Cuneiform Inscriptions in the Collection of the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem
The Old Babylonian Inscriptions
Biographical note
Joan Goodnick Westenholz, Ph.D. (1971), in Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, University of Chicago currently holds the posts of Chief Curator of the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem and Senior Visiting Associate on the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary Project of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. She has published extensively on Babylonian religion and literature as well as numerous articles concentrating on issues of gender, women, and goddesses. Under her authorship the previous publication of the museum collection, Cuneiform Inscriptions in the Collection of the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem: The Emar Tablets, appeared as volume 13 in the series Cuneiform Monographs (Styx, 2000).
Aage Westenholz, MA (1968) in Semitic Philology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark currently holds the post of Assistant Professor in Assyriology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has published extensively, particularly on third-millennium Mesopotamian history and culture.
Aage Westenholz, MA (1968) in Semitic Philology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark currently holds the post of Assistant Professor in Assyriology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has published extensively, particularly on third-millennium Mesopotamian history and culture.
Readership
All those interested in religious history, ancient Mesopotamia, especially the Old Babylonian period as well as historians.
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