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Transcriptions, translations, commentary and photographs of Assyrian letters from the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC from ancient Mesopotamia.

A textbook for Modern Hebrew that is communicatively inspired and structured around functional goals.

This reference book is an English-to-Akkadian dictionary of the Assyrian and Babylonian language, based on the entries in the three published Akkadian dictionaries: "The University of Chicago Assyrian Dictionary, " "A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian," and the "Assyrian-English-Assyrian Dictionary." Entries are organized also by synonym and category.

Essays on how Jewish philosophers, both historical and modern, including Philo, Saadia Gaon, Ibn Tibbon, Spinoza, and Maimonides, have interpreted the Bible narrative.

Twenty essays on the history, culture, and literature of Ancient Mesopotamia, the land of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians, from ca. 300--400 BC. Essays include analysis of previously unpublished legal and administrative documents, the waging of war, aromatic and date production, newly found royal inscriptions, the treatment of orphans, and more.

These texts add significantly to our understanding of Sargonic history, socio-economics, lexicography and language.Chapter 1 deals with the possible provenance of the tablets, their dating, and a discussion on some remarkable aspects of the data provided (e.g., archives, calendar, cultic activities). Chapters 2, 3 and 4 include transliterations, translations, handcopies, and commentaries to the texts, Chapter 5 provides a sign list and syllabary.

Essays by Carleton Hodge on Semitics, Egyptian, Afroasiatic, Chadic, and Indo-European languages; edited by Drs. Scott Noegel and Alan S. Kaye, who have added a brief explanatory introduction to each.

Studies and Texts in Jewish History and Culture, The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, University of Maryland, no. 4Essays dealing with various aspects of Jewish education and life in the United States.

"A translation of Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet" into the Papiamento language, a Creole language spoken in Curacao, the Netherlands, and elsewhere. Book includes, in both English and Papiamento, introductory material on Gibran and a history of the Papiamento language."