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Professor Charles Fraser Beckingham 1914–1998
Peter Jackson, Owen Wright
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05 February 2009, pp. 543-546
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The Ancient World - Dietz Otto Edzard: Gudea and his dynasty. (The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia. Early Periods, 3/1.) xviii, 233 pp. Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press, 1997. £113, $150. - Douglas R. Frayne: Ur III Period (2112–2004 B.c.). (The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia. Early Periods, 3/2.) xliv, 489 pp., 2 microfiches. Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press, 1997. £150, $200.
A. R. George
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05 February 2009, pp. 327-328
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The Ancient World - Lis Brack-Bernsen: Zur Entstehung der babylonischen Mondtheorie: Beobachtung und theoretische Berechnung von Mondphasen. (Boerhius. Texte und Abh. zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwiss., Bd. 40.) viii, 142 pp. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1997. DM/sFr 48.
N. M. Swerdlow
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Puzzling Words and Spellings in Babylonian Aramaic Magic Bowls
Christa Müller-Kessler
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05 February 2009, pp. 111-114
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Through work on the large collection of Mandaic lead rolls in the British Museum and collations of incantation bowls in various museums and libraries, it appears that Mandaic gnostic incantation formulas were often translated into Babylonian Aramaic and Syriac, but not the reverse. In Late Antiquity, Mandaic Vorlagen seem to have dominated the field of magic in Mesopotamia. Although, only a scanty amount of pre-Islamic Mandaic incantation material has been published so far, classical Mandaic literature already gives many hints of this fact. It turns out that many solutions to puzzling words or spellings in Babylonian Aramaic incantation bowls can be explained in the light of a Mandaic Vorlage.

The Ancient world - Robert K. Englund: Proto-cuneiform texts from diverse collections. With a contribution by Roger J. Matthews. (Materialen zu den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen des Vorderen Orients, Bd. iv [ = MSVO 4].) [ii], 110 pp., 46 plates Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1996. DM 72.
Piotr Steinkeller
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The Near and Middle East - George Anton Kiraz: Comparative edition of the Syriac Gospels aligning the Sinaiticus, Curetonianus, Peshîttâ and Harklean versions. Vol: I: Matthew. Vol. II: Mark. Vol. III: Luke. Vol. IV: John. (New Testament Tools and Studies, Vol. XXI, I–IV.) lxxxv, 454 pp., 7 plates; iii, 257 pp.; iii, 574 pp.; iii, [6], 369 pp. Leiden, New York and Cologne: E. J. Brill, 1996. Guilders 886.50, $554.50.
Alison Salvesen
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The Ancient World - A. D. H. Bivar: The personalities of Mithra in archaeology and literature. (Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series, No. 1) xii, 140 pp. 24 plates. New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 1999.
Roger Beck
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The Near and Middle East - Rafael Talmon: Arabic grammar in its formative age: Kitāb al-ՙayn and its attribution to Halīl b. Ahmad. (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, xxv.) x, 437 pp. Leiden, New York and Cologne, E. J. Brill, 1997. Guilders 218, $136.25.
Alan S. Kaye
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The Ancient world - A. Kirk Grayson: Assyrian rulers of the early First Millennium B.C. II (858–745 B.C.) (The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia. Assyrian Periods, 3.) xxiii, 265 pp., 2 microfiches. Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press, 1996. £110, $150.
A. R. George
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The Ancient World - Josef Bauer, Robert K. Englund and Manfred Krebernik: Mesopotamien. Späturuk-Zeit und frühdynastische Zeit. Annäherungen I. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 160/1.) 627 pp. Freiburg: Universitätsverlag Freiburg Schweiz; Göttingen. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1998.
Roger Matthews
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The Near and Middle East - Aryeh Levin: Arabic linguistic thought and dialectology. (Collected studies in Arabic and Islam, i.) 276 pp. Jerusalem: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1998.
Alan S. Kaye
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The Ancient World - Marc van de Mieroop: The ancient Mesopotamian city, xv, 269 pp. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. £37.50.
A. R. George
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The Ancient world - Deborah L. Nichols and Thomas H. Charlton (ed.): The archaeology of city-states: cross-cultural approaches. (Smithsonian Series in Archaeological Inquiry.) xvi, 335 pp. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997.
Harriet Crawford, Warwick Bray
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05 February 2009, pp. 120-121
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The Ancient World - Geoffrey Greatrex: Rome and Persia at war, 502–532. (ARCA Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs, 37). xvi, 301 pp. Leeds: Francis Cairns Ltd, 1998. £40, $70.
A. D. H. Bivar
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The Near and Middle East - F. Corriente: A dictionary of Andalusi Arabic. (Handbuch der Orientalistik, 1. Abt.: Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten, 19. Bd.) xxii, 623 pp. Leiden, New York and Cologne: E. J. Brill, 1997. Guilders 360, $225.
J. A. Abu-Haidar
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The Near and Middle East - William C. Chittick: The selfdisclosure of God: principles of Ibn al-ՙArabī's cosmology. (SUNY Series in Islam.) xl, 483 pp. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998. $24.95.
Oliver Leaman
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The Ancient World - Moshé Bar-Asher (ed.): Studies in Hebrew and Jewish languages presented to Shelomo Morag. viii, 189 pp. [in English] xi, 552 pp. [in Hebrew]. Jerusalem: The Center for Jewish Languages and Literatures, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem/The Bialik Institute, A.M. 5756/1996.
Nicholas de Lange
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The Near and Middle East - Paul B. Fenton: Philosophie et exégèse dans Le jardin de la métaphore de Moïse Ibn ՚Ezra, philosophe et poète andalou du XIIe siècle. (Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, Tome XIX.) XV, 459 pp. Leiden, New York and Cologne: E. J. Brill, 1997. Guilders 264.50, $165.50.
Oliver Leaman
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The Near and Middle East - Dionisius A. Agius and Ian Richard Netton (ed.): A cross the Mediterranean frontiers: trade, politics and religion, 650–1450. Selected Proceedings of the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 10/13 July 1995/8–11 July 1996. (International Medieval Research.) xiv, 422 pp. Turnhout: Brepols, 1997.
Eduardo Manzano Moreno
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05 February 2009, pp. 333-334
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The Near and Middle East - Al-Balāḏurī, Aḥmad B. Yaḥyā: Ansāb al-ašṙāf. Teil 5: Sā'ir furūՙ Quraiš. Hrsg. von Iḥsān ՙAbbās. (Bibliotheca Islamica, Bd. 28g.) iv, 739 pp. Beirut: 1996, In Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 1996. DM 156.
G. R. Hawting
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The Ancient World - Lis Brack-Bernsen: Zur Entstehung der babylonischen Mondtheorie: Beobachtung und theoretische Berechnung von Mondphasen. (Boerhius. Texte und Abh. zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwiss., Bd. 40.) viii, 142 pp. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1997. DM/sFr 48.

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Puzzling Words and Spellings in Babylonian Aramaic Magic Bowls

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The Ancient world - Robert K. Englund: Proto-cuneiform texts from diverse collections. With a contribution by Roger J. Matthews. (Materialen zu den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen des Vorderen Orients, Bd. iv [ = MSVO 4].) [ii], 110 pp., 46 plates Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1996. DM 72.

The Ancient World - A. D. H. Bivar: The personalities of Mithra in archaeology and literature. (Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series, No. 1) xii, 140 pp. 24 plates. New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 1999.

The Near and Middle East - Rafael Talmon: Arabic grammar in its formative age: Kitāb al-ՙayn and its attribution to Halīl b. Ahmad. (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, xxv.) x, 437 pp. Leiden, New York and Cologne, E. J. Brill, 1997. Guilders 218, $136.25.

The Ancient world - A. Kirk Grayson: Assyrian rulers of the early First Millennium B.C. II (858–745 B.C.) (The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia. Assyrian Periods, 3.) xxiii, 265 pp., 2 microfiches. Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press, 1996. £110, $150.

The Ancient World - Josef Bauer, Robert K. Englund and Manfred Krebernik: Mesopotamien. Späturuk-Zeit und frühdynastische Zeit. Annäherungen I. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 160/1.) 627 pp. Freiburg: Universitätsverlag Freiburg Schweiz; Göttingen. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1998.

The Near and Middle East - Aryeh Levin: Arabic linguistic thought and dialectology. (Collected studies in Arabic and Islam, i.) 276 pp. Jerusalem: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1998.

The Ancient World - Marc van de Mieroop: The ancient Mesopotamian city, xv, 269 pp. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. £37.50.

The Ancient world - Deborah L. Nichols and Thomas H. Charlton (ed.): The archaeology of city-states: cross-cultural approaches. (Smithsonian Series in Archaeological Inquiry.) xvi, 335 pp. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997.

The Ancient World - Geoffrey Greatrex: Rome and Persia at war, 502–532. (ARCA Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs, 37). xvi, 301 pp. Leeds: Francis Cairns Ltd, 1998. £40, $70.

The Near and Middle East - F. Corriente: A dictionary of Andalusi Arabic. (Handbuch der Orientalistik, 1. Abt.: Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten, 19. Bd.) xxii, 623 pp. Leiden, New York and Cologne: E. J. Brill, 1997. Guilders 360, $225.

The Near and Middle East - William C. Chittick: The selfdisclosure of God: principles of Ibn al-ՙArabī's cosmology. (SUNY Series in Islam.) xl, 483 pp. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998. $24.95.

The Ancient World - Moshé Bar-Asher (ed.): Studies in Hebrew and Jewish languages presented to Shelomo Morag. viii, 189 pp. [in English] xi, 552 pp. [in Hebrew]. Jerusalem: The Center for Jewish Languages and Literatures, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem/The Bialik Institute, A.M. 5756/1996.

The Near and Middle East - Al-Balāḏurī, Aḥmad B. Yaḥyā: Ansāb al-ašṙāf. Teil 5: Sā'ir furūՙ Quraiš. Hrsg. von Iḥsān ՙAbbās. (Bibliotheca Islamica, Bd. 28g.) iv, 739 pp. Beirut: 1996, In Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 1996. DM 156.

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