Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This reference work contains 189 essays divided into 11 subject areas: Ancient Near Eastern Thought, Environment, Population, Social Institutions, History and Culture, Economy and Trade, Technology and Artistic Production, Religion and Science, Language and Literature, Visual and Performing Arts, and Retrospective Essays. The regions covered include Anatolia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Arabia, from the third millennium B.C.E. to 330 B.C.E. This affordable two-volume edition contains the complete text of the original four-volume set, including 46 maps, 612 photographs and drawings, a chronological chart, and a full index.
About the Author
Jack M. Sasson is the Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Judaic and Biblical Studies at Vanderbilt University and former President of the American Oriental Society, whose Journal he has edited. Author of several studies on the ancient Near East, especially on the archives found in Mari, Sasson also writes on the Hebrew Bible, including commentaries on the books of Jonah and Ruth.