Published by Cambridge University Press in 2009, "From Hellenism to Islam: cultural and linguistic change in the Roman Near East" (edited by Hannah Cotton) explores the "constantly shifting blend of languages and writing systems, legal structures, religious practices and beliefs in the Near East" in the 800 years between the Roman and Islamic conquests.
Read a review by Christian Hogel (University of Southern Denmark) in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review ("an impressive and very readable publication")
Find the book in SOAS Library at NB417 / 732888
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Monday, 10 January 2011
Two new open-access journals of interest to historians
Two new open-access journals with a wide historical (and thematic) range
This academic journal published by the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (frequently in monograph format) covers a wide range of topics and countries (ancient history, archives, religions, Middle Eastern studies etc.)
It is currently available as digitized open-access texts from Vol.1 (1979) to Vol.44 (2007).
It is currently available as digitized open-access texts from Vol.1 (1979) to Vol.44 (2007).
The current link address is via AWOL (Ancient World Online blog)
'Atiqot (Journal of the Israeli Antiquities Authority)
This journal covers the archaeology of "the land of Israel" from prehistory to Ottoman times. Open access coverage begins with Vol.60 (2008). You need to register first, but after that you will be able to login to view and share journal content.
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