

“…Culture and history of the ancient Near East ;…”
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Gender and law in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East /

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Organization, representation, and symbols of power in the ancient Near East : proceedings of the 54th Rencontre assyriologique internationale at Wuerzburg, 20-25 July 2008 /

Table of Contents: “…Workshop: The Public and the StateThe Public and the State in the Ancient Near East -- From People to Public in the Iron Age Levant -- Administrators and Administrated in Neo-Assyrian Times -- The Babylonian Correspondence of the Seleucid and Arsacid Dynasties: New Insights into the Relations between Court and City during the Late Babylonian Period -- La liste L'; A et la hierarchie des fonctionnaires sumeriens -- Knigslisten als Appellativ-Quellen -- From King to God: The NAME DA Title in Archaic Ur…”
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The role of women in work and society in the ancient Near East /

Table of Contents: “…Women and work in the ancient Near East : an introduction / Brigitte Lion and Cécile Michel -- Weaving, potting, churning : women at work during the Uruk Period : evidence from the cylinder seals / Catherine Breniquet -- Representation of women in Mesopotamian lexical lists / Camille Lecompte -- Women and land in the Presargonic Laga corpus / Fumi Karahashi -- The role of women in work and society in the Ebla Kingdom (Syria, 24th century BC) / Maria Giovanna Biga -- Women and production in Sargonic Adab / Massimo Maiocchi -- Professional women and women at work in Mesopotamia and Syria (3rd and early 2nd millennia BC) : the (rare) information from visual images / Adelheid Otto -- Women at work and women in economy and society during the Neo-Sumerian Period / Bertrand Lafont -- The sex-based division of work versus intersectionality : some strategies for engendering the Ur III textile work force / Agnès Garcia-Ventura -- Women work, men are professionals in the Old Assyrian archives / Cécile Michel -- The job of sex : the social and economic role of prostitutes in ancient Mesopotamia / Jerrold S. …”
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Feasting in the archaeology and texts of the Bible and the ancient Near East /

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Abbreviations; Feasting: Backgrounds, Theoretical Perspectives, and Introductions; Janling Fu and Peter Altmann; Conspicuous Consumption: Dining on Meat in the Ancient Mediterranean World and Near East; Jodi Magness; Feasts on Many Occasions: Diversity in Mesopotamian Banquet Scenes during the Early Dynastic Period; Steve Renette; The Next Level and the Final Stage; Consistency and Change in the Provision of Meals for the Dead in Their Different Stages of Existence and the Accompanying Feasting Acts of the Living, as Evidenced at Mari, Qaṭna, and Ugarit; Sarah Lange.…”
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The development of pre-state communities in the ancient Near East : studies in honour of Edgar Peltenburg /

Table of Contents: “…The development of pre-state communities in the ancient Near East /…”
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A Handbook of Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Near East Three Thousand Deities of Anatolia, Syria, Israel, Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Elam. by Frayne, Douglas R.

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Afterlives of Ancient Rock-Cut Monuments in the near East Carvings in and Out of Time. by Ben-Dov, Jonathan

“…Culture and History of the Ancient near East Ser.…”
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The variety of local religious life in the Near East in the Hellenistic and Roman periods /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Ted Kaizer -- The aniconic image of the Roman Near East / Milette Gaifman -- Sanctuaries and villages on Mt. …”
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Brotherhood of kings : how international relations shaped the ancient Near East / by Podany, Amanda H.

The art of ancient Mesopotamia : the classical art of the Near East / by Moortgat, Anton, 1897-1977

Domestic frontiers : gender, reform, and American interventions in the Ottoman Balkans and the Near East / by Reeves-Ellington, Barbara, 1949-

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Making pictures of war : realia et imaginaria in the iconology of the ancient Near East /

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All the boundaries of the land : the Promised Land in Biblical thought in light of the ancient Near East / by Wazana, Nili

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- Borders and the Concept of the Border in the Bible and Ancient Near East -- “Borderâ€? versus “Frontierâ€? -- Spatial Merisms -- Part 2 -- The Promised Land -- The Land Promised to the Patriarchs -- The Promise of World Dominion -- “The Land of Canaan with Its Various Boundariesâ€? …”
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Dust or dew immortality in the ancient Near East and in Psalm 49 / by Smith, Janet K.

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Travels of the Abbé Carré in India and the Near East, 1672 to 1674.... by Carré, Barthélemy, approximately 1640-approximately 1700

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Bioarchaeology and behavior : the people of the ancient Near East /

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Tracing the earliest recorded concepts of international law : the ancient Near East (2500-330 BCE) / by Altman, Amnon, 1935-2016

Table of Contents: “…Diplomatic Law; 4. The Near East in the Late Bronze Age (1600-1200 BCE); 1. …”
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The Splintered Divine : a Study of Istar, Baal, and Yahweh Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity in the Ancient Near East. by Allen, Spencer L.

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Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece /

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Ebla and its landscape : early state formation in the ancient Near East /

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Born in heaven, made on earth : the making of the cult image in the ancient Near East /

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Hidden riches : a sourcebook for the comparative study of the Hebrew bible and Ancient Near East / by Hays, Christopher B., 1973-

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Sinews of empire : networks in the Roman Near East and beyond /

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Sacred killing : the archaeology of sacrifice in the ancient Near East / by Porter, Anne, 1957-, Schwartz, Glenn M.

Table of Contents: “…Sacrifice in the ancient Near East : offering and ritual killing /…”
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Every traveller needs a compass : travel and collecting in Egypt and the Near East /

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Leaving no stones unturned : essays on the ancient Near East and Egypt in honor of Donald P. Hansen /

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"For salvation's sake" : provincial loyalty, personal religion, and epigraphic production in the Roman and late antique Near East / by Moralee, Jason, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…The salutary ideology -- The reception of the salutary ideology in the Near East -- The demise and transformation of the salutary ideology -- Pagan, Christian, and Jewish dedications for personal salvation -- Localizing provincial loyalty and personal religion : three case studies.…”
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Old Testament parallels : laws and stories from the ancient Near East / by Matthews, Victor Harold

The early history of the ancient Near East, 9000-2000 B.C. / by Nissen, Hans Jörg

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The early history of the ancient Near East, 9000-2000 B.C. / by Nissen, Hans Jörg

The age of the gods : a study in the origins of culture in prehistoric Europe and the ancient near east / by Dawson, Christopher, 1889-1970

Table of Contents: “…Age of Empire in the Near East: Egypt, Asia Minor, and Syria --…”
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Ancient cities : the archaeology of urban life in the ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece, and Rome / by Gates, Charles, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Neolithic towns and villages in the Near East -- Early Sumarian cities -- Mesopotamian cities in the late third and second millenia BC -- Cities of the Indus Valley civilization -- Egypt of the pyramids -- Egyptian cities, temples, and tombs of the second millenium BC -- Aegean Bronze Age towns and cities -- Anatolian Bronze Age cities: Troy and Hattusa -- Cypriots, Canaanites, and Levantine trading cities of the late Bronze Age -- Near Eastern cities in the Iron Age -- Phoenician and Punic cities -- Early Greek city-states of the Iron Age (eleventh to seventh centuries BC) -- Archaic Greek cities, I: the Doric and Ionic orders of Greek architecture, and east Greek cities to the Ionian revolt -- Archaic Greek cities, II: Sparta and Athens -- Greek sanctuaries: Delphi and Olympia -- Athens in the fifth century BC -- Greek cities and sanctuaries in the late Classical period -- Hellenistic cities -- Greek and Etruscan cities in Italy -- Rome from its origins to the end of the Republic -- Rome in the age of Augustus -- Italy outside the capital: Pompeii and Ostia -- Rome from Nero to Hadrian: imperial patronage and architectural revolution -- Roman provincial cities -- Late antique transformations: Rome, Jerusalem, and Constantinople in the age of Constantine.…”
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Animal secondary products : domestic animal exploitation in prehistoric Europe, the Near East and the Far East /

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Inspired speech : prophecy in the ancient Near East : essays in honor of Herbert B. Huffmon /

Table of Contents: “…Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part I: INTRODUCTORY/BACKGROUND ESSAYS; Part II: PROPHECY IN THE HEBREW BIBLE AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST; Part III: OTHER STUDIES; Herbert Bardwell Huffmon: A Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.…”
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Literature as politics, politics as literature : essays on the ancient Near East in honor of Peter Machinist /

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Every city shall be forsaken : urbanism and prophecy in ancient Israel and the Near East /

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