Patients and Performative Identities

At the Intersection of the Mesopotamian Technical Disciplines and Their Clients

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The contributions to this volume investigate how Mesopotamian medical specialists interacted with their patients and, in doing so, forged their social and professional identities.

Distant Impressions

The Senses in the Ancient Near East

$89.95 $53.97

“The sensory worlds of the Hittites, Akkadians, Neo-Assyrians, and late Neolithic Halaf culture are explored in essays by different authors within this interesting, well-researched, and attractively designed work.”—T. Doran, Choice

Fortune and Misfortune in the Ancient Near East

Proceedings of the 60th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale Warsaw, 21–25 July 2014

$129.95 $64.75

31 essays are organized into 5 sections: (1) plenary presenations on “What Is Fortune? What Is Misfortune?”; (2) humanity and fortune/misfortune and luck, with discussion of specific examples; (3) additional papers on definitions of fortune and misfortune; (4) the effects on city and state; and (5) God and temple.

Tradition and Innovation in the Ancient Near East

Proceedings of the 57th Rencontre Assyriologique International at Rome, 4-8 July 2011

$129.50 $77.70

This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains more than 40 of the papers read at the 57th annual Rencontre, including 3 plenary lectures/papers, many papers directly connected with the theme, as well as a workshop on parents and children. Read the table of contents here.

Ur in the Twenty-First Century CE

Proceedings of the 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale at Philadelphia, July 11–15, 2016

Edited by Grant Frame, Joshua Jeffers, and Holly Pittman

Tightly focused in theme, yet broad in scope, this collection will be of interest to Assyriologists and archaeologists working on Iraq.

A Handbook of Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Near East

Three Thousand Deities of Anatolia, Syria, Israel, Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Elam

Douglas R. Frayne and Johanna H. Stuckey, with illustrations by Stéphane D. Beaulieu

“A must for every scholar of the ancient religions of western Asia.”—Gary Beckman, author of The babilili-Ritual from Hattusa

Classical Ethiopic

A Grammar of Gəˁəz

Josef Tropper and Rebecca Hasselbach-Andee

In press!
Eisenbrauns makes Tropper’s grammar available for the first time in English, in this revised and expanded edition by Josef Tropper and Rebecca Hasselbach-Andee.

David, Messianism, and Eschatology

Ambiguity in the Reception History of the Book of Psalms in Judaism and Christianity

Edited by Erkki Koskenniemi and David Willgren Davage

Twelve renowned scholars provide contributions dealing with material ranging from ancient Ugaritic texts to early Christian and Jewish writers, including the books of the Hebrew Bible, the literature of the late Second Temple period, and the New Testament.

“Like a Lone Bird on a Roof”

Animal Imagery and the Structure of Psalms

Tova L. Forti

Izaak J. de Hulster, writing in Bibliotheca Orientalis, calls Tova Forti’s “Like a Lone Bird on a Roof”: Animal Imagery and the Structure of Psalms “an interesting study” that “enriches Psalm exegisis.”

Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch

Edited by L. S. Baker Jr., Kenneth Bergland, Felipe A. Masotti, and A. Rahel Wells

Roy E. Gane discusses Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch on “New Books in Jewish Studies,” a podcast by the New Books Network. Listen here.

Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters

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The Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters presents cutting-edge research for scholars, teachers, postgraduate students, and advanced undergraduates related specifically to the Apostle Paul and similar areas.

Journal of Theological Interpretation

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The Journal of Theological Interpretation is celebrating its 15th volume this year producing critical biblical scholarship. Print and online subscriptions are available.

Christian Interculture

Texts and Voices from Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds

Edited by Arun W. Jones

“Break[s] new ground in the study of Christian historiography beyond its Eurocentric underpinnings to encompass the diverse but hitherto overlooked Christian historiographies across the Majority World.”—Jonathan Y. Tan, author of Christian Mission Among the Peoples of Asia

Ivan Illich

An Intellectual Journey

David Cayley

“Cayley convincingly illuminates how Illich’s thought developed and how it revolves around certain central insights: complementarity, the vernacular, incarnation, and a reading of history that sees the West as a deviation from the Gospel. . . . This book is unique, much needed, and masterfully executed.”—William Cavanaugh, author of Field Hospital: The Church's Engagement with a Wounded World