Ancient Near East studies

Ancient Near East studies (or ANE studies) is the field of academic study of the Ancient Near East (ANE). As such it is an umbrella term for Assyriology, in some cases extending to Egyptology.

History of ANE studies

In Britain the first Assyriological appointments in the University of London date to 1904, when T. G. Pinches of the British Museum was appointed to a professorship.[1]

Societies

Universities with major ANE centres

Common abbreviations of cited journals, sources and lexicons

The following list does not include journals in the field of Old Testament studies.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jerrold S. Cooper, Glenn M. Schwartz The study of the ancient Near East in the twenty-first century 1996
  2. ↑ Columbia
  3. ↑ NYU ISAW
  4. ↑ ABZU links for all aspects of the Ancient Near East.
  5. ↑ Stanisław Bazyliński A guide to biblical research: introductory
  6. ↑ etana
  7. ↑ Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

Further reading

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