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Journal of Near Eastern Studies Publication Info

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Vol. 68, No. 2, April 2009
Issue Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604699
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  1. Articles
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      Notes on the Cult Buildings of Northern Mesopotamia in the Aceramic Neolithic Period(pp. 81-102)  
      Tatiana V. Kornienko
      DOI: 10.1086/604671
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604671
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      Avith Revisited (So to Speak): A Note on Gen. 36:35(pp. 103-108)  
      Jeremy M. Hutton
      DOI: 10.1086/604672
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604672
  2. Book Reviews
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      A. Nigel Goring‐Morris and Anna Belfer‐Cohen, More Than Meets the Eye: Studies on Upper Paleolithic Diversity in the Near East(pp. 109-110)  
      More Than Meets the Eye: Studies on Upper Paleolithic Diversity in the Near East  by A. Nigel Goring‐Morris; Anna Belfer‐Cohen
      Review by: (Yorke Rowan
      DOI: 10.1086/604673
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604673
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      Olof Pedersén, Archive und Bibliotheken in Babylon: Die Tontafeln der Grabung Robert Koldeweys 1899–1917(pp. 111-112)  
      Archive und Bibliotheken in Babylon: Die Tontafeln der Grabung Robert Koldeweys 1899–1917  by Olof Pedersén
      Review by: (Robert D. Biggs
      DOI: 10.1086/604674
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604674
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      Mario Liverani, Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography(pp. 112-114)  
      Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography  by Mario Liverani; Zainab Bahrani; Marc Van De Mieroop
      Review by: (Karljürgen G. Feuerherm
      DOI: 10.1086/604675
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604675
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      Dominique Collon and Andrew George, Nineveh: Papers of the XLIXe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, London, 7–11 July 2003 Vols. 1 and 2.(pp. 114-116)  
      Nineveh: Papers of the XLIXe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, London, 7–11 July 2003 Vols. 1 and 2.  by Dominique Collon; Andrew George
      Review by: (Piotr Michalowski
      DOI: 10.1086/604676
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604676
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      John Alan Halloran, Sumerian Lexicon: A Dictionary Guide to the Ancient Sumerian Language(pp. 116-117)  
      Sumerian Lexicon: A Dictionary Guide to the Ancient Sumerian Language  by John Alan Halloran
      Review by: (Nicole Brisch
      DOI: 10.1086/604677
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604677
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      Anne P. Chapin, ΧARIΣ: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr. Hesperia, Supplement 13(pp. 117-119)  
      CARIΣ: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr. Hesperia, Supplement 13  by Anne P. Chapin
      Review by: (Cynthia S. Colburn
      DOI: 10.1086/604678
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604678
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      Izak Cornelius, The Many Faces of the Goddess: The Iconography of the Syro‐Palestinian Goddesses Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet, and Asherah, c. 1500‐1000 BCE and Izak Cornelius and Herbert Niehr, Götter und Kulte in Ugarit: Kultur und Religion einer nordsyrischen Königsstadt in der Spätbronzezeit(pp. 120-129)  
      The Many Faces of the Goddess: The Iconography of the Syro‐Palestinian Goddesses Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet, and Asherah, c. 1500–1000 BCE  by Izak Cornelius; Götter und Kulte in Ugarit: Kultur und Religion einer nordsyrischen Königsstadt in der Spätbronzezeit  by Izak Cornelius; Herbert Niehr
      Review by: (Dennis Pardee
      DOI: 10.1086/604679
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604679
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      John Barton and Julia Bowden, The Original Story: God, Israel, and the World(p. 129)  
      The Original Story: God, Israel, and the World  by John Barton; Julia Bowden
      Review by: (Christopher A. Rollston
      DOI: 10.1086/604680
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604680
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      John Van Seters, The Edited Bible: The Curious History of the “Editor” in Biblical Criticism(pp. 129-131)  
      The Edited Bible: The Curious History of the “Editor” in Biblical Criticism  by John Van Seters
      Review by: (Joel S. Baden
      DOI: 10.1086/604681
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604681
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      Jean‐Claude Haelewyck, Grammaire comparée des langues sémitiques: éléments de phonétique, de morphologie et de syntaxe(pp. 131-134)  
      Grammaire comparée des langues sémitiques: éléments de phonétique, de morphologie et de syntaxe  by Jean‐Claude Haelewyck
      Review by: (Rebecca Hasselbach
      DOI: 10.1086/604682
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604682
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      David Instone‐Brewer, Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament. Vol. 1. Prayer and Agriculture(pp. 134-137)  
      Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament. Vol. 1. Prayer and Agriculture  by David Instone‐Brewer
      Review by: (Adam C. McCollum
      DOI: 10.1086/604683
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604683
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      Gunvor Lindström, Uruk: Siegelabdrücke auf hellenistischen Tonbullen und Tontafeln(pp. 137-139)  
      Uruk: Siegelabdrücke auf hellenistischen Tonbullen und Tontafeln  by Gunvor Lindström
      Review by: (Mark B. Garrison
      DOI: 10.1086/604684
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604684
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      Frédéric Servajean, Les formules des transformations du Livre des Morts à la lumière d’une théorie de la performativité, XVIIIe–XXe dynasties(pp. 139-142)  
      Les formules des transformations du Livre des Morts à la lumière d’une théorie de la performativité, XVIIIe–XXe dynasties  by Frédéric Servajean
      Review by: (Stephen Quirke
      DOI: 10.1086/604685
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604685
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      Annie Gasse, Catalogue des ostraca littéraires de Deir al‐Médîna. Vol. 5. Nos 1775–1873 et 1156(pp. 142-143)  
      Catalogue des ostraca littéraires de Deir al‐Médîna. Vol. 5. Nos 1775–1873 et 1156  by Annie Gasse
      Review by: (Richard Jasnow
      DOI: 10.1086/604686
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604686
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      Sofia Häggman, Directing Deir el‐Medina: The External Administration of the Necropolis(pp. 144-145)  
      Directing Deir el‐Medina: The External Administration of the Necropolis  by Sofia Häggman
      Review by: (Leonard Lesko
      DOI: 10.1086/604687
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604687
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      Ellen Fowles Morris, The Architecture of Imperialism: Military Bases and the Evolution of Foreign Policy in Egypt’s New Kingdom(pp. 145-147)  
      The Architecture of Imperialism: Military Bases and the Evolution of Foreign Policy in Egypt’s New Kingdom  by Ellen Fowles Morris
      Review by: (Eugene Cruz‐Uribe
      DOI: 10.1086/604688
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604688
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      Christophe Thiers and Youri Volokhine, Ermant I: les cryptes du temple ptolémaïque(pp. 147-148)  
      Ermant I: les cryptes du temple ptolémaïque  by Christophe Thiers; Youri Volokhine
      Review by: (Eugene Cruz‐Uribe
      DOI: 10.1086/604689
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604689
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      Horst Ehringhaus, Götter, Herrscher, Inschriften: Die Felsreliefs der hethitischen Großreichszeit in der Türkei(pp. 148-149)  
      Götter, Herrscher, Inschriften: Die Felsreliefs der hethitischen Großreichszeit in der Türkei  by Horst Ehringhaus
      Review by: (H. Craig Melchert
      DOI: 10.1086/604690
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604690
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      Susanne Zeilfelder and Esther‐Miriam Wagner, Hittite Exercise Book(pp. 149-150)  
      Hittite Exercise Book  by Susanne Zeilfelder; Esther‐Miriam Wagner
      Review by: (Dennis Campbell
      DOI: 10.1086/604691
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604691
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      James C. Wright, The Mycenaean Feast(pp. 150-152)  
      The Mycenaean Feast  by James C. Wright
      Review by: (John G. Younger
      DOI: 10.1086/604692
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604692
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      Sabine Schrenk, Textiles in Situ: Their Find Spots in Egypt and Neighbouring Countries in the First Millennium CE(pp. 152-154)  
      Textiles in Situ: Their Find Spots in Egypt and Neighbouring Countries in the First Millennium CE  by Sabine Schrenk
      Review by: (Robert D. Biggs
      DOI: 10.1086/604693
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604693
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      Regula Schorta, Central Asian Textiles and Their Contexts in the Early Middle Ages(pp. 154-156)  
      Central Asian Textiles and Their Contexts in the Early Middle Ages  by Regula Schorta
      Review by: (Robert D. Biggs
      DOI: 10.1086/604694
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604694
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      Garth Fowden, Quṣayr ʿAmra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria(pp. 156-157)  
      Quṣayr ʿAmra: Art and the Ummayad Elite in Late Antique Syria  by Garth Fowden
      Review by: (Paul M. Cobb
      DOI: 10.1086/604695
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604695
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      John Wansbrough, Quranic Studies: Sources and Methods of Scriptural Interpretation(p. 157)  
      Quranic Studies: Sources and Methods of Scriptural Interpretation  by John Wansbrough
      Review by: (Paul M. Cobb
      DOI: 10.1086/604696
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604696
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      Aboubakr Chraïbi, Les mille et une nuits en partage(pp. 157-159)  
      Les mille et une nuits en partage  by Aboubakr Chraïbi
      Review by: (Li Guo
      DOI: 10.1086/604697
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604697
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      Richard N. Frye, Ibn Fadlan’s Journey to Russia: A Tenth‐Century Traveler from Baghdad to the Volga River(pp. 159-160)  
      Ibn Fadlan’s Journey to Russia: A Tenth‐Century Traveler from Baghdad to the Volga River  by Richard N. Frye
      Review by: (John R. Perry
      DOI: 10.1086/604698
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/604698