Ancient Near East studies
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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
.
date to 1904, when T. G. Pinches of the British Museum
was appointed to a professorship.
Ancient Near East
The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia , ancient Egypt, ancient Iran The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia...
(ANE). As such it is an umbrella term for Assyriology
Assyriology
Assyriology is the archaeological, historical, and linguistic study of ancient Mesopotamia and the related cultures that used cuneiform writing. The field covers the Akkadian sister-cultures of Assyria and Babylonia, together with their cultural predecessor; Sumer...
, in some cases extending to Egyptology
Egyptology
Egyptology is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the AD 4th century. A practitioner of the discipline is an “Egyptologist”...
.
History of ANE studies
In Britain the first Assyriological appointments in the University of LondonUniversity of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
date to 1904, when T. G. Pinches of the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
was appointed to a professorship.
Societies
- American Oriental SocietyAmerican Oriental SocietyThe American Oriental Society was chartered under the laws of Massachusetts on September 7, 1842. It is one of the oldest learned societies in America, and is the oldest devoted to a particular field of scholarship....
- ASOR - American Schools of Oriental ResearchAmerican Schools of Oriental ResearchThe American Schools of Oriental Research, founded in 1900, supports and encourages the study of the peoples and cultures of the Near East, from the earliest times to the present. It is apolitical and has no religious affiliation...
, Boston - British Institute for the Study of Iraq
- CEHAOCEHAOThe Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente is a university-based research institution of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, focused on the history and archaeology of the ancient Near East. The CEHAO has many periodical publications. The center's...
- Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente, Argentina - Council for British Research in the LevantCouncil for British Research in the LevantThe Council for British Research in the Levant was formed in 1998 with the amalgamation of the British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History and the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem...
- Deutsche Orient-GesellschaftDeutsche Orient-GesellschaftThe Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft is a Eingetragener Verein - a registered voluntary association - based at Berlin in Germany....
- The Melammu ProjectThe Melammu ProjectThe Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project investigates the continuity, transformation and diffusion of Mesopotamian culture throughout the ancient world from the second millennium BC until Islamic times...
The Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project, Helsinki. - Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- Société AsiatiqueSociété AsiatiqueThe Société Asiatique is a French learned society dedicated to the study of Asia. It was founded in 1822 with the mission of developing and diffusing knowledge of Asia. Its boundaries of geographic interest are broad, ranging from the Maghreb to the Far East. The society publishes the Journal...
, Paris
Universities with major ANE centres
- University of Chicago Oriental Institute
- Columbia University
- New York University Institute for Study of the Ancient World
Common abbreviations of cited journals, sources and lexicons
The following list does not include journals in the field of Old Testament studies.- Abzu - Bibliography From the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
- ANEMAnemAnem - two fountains, a Levitical city in the tribe of Issachar . It is also called En-gannim in Josh. 19:21; the modern Jenin.It "seems" to "Ein Ganim"/Jenin only because it appears in approximately the same position in the parallel list of Issachar areas in Joshua 19:21, 21:29...
- Ancient Near East Monographs - ANES - Ancient Near Eastern Studies Annual journal from the University of Melbourne dedicated to the languages and cultures of the ancient Near East.
- ANETAnetAnet is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is situated between the rivers Eure and Vègre, northeast of Dreux by rail....
& ANEP - Ancient Near East Texts (Princeton 1950, 1955, 3rd ed. 1969) - BASOR - Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental ResearchBulletin of the American Schools of Oriental ResearchThe Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research is one of three academic journals published by American Schools of Oriental Research....
- CAD - Chicago Assyrian Dictionary
- CHD - Chicago Hittite Dictionary
- ETANAEtanaEtana was an ancient, legendary Sumerian king of the city of Kish, and was, according to the Sumerian king list, one of the kings who reigned after the deluge. He is listed as the successor of Arwium, the son of Mashda, as king of Kish...
- Electronic Tools and Ancient Neareastern Archives - ETCSL - Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, Oxford
- JEOL. Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux.
- JESHO. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
- JCS - Journal of Cuneiform StudiesJournal of Cuneiform StudiesThe Journal of Cuneiform Studies was founded in 1947 by the Baghdad School of the American Schools of Oriental Research. The journal presents articles about ancient Mesopotamian language and history in English, French and German.-External links:*...
- JNES - Journal of Near Eastern StudiesJournal of Near Eastern StudiesThe Journal of Near Eastern Studies is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press, devoted to examination of the ancient and medieval civilisations of the Near East. Appearing in its pages are contributions from scholars of international reputation on archaeology, art,...
- JSS - Journal of Semitic StudiesJournal of Semitic StudiesThe Journal of Semitic Studies, in bibliographies typically abbreviated JSS, is an academic journal that was established in 1955 and has been issued twice a year ever since....
- KTU² - Keilschrift Texte aus UgaritKeilschrift Texte aus UgaritKeilschrift Texte aus Ugarit or KTU is the standard source reference collection for the cuneiform texts from Ugarit. The editors include Manfried Dietrich Keilschrift Texte aus Ugarit or KTU is the standard source reference collection for the cuneiform texts from Ugarit. (Keil is the German for...
- LAPO - Littératures anciennnes du Proche-Orient 1967-2002
- NEA - Near Eastern Archaeology MagazineNear Eastern Archaeology MagazineNear Eastern Archaeology is an American magazine dedicated to the publication of art, archaeology, history, anthropology, literature, philology, and epigraphy of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds from the Palaeolithic through Ottoman periods. The magazine is written for a general audience...
- Revista del Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental
- RLA - Reallexikon der AssyriologieReallexikon der AssyriologieThe Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie , formerly Reallexikon der Assyriologie is a German-language encyclopedia on the Ancient Near East, founded by Bruno Meissner in 1922, reformed in 1966 by editor Ruth Opificius and publisher Wolfram von Soden.From 1972 to 2004...
- TUATTuatTuat is a desert region in central Algeria that contains a string of small oases. In the past, the oases were important for caravans crossing the Sahara desert.-Geography:...
- Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testament 1982-1995, 2002
See also
- Religions of the Ancient Near EastReligions of the Ancient Near EastThe religions of the ancient Near East were mostly polytheistic, with some early examples of primitive monolatry , Ashurism and Monism...
/ Middle Eastern mythologyMiddle Eastern mythologyMiddle East mythology may refer to:*mythologies of the Ancient Near East**Mesopotamian mythology** Ancient Egyptian mythology** Hittite mythology*Abrahamic mythology** Islamic mythology** Jewish mythology** Christian mythology... - Chronology of the ancient Near EastChronology of the ancient Near EastThe chronology of the Ancient Near East provides a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Individual inscriptions and texts customarily record events in terms of a succession of officials or rulers, taking forms like "in the year X of king Y". Thus by piecing together many...
Further reading
- ABZU bibliography, "a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world"