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Jack M. Sasson
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Mary Jane Werthan<\/em>\u00a0Professor of Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible, emeritus<\/div>\n
William Rand Kenan, Jr.<\/em> Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, emeritus<\/div>\n
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Home:<\/strong> 64 Forest at Duke Drive, Durham NC 27705<\/p>\n

Cell phone: 615 577 5710<\/p>\n

Webpage<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Narrative and Brief CV<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Online Archive<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Portrait<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Birth<\/strong>
\nOctober 1, 1941
\nAleppo, Syria
\nUS Citizen<\/p>\n

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Education<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Brandeis<\/em> University<\/em>: Ph.D., Mediterranean Studies, June, 1966
\nMajor Fields I: Near Eastern History [Assyriology], Hebrew Scriptures
\nMajor Fields II: Islamic Studies [Pursued in all phases except for dissertation]
\n<\/em>Brooklyn<\/em> College<\/em>: B.A., History, June, 1962<\/p>\n

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Academic positions and appointments<\/strong><\/p>\n

2002-2005-<\/em> <\/strong>Director, <\/em>Program in Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University \r\n1999-2015<\/strong> Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Judaic and Biblical Studies<\/em>, Vanderbilt University\r\n Professor of Classics, <\/em>Department of Classical Studies, Vanderbilt University\r\n1991-<\/strong> William Rand Kenan, Jr<\/em>. Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina\r\n1988-93-<\/strong> Chair, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina<\/pre>\n
1983-88-<\/strong> Adjunct Professor, Department of Religion, Duke University
\n<\/strong>1966-<\/strong> Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina
\nProfessor (1977-<\/strong>); Associate Professor (1972-<\/strong>); Assistant Professor (1966–<\/strong>)
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Honors, grants and awards<\/strong> (select)<\/p>\n
2020\u00a0 \u00a0From Mari to Jerusalem and Back: Assyriological and Biblical Studies in Honor of Jack Murad Sasson<\/em>. <\/strong>Edited by Annalisa Azzoni, Alexandra Kleinerman, Douglas A. Knight, and David I. Owen. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns\/Penn State University Press.<\/div>\n
2014<\/strong> \u00a0Honorary Council<\/em>, International Association for Assyriology<\/div>\n
2012<\/strong> AOS delegate to the International Congress of Asian and North African Studies (ICANAS)<\/div>\n
2009 <\/strong>Professor, Coll\u00e8ge<\/em> de France<\/em> (October-November)
\n2005-09<\/strong> President, International Association for Assyriology<\/a>
\n1996-7<\/strong> President, American Oriental Society<\/em>
\n<\/strong>1988<\/strong> President, Society for Biblical Literature<\/em> (SE)<\/div>\n
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1982-3<\/strong> Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies<\/em>, Jerusalem<\/p>\n
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Initiator and Manager<\/strong> of Agade<\/em>, \u00a0since the mid-1990s, an online\u00a0list that forwards news, announcements, and information of interest to scholars in biblical studies, Near Eastern studies, Late Antiquity, Judaica, Classics, archaeology, and even broad intellectual history. Agade<\/em> is maintained on a UNC platform.<\/div>\n
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Editorial responsibility (selected<\/strong>)<\/p>\n
2010<\/strong>-Editorial Board, Res Antiquitatis <\/em>(Portugal) 
\n2002<\/strong>-Editorial Board, Near Eastern Archaeology<\/em>
\n1998<\/strong>– Advisory Board, Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions<\/em> (E.J. Brill, Leiden)
\n1997<\/strong>– Board member, Estudios<\/em> de Asia y Africa<\/em> (El Colegio de Mexico)
\n1996<\/strong>–99<\/strong> Editor for the “Ancient Near Eastern and Bible,” Journal of the American Oriental Society; American\u00a0Oriental Series<\/em> and other Society monographs
\n1990-95 <\/strong>Chief Editor, Scribner’s Civilization of the Ancient Near East<\/em>. Companion to Scribner’s Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome<\/em>
\n1984-92<\/strong> Editor, Documenta<\/em> et Monumenta Orientis Antiqui<\/em>. E.J. Brill
\n1976<\/strong>–84<\/strong> Editor for the “Ancient Near Eastern and Bible,” Journal of the American Oriental Society<\/em>; American Oriental Series<\/em> and other Society monographs<\/p>\n
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Publications (<\/strong>Monographs and Articles)<\/strong><\/p>\n
1966 –<\/strong>“Canaanite Maritime Involvement in the Second Millennium B.C.<\/a>,” Journal of the American Oriental <\/em>Society 86:126-38.<\/p>\n
.<\/strong>–<\/strong>“<\/span>Circumcision in the Ancient Near East<\/a>,” <\/span>Journal of Biblical Literature<\/em> 85:473-76.<\/span><\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Remarks on Two ‘Anatolian’ Personal Names from Mari,” Revue Hittite et Asianique<\/em> 79:155-59.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“A Sketch of North Syrian economic Relations in the Middle Bronze Age,<\/a>” Journal of the <\/em>Economic and Social History of the Orient<\/em> 9:161-81.<\/p>\n
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1968 –<\/strong>“Bovine Symbolism in the Exodus Narrative<\/a>,” Vetus<\/em> Testamentum<\/em> 18:380-87.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Instances of Mobility Among the Artisans of Mari<\/a>,” Bulletin of the American Schools <\/em>of Oriental Research<\/em> 190:46-54.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“An Early King of Assyria: Shamsi-Adad,” History Today<\/em> 18: 794-801.<\/p>\n
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1969<\/strong> . The Military Establishment at Mari<\/em> [Studia Pohl, 3.] \u00a0Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute.<\/p>\n
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1971 –<\/strong>“\u0160arbit in Esther,” Vetus Testamentum<\/em> 21:111.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Mari Notes,” Revue d’Assyriologie<\/em> 45:172.<\/p>\n
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1972 –<\/strong>“Flora, Fauna, and Minerals,” pp. 383-452 in Ras<\/em> Shamra Parallels<\/em>, 1 [Analecta Orientalia, 49], Loren R.\u00a0Fisher, ed.\u00a0Rome, Pontifical Biblical Institute.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Some Literary Motifs in the Composition of the Gilgamesh Epic,” Studies in Philology<\/em> 69:259-79.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Some Comments on Archive Keeping at Mari,” Iraq<\/em> 34: 55-67.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Numbers 5 and the ‘Waters of Judgment’,” Biblische<\/em> Zeitschrift<\/em> 19:249-51.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Zimri-Lim’s March to Victory,” Revue d’Assyriologie<\/em> 6:179-180.<\/p>\n
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1973 –<\/strong>English-Akkadian Analytical Index to the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary<\/em>, vol. I. Chapel Hill, N.C.:\u00a0Department of Religion.<\/span><\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“The Worship of the Golden Calf,<\/a>”\u00a0pp. 151-59 in Orient and Occident:\u00a0Essays Presented to <\/em>Cyrus H. Gordon on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday<\/em> [Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 22], edited by H. A. Hoffner, Jr. Neukirchner-Vluyn: Verlag Neukirchner, Butzon and Bercker Kevelaer.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“A Further Cuneiform Parallel to the Song of Songs?,” Zeitschrift f\u00fcr die Alttestamentlische <\/em>Wissenschaft<\/em> 85:59-60.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Biographical Notices on Some Royal Ladies from Mari,<\/a>” Journal of Cuneiform Studies<\/em> 25:59-78.<\/p>\n
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1974 –<\/strong>“Hurrians and Hurrian Personal Names in the Mari Texts<\/a>,” Ugarit-Forschungen<\/em> 6:353-400.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Reflections on an Unusual Practice Reported in ARM X:4,<\/a>” Orientalia<\/em> 43:404-10.<\/p>\n
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1975 –<\/strong>“Word-play in Genesis 6:9<\/a>,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly<\/em> 37:165-66.<\/p>\n
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1976 –<\/strong>“Ass,” “Generation; seventh,” “Mari,” “Twins,” “Wordplay in the OT,” Interpreter’s Dictionary <\/em>of the Bible<\/em>: Supplementary Volume<\/em>.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Isaiah lxvi 3-4a<\/a>,” Vetus<\/em> Testamentum<\/em> 26:199-207.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“The ENGAR\/ikkarum<\/em> at Mari,” pp.\u00a0401-409 in Kramer Anniversary Volume: Cuneiform Studies<\/em> in Honor of Samuel Noah Kramer<\/em>, ed. B. L. Eichler.\u00a0Neukirchner-Vluyn: Verlag Neukirchner, Butzon and Bercker Kevelaer.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Divine Providence or Human Plan<\/a>?” Interpretation<\/em> 30:415-19.<\/p>\n
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1977<\/strong> Editor of The<\/em> Treatment of Criminals in the Ancient Near East<\/em>: Studies Presented before the 185th Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society. Leiden: E. J. Brill.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“The Treatment of Criminals at Mari: A Survey<\/a>,” Journal of the Economic and Social History<\/em> of the Orient<\/em> 20:90-113.<\/p>\n
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1978 \u2013<\/strong>\u201cA Genealogical \u2018Convention\u2019 in Biblical Chronography?<\/a>,\u201d Zeitschrift f\u00fcr die Alttestamentliche<\/em> Wissenschaft<\/em> 90:171-85.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>\u201cOn Pope’s Song of Songs (AB 7c)\u201d MAARAV<\/em> 1:177-196.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>\u201cThe Issue of ge’ullah<\/em> in Ruth<\/em>,\u201d Journal for the Study of the Old Testament<\/em> 5:49-51.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>\u201cResponse to D.R.G.\u00a0Beattie’s \u2018Ruth III\u2019,\u201d Journal for the Study of the Old Testament<\/em> 5:52-64.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>\u201cA Short Note on a “Mayor” Subject,\u201d Journal of Biblical Literature<\/em> 97:104-05.<\/p>\n
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1979 –<\/strong>Ruth: A New Translation. With a Philological Commentary and a Folkloristic-Formalist Interpretation.<\/em> Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“The Calendar and Festivals of Mari during the time of Zimri-Lim,” pp.\u00a0119-141 in Studies in Honor of Tom B. Jones<\/em>.\u00a0[Alter orient und Altes Testament, 203,] Ed. by R. Sack and M. Power, Jr. Neukirchner-Vluyn: Verlag Neukirchner, Butzon and Bercker Kevelaer.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Hurrian Personal Names in the Rimah Archives,” A\u0161\u0161ur<\/em> 2:37-68.<\/p>\n
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1980 –<\/strong>“The `Tower of Babel’ as Clue to the Redactional Structuring of the Primeval History [Gen. 1-11:9]<\/a>,” pp.\u00a0211-219 in The Bible World: Essays in Honor of Cyrus H. Gordon<\/em>.\u00a0Ed. by G. Rendsburg, et al., KTAV. New York.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Two Recent Works on Mari,” Archiv<\/em> f\u00fcr Orientforschung<\/em> 27:127-135.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“The Old Babylonian Tablets from Al-Rimah<\/a>,” The Journal of the American Oriental Society<\/em> 100:453-460.<\/p>\n
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1981 –<\/strong>Datable Texts from Mari<\/em>. [ARTANES, 5]; Undena Publications: Malibu, California.–<\/strong>Compiler and Editor: Oriental Wisdom. Six Essays on the Sapiential Traditions <\/em>of<\/em> Eastern Civilizations<\/em>. New Haven. [=<\/span>JAOS<\/em> 101 (1981), 1-131.]<\/span><\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Literary Criticism, Folklore Scholarship and Ugaritic Literature,” pp.\u00a081-89 in Ugarit in Retrospect<\/em>. \u00a0Ed. by G.D.\u00a0Young, Eisenbrauns.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>” Idrimi and \u0160arruwa, the Scribe<\/a>,” pp.\u00a0309-324 in Studies on the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi<\/em> and the Hurrians: In Honor of Ernest R. Lacheman<\/em>.\u00a0Ed. by D. I. Owen and M.\u00a0Morrison. Eisenbrauns.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“On Choosing Models for Recreating Israelite Pre-Monarchic History<\/a>,” Journal for the Study<\/em> of the Old Testament<\/em> 21:3-24.<\/p>\n
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1982 –<\/strong>“An Apocalyptic vision from Mari<\/a>? Speculations on ARM X:9,” Mari: Annales de<\/em> Recherches Interdisciplinaires<\/em> 1:151-67.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>\u201cAccounting Discrepancies in the Mari N\u00cc.GUB [N\u00cdG.DU]\u00a0Texts<\/a>,\u201d pp. 326-341 in Zikir<\/em> \u0161umim: <\/em>Assyriological<\/em> Studies Presented to F.R. Kraus<\/em>. Ed. by G. van Driel. E.J.\u00a0Brill.<\/p>\n
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1983 –<\/strong>“Rehovot c<\/sup>\u00eer<\/em>,” Revue Biblique<\/em> 90:94-96.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Mari Dreams<\/a>,” Journal of the American Oriental Society<\/em> 103:283-293.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Musical Settings for Cuneiform Literature: A Discography<\/a>,” Journal of the American<\/em> Oriental Society<\/em> 103:233-235.<\/p>\n
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1984 –<\/strong>Editor of Studies in Literature from the Ancient Near East Dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer;<\/em>by Members of the American Oriental Studies<\/em>. American Oriental Series, 65.\u00a0New Haven. \u00a0[Corrected and expanded version of JAOS 103.1 (1983), 1-353.]<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“On Relating ‘Religious’ Texts to the Old Testament,” MAARAV<\/em> 3 (1982), 217-229. [Appeared 1984.]<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Thoughts of Zimri-Lim<\/a>,” Biblical Archeologist<\/em> 47:110-120.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Zimri-Lim Takes the Grand Tour<\/a>,” Biblical Archaeologist<\/em> 47:246-251.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“On Jonah’s Two Missions,” Henoch<\/em> 6:23-30.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“The Biographic Mode in Hebrew Historiography<\/a>,” pp.\u00a0305-312 in In the Shelter of Elyon.<\/em> Essays on Ancient Palestinian Life and Literature in Honor of G.W.\u00a0Ahlstr\u00f6m.<\/em> Edited by W.\u00a0Boyd Barrick, et\u00a0al.\u00a0[Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplement Series, 31.]\u00a0Sheffield, England.<\/p>\n
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1985 –<\/strong>“Unlocking the Poetry of Love in the Song of Songs,” Bible Review<\/em> 1:10-19.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“we<\/sup>lo<\/em>‘<\/sup> yitbo\u0161a\u0161\u00fb<\/em> (Gen 2,25) and Its Implications<\/a>,” Biblica<\/em> 66:418-421.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Boaz,” “boundary stones,” “Chileab,” “Chilion,” “Elimelech,” “Eliphelet,” “Mahlon,” “Mara,” “Mari,” “Waters of bitterness,” each a one page entry in the Harper’s Bible Dictionary<\/em>.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“`Year: Zimri-Lim Offered a Throne to Shamash of Mahanum’; An Overview of One year at Mari.\u00a0Part I:\u00a0The Presence of the King<\/a>,” Mari: Annales de Recherches <\/em>Interdisciplinaires<\/em> 4:437-52.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>” [Remarks on Ikribum<\/em> Vows at Mari,] Revue d’Assyriologie<\/em> 79:91-92.<\/p>\n
-\u201cYarim-Lim\u2019s War Declaration,\u201d pp. 237-255 in Miscellanea Babyloniaca.<\/em> M\u00e9langes offerts \u00e0 Maurice Birot<\/em>. Ed. by J.-M. Durand and J.-R. Kupper. Paris: Editions Recherches sur les Civilisations.<\/p>\n
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1986 –<\/strong>“On Recently Published Administrative Tablets,” Bibliotheca Orientalis<\/em> 43:114-48.<\/p>\n
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1987 –<\/strong>“`Year:\u00a0Zimri-Lim Dedicated his Statue to the God Addu of Halab’:\u00a0Locating a Year in the Reign of Zimri-Lim<\/a>,” Mari: Annales de Recherches Interdisciplinaires<\/em> 5:577-89.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“On Mesha’s Sacrifice of his Son: a Response,” Biblical Archaeology Review<\/em>, 13:12-15; 60-61.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Love’s Roots: On the Redaction of Genesis 30:14-24<\/a>,” pp. 205-09 in John H. Marks and Robert M. Good, ed., Love and Death in the Ancient Near East. Essays in Honor of Marvin H. Pope.<\/em> Guilford, Conn. Four Quarters Publishing Co.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Ruth,” pp. 321-28 and “Esther,”<\/a> pp. 335-42 in Robert Alter and Frank Kermode, The Literary <\/em>Guide to the Bible<\/em>.\u00a0Cambridge, Harvard University Press.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“A Major Contribution to Song of Songs Scholarship<\/a>,” Journal of the American Oriental Society<\/em> 107: 733-39.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Assyriological notes,” appearing NABU: Nouvelles assyriologiques Br\u00e8ves et Utilitaires<\/em>:\u00a0 “A Satisfying Oath,” 1:#39 (p. 22); “ARM IV, 20,” 1:#40 (pp. 22-23); “ARM X 97,” 1:#83 (p. 44);<\/p>\n
“Yasmakh-Addu’s letter to God (ARM I:3),” 1:#109 (pp. 63-64).<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Ruth and Naomi,” Encyclopedia of Religion<\/em>, Volume 12, pp. 491-492.<\/p>\n
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1988<\/strong>–<\/strong>“The Numerical Progression in Keret I:15-20: Yet Another Suggestion,” Studi<\/em> Epigrafici e Linguistici<\/em> [Festschrift Oswald Loretz]: 5(1988), 181-88.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Who Cut Samson’s Hair<\/a>? (And Other Trifling Issues Raised by Judges 16),” Prooftexts<\/em> 8(l988), 333-46.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Shunukhra-Khalu,” pp. 329-51 in A Scientific Humanist<\/em>. [Abe Sachs Memorial Volume.] Ed. by Erle Leichty, et al. Philadelphia: The University Museum.<\/p>\n
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1989 –<\/strong>Ruth: A New Translation. With a Philological Commentary and a Folkloristic-Formalist Interpretation.<\/em> (Revised Edition, with Comments.) Sheffield: Almond Press.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Artisans…Artists: Documentary Perspectives from Mari,” pp. 21-27 in Investigating Artistic <\/em>Environments in the Near East<\/em>. Ann C. Gunter, Ed. Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.<\/p>\n
-“Zimri-Lim’s Letter to Tish-ulme,” NABU: Nouvelles assyriologiques Br\u00e8ves et Utilitaires<\/em> 3:#116 (pp. 91-92).<\/p>\n
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1990 –<\/strong>Jonah.<\/em> A New Translation with Introduction, Commentary, and Interpretations.<\/em>\u00a0The Anchor Yale Bible, 24b.\u00a0New Haven: Yale University Press.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Mari Historiography and the Yakhdun-Lim Disc Inscription<\/a>,” pp. 440-49 in Lingering over Words:<\/em>Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Literature in Honor of William H. Moran<\/em>. [Harvard Semitic Studies, 37.] Ed. by T. Abusch, J. Huehnergard, and P. Steinkeller. Atlanta: Scholars Press.<\/p>\n
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1992 –<\/strong>“Time…to Begin<\/a>,” pp. 183-194 in “Shac<\/sup>arei<\/em> Talmon”: Studies in the Bible, Qumran, and the <\/em>Ancient Near East Presented to Shemaryahu Talmon<\/em>. Ed.by M. Fishbane, E. Tov, and W.W. Fields. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Gilgamesh Epic,” The Anchor Bible Dictionary<\/em> 2:1024-1027.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Afterthoughts on Writing A Bible Commentary,” Shofar<\/em> 11, 61-69.<\/p>\n
“Time is Pressing,” NABU: Nouvelles assyriologiques Br\u00e8ves et Utilitaires<\/em> 1992\/72 (p. 55).<\/p>\n
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1993 –<\/strong>“Albright as an Orientalist<\/a>,” Biblical Archaeologist<\/em> 56:3-7.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Marriage entre grandes familles” NABU: Nouvelles assyriologiques Br\u00e8ves et Utilitaires<\/em> 1992\/52 (pp.\u00a043-44).<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“La cultura de Mari, crocevia per molti popoli,” pp. 72-75 in O. Rouault and M. G. Maseti-Rouault, eds, L’Eufrate e il Tempo. Le civilt\u00e1 del medio Eufrate e della Gezira<\/em>. Milan: Electa.<\/p>\n
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1994 –<\/strong>“The Blood of Grapes: Viticulture and Intoxication in the Hebrew Bible<\/a>,” pp. 399-419 in Lucio Milano, ed., Drinking in Ancient Societies. History and Culture of Drinks in the Ancient Near East.<\/em> Padua (Italy): Sargon srl.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“The posting of letters with Divine Messages<\/a>,” pp. 299-316 in D. Charpin and J.-M. Durand, Florilegium marianum, 2.<\/em> Recueil d’\u00e9tudes \u00e0 la m\u00e9moire de Maurice Birot<\/em>. [M\u00e9moires de N.A.B.U., 3.] Paris: SEPOA.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Divine divide: re, FM2:71:5-9,” NABU 1994\/43.<\/p>\n
-“Did I Lose at the Movies?<\/a>” unpublished Chicago SBL presentation<\/p>\n
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1995<\/strong>–<\/strong>(Editor-in-chief) Civilizations of the Ancient Near East<\/em>. 4 volumes. New York: Scribners. [The set includes my essay on “King Hammurabi of Babylon<\/a>,” as well as a number of “Sidebars” in other contributions. Winner of the Association of American Publishers’ R. Hawkins Award<\/em>, “for the most outstanding professional, reference or scholarly work published… in 1995,” and of the Dartmouth Medal<\/em> by the American Library Association, “to honor achievement in creating reference works outstanding in quality and significance.” Voted Best Reference Source of 1996<\/em> (Library Journal and ALA) and Outstanding Academic Book for 1996<\/em>] (Choice).]<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Water beneath Straw. Adventures of a Prophetic Phrase in the Mari Archives<\/a>,” pp. 599-608 in Ziony Zevit (et al, eds) Solving Riddles and Untying Knots. Biblical, Epigraphic, and Semitic Studies in Honor of Jonas C. Greenfield.<\/em> Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Mari Apocalypticism Revisited,” pp. 285-295 in K. van Lerberghe and A. Schoors (eds), Immigration and Emigration within the Ancient Near East. <\/em>Festschrift E. Lipi\u0144ski<\/em>. Leuven: Peeters.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“In the Time of Hammurabi: King Zimri-Lim of Mari,” Ideas: From the National Humanities Center<\/em>, 3:3-13.<\/p>\n
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1996 –<\/strong>“Akkadian Documents from Mari and Babylonia (Old Babylonian Period),” pp. 17-19 in A. Bernard Knapp (ed), Near Eastern and Aegean Texts from the Third to the First Millennia BC<\/em>. (Sources for the History of Cyprus, vol. 2.) Altamont, New York: Greece and Cyprus Research Center, Inc.<\/p>\n
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1997 –<\/strong>“The Vow of Mutiya, King of Shekhna<\/a>,” pp.483-498 in G.D. Young, M. W. Chavalas, and R. E. Averbeck (eds), Crossing Boundaries and Linking Horizons: Studies in Honor of Michael C. Astour on his 80th Birthday<\/em>. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press.<\/p>\n
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1998 –<\/strong>“The King and I: A Mari King in Changing Perceptions<\/a>,” Journal of the American Oriental Society<\/em> 118: 453-470<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Canaan-Phoenicia, Religions of,” and “Inanna,” pp. 136-139, 466-467 in Serenity Young (et al., ed), Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion<\/em>. New York: Macmillan Reference USA.<\/p>\n
– “About ‘Mari and the Bible’<\/a>,” Revue d’Assyriologie<\/em> 92: 97-123.<\/p>\n
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2000-<\/strong>“‘The Lord of Hosts, Seated over the Cherubs’,<\/a>” pp. 227-234 in S.L. McKenzie and Th. R\u00f6mer (eds) Rethinking the Foundations: Historiography in the Ancient World and in the Bible . Essays in Honour of John Van Seters.<\/em> Beihefte zur Zeitschrift f\u00fcr die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft,<\/em> 294 (Berlin: Walther de Gruyter).<\/p>\n
–<\/strong> “‘The \u2018Mother of All\u2026 \u2019 Etiologies,”\u00a0pp. 205-220 in Saul M. Olyan and Robert C. Culley (eds) “A Wise and Discerning Mind”: Essays in Honor of Burke O. Long. <\/em>Brown Judaic Studies, 325 ( Providence, RI: Brown Judaic Studies).<\/p>\n
-Consulting Editor, The<\/em> Ancient Near East: an Encyclopedia for Students. 4 Volumes<\/em> (Ronald Wallenfels, ed.; New York : Charles Scribner’s Sons).<\/p>\n
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2001<\/strong>–<\/em>“The Road to Vanderbilt<\/a>” (Inaugural address<\/em>, Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Judaic and Religious Studies), The Spire<\/em> 22:28-32.<\/p>\n
–“Ancestors Divine?”<\/a> pp. 413- 428 in Veenhof<\/em> Anniversary Volume:\u00a0 Studies Presented to Klaas R. Veenhof on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday <\/em>(W.H. van Soldt, J.G. Dercksen, N.J.C. Kouwenberg,\u00a0Th.J.H. Krispijn, eds;\u00a0 Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten).<\/p>\n
-“The Search for the Hebrew God<\/a>,” Fourth Annual E. Maynard Adams Lecture in the Humanities and Human Values<\/em>,<\/em> (Chapel Hill, NC.: Program in the Humanities and Human Values).<\/p>\n
-“Absalom\u2019s Daughter: An Essay in Vestige Historiography,<\/a>” pp. 179-196 in J.\u00a0Andrew Dearman and M. Patrick Graham, eds,\u00a0The Land that I Will Show You. Essays on the History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East in Honor of J. Maxwell Miller<\/em> (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament<\/em>, Supplementary Series, 343; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press).<\/p>\n
-\u201cOn Reading the Diplomatic Letters in the Mari Archives<\/a>,\u201d Amurru<\/em> 2 (Mari, \u00c9bla\u00a0 et les Hourrites, dix ans de travaux. Deuxi\u00e8me partie. Actes du colloque International, Paris, mai 1993<\/em>): 329-338.<\/p>\n
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2002-<\/strong>“<\/span>On the Use of Images in Israel and the Ancient Near East<\/a>,”\u00a0pp. 63-70 in <\/span>Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel<\/em>, (Barry M. Gittlen, ed; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns).<\/span><\/p>\n
-“The Burden of Scribes<\/a>,” pp. 211-228 in Tzi Abusch (ed), Riches Hidden in Secret Places: Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen<\/em> (Tzvi Abusch, ed., Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns).<\/p>\n
–“Ritual Wisdom? On ‘Seething a Kid in its Mother’s Milk,\u2019”<\/a> pp. 294-308 in Ulrich H\u00fcbner and Ernst Axel Knauf (eds), Kein<\/em> Land f\u00fcr sich allein. Studien zum Kulturkontakt in Kanaan, Israel\/Palaestina und Ebir n\u00e2ri f\u00fcr Manfred Weippert zum 65. Geburtstag<\/em> (OBO 186; Freiburg: Universit\u00e4tsverlag).<\/p>\n
–Hebrew Origins: Three Lectures on the Historiography, History, and the God of Ancient Israel<\/em> (Chuen King Lecture Series, 4,\u00a0 Lung-Kwong Lo, ed.; Hong Kong: Theology Division, Chung Chi College).<\/p>\n
– “Mari,” Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart,<\/em> 4th edition (2002), vol. 5: 795-797.<\/p>\n
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2003- <\/strong>(With Richard M. Heller and Toni W. Heller) “Mold. ‘Tsara`at,’ Leviticus, and the History of a Confusion<\/a>,” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine<\/em> 46: 588-591<\/p>\n
-“Should Cheeseburgers be Kosher<\/a>?,” Biblical Review<\/em> 19\/6 (December 2003): 41-43, 50-51.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong> “Forcing Morals on Mesopotamian Society<\/a>?” pp. 329-340 in Gary Beckman, Richard Beal and Gregory McMahon (eds), Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner Jr., on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday<\/em> (Winona lake, IN: Eisenbrauns).<\/p>\n
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2004-<\/strong>“The Eyes of Eli: An Essay in Motif Accretion<\/a>,” pp. 171-190 in Louis Stulman and John Kaltner (eds), Inspired Speech Prophecy in the Ancient Near East. Essays in Honor of Herbert B. Huffmon<\/em> (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement, 378; London: T&T Clark International).<\/p>\n
–“Doeg’s Job,”<\/a> Scriptura: International Journal of Bible, Religion and Theology in Southern Africa<\/em> 3 [Festchrift<\/em> Yehoshua Gitay<\/em>]: 317-322.<\/p>\n
–“The King\u2019s Table: Food and Fealty in Old Babylonian Mari<\/a>,”<\/a> <\/em>pp. 179-215 in Cristiano Grottanelli and Lucio Milano (eds),\u00a0Food and Identity in the Ancient World <\/em>(History of the Ancient Near East, Studies\u00a09; Padua: S.A.R.G.O.N. Editrice e Libreria).<\/p>\n
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2005<\/strong>–“Of Time & Immortality,”<\/a> Biblical Review<\/em> 21\/3 (Summer 2005): 32-41, 52-54.<\/p>\n
-\u201cComparative Observations on the Near Eastern Epic Traditions<\/a>,” pp. 215-232 in John Miles Foley, ed., A Companion to Ancient Epic<\/em> (Oxford: Blackwell’s).<\/p>\n
-\u201cWooing Rebekah: How Isaac Got a Wife.\u201d The Loy H. Witherspoon Lectures in Religious Studies<\/em>, April 21, 2005<\/em>, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.<\/p>\n
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2006<\/strong>-\u201cUtopian and Dystopian Images in Mari Prophetic Texts<\/a>,\u201d pp. 27-40 in Ehud Ben Zvi (ed.), Utopia and Dystopia in Prophetic Literature (Publications of the Finnish Exegetical Society, 92; Finnish Exegetical Society, Helsinki–Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, G\u00f6ttingen).<\/p>\n
-\u201cThe Servant\u2019s Tale: How Rebekah Found a Spouse<\/a>,\u201d Journal of Near Eastern Studies<\/em> 65: 241-265.<\/p>\n
–\u201cMari and the Holy Grail,\u201d<\/a> pp. 186-198 in Stanley W. Holloway (ed.), Orientalism, Assyriology & the Bible<\/em> (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press).<\/p>\n
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2007<\/strong>-“Scruples: Extradition in the Mari Archives<\/a>,” pp. 453-73 in Festschrift f\u00fcr Hermann Hunger, zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet von seinen Freunden, Kollegen, und Sch\u00fclern<\/em> (= WZKM 97; Wien: Institut f\u00fcr Orientalistik, 2007).<\/p>\n
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2008<\/strong>-\u201cAnother Wrinkle on Old Adapa<\/a>,\u201d pp. 1-10 in R.J. van der Spek (et al., eds), Studies in Ancient Near Eastern World View and Society presented to Marten Stol on the occasion of his 65th birthday<\/em> (Bethesda, MD: CDL Press).<\/p>\n
-“Oracle Inquiries in Judges<\/a>,” pp. 149-168 in Chaim Cohen (et al. eds.), Birkat<\/em> Shalom: Studies in the Bible, Ancient Near Eastern Literature, and Postbiblical Judaism Presented to Shalom M. Paul on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday<\/em> (Winona lake, IN: Eisenbrauns).<\/p>\n
–\u201cTexts, Trade and Travelers,\u201d<\/a> pp. 95-100 in Joan Aruz (ed.), Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. <\/em>(Metropolitan Museum of Art).<\/p>\n
-“Time and Mortality: Creation Narratives in Ancient Israel and in Mesopotamia<\/a>,” pp. 489-509 in Ettore Cingano & Lucio Milano (eds.), Papers on Ancient Literatures: Greece, Rome and the Near East. Proceedings of the \u201cAdvanced Seminar in the Humanities\u201d, Venice International University 2004-2005<\/em>, (Quaderni del Dipartimento di Scienze dell\u2019Antichit\u00e0 e del Vicino Oriente. Venice: Universit\u00e0 Ca\u2019 Foscari, Venezia, n. 4). Padova: S.A.R.G.O.N. Editrice e Libreria).<\/p>\n
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2009<\/strong>—\u201cEthically Cultured Interpretations: The Case of Eglon’s Murder (Judges 3),\u201d<\/a> pp. 571-595 in Gershon Galil, Mark Geller and Alan Millard (eds.), Homeland and Exile: Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of Bustenay Oded<\/em> (Vetus<\/em> Testamentum<\/em> Supplements, 130; Leiden E.J. Brill).<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>\u201cThe Trouble with N\u016br-Sin: Zimri-Lim\u2019s Purchase of Ala\u1e2btum<\/a>,\u201d pp.193-203 in D.A. Barreyra Fracaroli, G. del Olmo Lete (eds), Reconstruyendo<\/em> el Pasado Remoto. Estudios sobre el P.O.A. en homenaje a Jorge R. Silva Castillo<\/em> (Aula Orientalis Supplementa, 25; Sabadell,Barcelona: Editorial AUSA).<\/p>\n
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2010–<\/strong>\u201cWhere Angels Fearlessly Tread: Mari Insights on Genesis 19<\/a>,\u201d pp. 1163-1183 in Kogan, Leonid, N. Koslova, S. Loesov, & S. Tishenko, Languages in the Ancient Near East<\/em> (Proceedings of the 53e<\/sup>Rencontre<\/em> Assyriologique Internationale<\/em>; Vol. 1, 2 parts; Winona Lake, Ind: Eisenbrauns).<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>\u201cCoherence & Fragments: Reflections on the SKL<\/em> and the Book of Judges<\/em>,<\/em><\/a>\u201d pp. 361-373 in Sarah C. Melville and Alice L. Slotsky (eds), Opening the Tablet Box: Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Benjamin R. Foster <\/em>(Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 42; Leiden: E.J. Brill).<\/p>\n
– (with Alexandra Kleinerman, eds) \u2018Why Should Someone Who Knows Something Conceal It?\u2019: Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David 1. Owen on His 70th Birthday<\/em> (Bethesda, MD: CDL Press).<\/p>\n
-\u201cOn the \u2018I\u0161\u1e2bi-Addu\u2019 Seal from Qatna, with Comments on Qatna Personal Names in OB Period<\/a>,\u201d pp. 243-249 in \u015eevket D\u00f6nmez (ed),\u00a0 Veysel<\/em> Donbaz\u2019a Sunulan Yaz\u0131lar DUB.SAR \u00c9.DUB.BA.A: Studies Presented in Honour of Veysel Donbaz<\/em> (Istanbul: Ege Publications).<\/p>\n
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2011<\/strong>.-\u201cMari Theomorphism: Intimation of Sacrality in the Royal Correspondence<\/a>,\u201d pp. 195-212 in Lud\u011bk Vac\u00edn (ed.), u4<\/sub> du11<\/sub>-ga-ni s\u00e1 mu-ni-ib-du11<\/sub>: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Blahoslav <\/em>Hru\u0161ka <\/em>Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Blahoslav Hru\u0161ka (Dresden: Islet).<\/p>\n
-\u201c\u2018A Breeder or Two for Each Leader\u2019: On Mothers in Judges 4 and 5<\/a>,” pp. 333-55 in David J.A. Clines and Ellen van Wolde (eds),\u00a0 A Critical Engagement: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honour of J. Cheryl Exum<\/em> (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press).<\/p>\n
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2012<\/strong>– “\u2018Nothing so Swift as Calumny<\/em>\u2019: Slander & Justification at the Mari Court”<\/a>; pp. 525-541 in T. Boiy, J. Bretschneider, A.\u00a0Goddeeris, H.\u00a0Hameeuw, G. Jans & J. Tavernier (eds.), The Ancient Near East, A Life! Festschrift Karel Van Lerberghe<\/em> (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 220), Leuven 2012.<\/p>\n
“Farewell to Mr. So-and-So (Ruth 4:1)<\/a>?” pp. 251-256 in David J.A. Clines, Kent Harold Richards, Jacob L. Wright (eds), Making a Difference. Essays on the Bible and Judaism in Honor of Tamara Cohn Eskenazi<\/em> (Hebrew Bible Monographs, 49: Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press).<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother Look at the Tenth Commandment<\/a>,\u201d pp. 3-18 in Jon L. Berquist and Alice Hunt (eds), Focusing Biblical Studies: The Crucial Nature of the Persian and Hellenistic Periods:\u00a0 Essays in Honor of Douglas A. Knight<\/em> (Library of Hebrew Bible\/Old testament Studies, 544; T&T Clark\/ Continuum).<\/p>\n
–\u201cAdapa\u201d; \u201cHalab\u201d; \u201cZimri-Lim\u201d (s.v.) in Roger S. Bagnall, Kai Brodersen, Craige B. Champion, Andrew Erskine, Sabine R. Huebner (eds), \u00a0Encyclopedia of Ancient History <\/em>(Hoboken, NJ:\u00a0Wiley-Blackwell).<\/p>\n
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2013-<\/strong> “<\/em><\/strong>Prologues & Poets. On the Opening Lines of the Gilgamesh Epic<\/a>,” pp. 265-277 in Billie Jean Collins and Piotr Michalowski (eds), Beyond Hatti. A Tribute to Gary Beckman (Atlanta: Lockwood Press).<\/em><\/p>\n
– \u201c’<\/em>Beyond Babylon’: Closing Remarks<\/a>,” \u00a0pp. 312-17 in <\/em>Joan Aruz, Sarah B. Graff, and Yelena Rakic (eds) Cultures in Contact: From Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C.<\/em> (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013).<\/p>\n
– \u201cJephthah:\u00a0Chutzpah<\/em> and Overreach in the Portrayal of a Hebrew Judge,”<\/a> pp. 405-19 in\u00a0D. Vanderhooft and A. Winitzer, eds. Literature as Politics, Politics as Literature: Essays on the Ancient Near East in Honor of Peter Machinist<\/em>. Winona Lake, IN:Eisenbrauns.<\/p>\n
–\u201c’It is for this reason that I have not come down to my lord <\/em>\u2026’ Visit Obligations and Vassal Pretexts in the Mari Archives,<\/a>“ Revue d’Assyriologie<\/em> [P. Matthiae Festschrift] 107: 119-29.<\/p>\n
–\u00a0“<\/em>A Taste for Game (Parashat Toledot<\/em>, Gen 27),” Soul\/Food \u00a0Ikhlu re’im (Nov. 2, 2013).<\/em><\/p>\n
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2014-<\/strong>J<\/em>udges 1-12. A New Translation, With introduction and Commentary<\/em> (The Anchor Yale Bible; New Haven: Yale University Press).<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u201cCasus Belli in the Mari Archives<\/a>,\u201d pp. 673-90 in Hans Neumann, Reinhard Dittmann, Susanne Paulus, Georg Neumann, and Anais Schuster-Brandis (eds), Krieg und Frieden im Alten Vorderasien<\/em> (RAI 53, 2006; Alter Orient und Altes Testament 401; M\u00fcnster: Ugarit-Verlag).<\/p>\n
-“<\/em>On the Bible and the Ancient Near East<\/a>“; pp. 2137-2143 in Adele Berlin and Marc Z. Brettler, eds, The Jewish Study Bible, <\/em>second edition (New York: Oxford University Press).<\/p>\n
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2015<\/strong>-From the Mari Archives: An Anthology of Old Babylonian Letters, <\/em>Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns.<\/span><\/p>\n
-“Siege Mentality\u00a0at the City Gate in the Mari Archives<\/a>.”\u00a0\u00a0Pp. 463-76 in Sh. Yona, M.I. Gruber, E.L. Greenstein, P. Machinist, and Sh. Paul, eds, Marbeh Hokmah. Studies in the Bible and the Ancient Near East in Loving Memory of Victor Avigdor Hurowitz<\/em>. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns.<\/p>\n
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2016<\/strong>-\u201cThe Wealth of Mari Era Kings<\/a>,\u201d pp. 423-447 in Paola Cor\u00f2, Elena Devecchi, Nicla De Zorzi, and Massimo Maiocchi, eds, Libiamo ne’ lieti calici. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Presented to Lucio Milano on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday by Pupils, Colleagues and Friends.<\/em> Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 436. M\u00fcnster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2016.<\/p>\n
“Joseph and the Dreams of Many Colors,<\/a>” TheTorah.com Blog (December 2016).<\/p>\n
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2017-<\/strong>“Mari: A Taste for Diplomacy,” The ASOR Blog (January 2017).<\/a><\/p>\n
-From the Mari Archives. An Anthology of Old Babylonian Letters<\/em> (Paperback reprint, with Additions and Corrections; Eisenbrauns).<\/p>\n
-“Les \u00e9preuves de la vieillesse<\/a>,”\u00a0Vieillir et \u00eatre vieux dans le Proche-Orient ancien<\/em> (Colloque interdisciplinaire organis\u00e9 [Mai\u00a0<\/span>2017]\u00a0<\/span>par la chaire \u00abMilieux bibliques\u00bb, Thomas R\u00f6mer et Herv\u00e9 Gonzalez, Coll\u00e8ge de France; Paris, 2017, video).<\/p>\n
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2019-<\/strong>-\u201cWit, Banter and Sarcasm in Mari Letters.<\/a>\u201d Pp. 181-90 in Philippe Abrahami and Laura Battini (eds), Ina d<\/sup>marri u qan \u1e6duppi. <\/em>Par la b\u00eache et le stylet! Cultures et soci\u00e9t\u00e9s syro-m\u00e9sopotamiennes. <\/em>M\u00e9langes offerts Olivier Rouault<\/em>. Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd.<\/p>\n
–<\/strong>“Vile Threat: Rhetoric of a Marital Spat.”<\/a> Pp. 923-41 in Gr\u00e9gory Chambon, Micha\u00ebl Guichard, and Anne-Isabelle Langlois (eds), De l’argile au num\u00e9rique: m\u00e9langes assyriologiques en l’honneur de Dominique Charpin<\/em>. Leuven: Peeters.<\/p>\n
-“A Gate in Gaza:\u00a0An Essay on the Reception of Tall Tales<\/a>.” Pp. 176-89 in Emanuel Pfoh and Lukasz Niesiolowski-Span\u00f2 (eds), Biblical Narratives, Archaeology and Historicity. Essays in Honour of Thomas L. Thompson<\/em>. London: T&T Clark.<\/p>\n
-Jack. M. Sasson \u201cGenesis of Time.<\/a>\u201d Published online on October 24, 2019 at\u00a0https:\/\/www.thetorah.com\/article\/the-genesis-of-time<\/a>.<\/p>\n
“Comparative Bible Research and the Mari Archives<\/a>,”\u00a0\u00a0Revista Claroscuro<\/em>\u00a0 18 (2019): 1-35.<\/p>\n
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2020–<\/strong>\u201cOf Shekels and Shackles: A Wadi Sorek Romance (Judges 16)<\/a>.\u201d Pp. 263-77 in Jennie Ebeling and Philippe Guillaume, eds. The Woman in the Pith Helmet: A Tribute to Archaeologist Norma Franklin.<\/em> Atlanta, GA: The Lockwood Press.<\/p>\n
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2021–<\/strong>\u201cSamson as Riddle<\/a>.\u201d Pp. 579-93 in Peter Machinist, Robert A. Harris, Joshua A. Berman, Nili Samet, and Noga Ayali-Darshan, eds, Ve-\u02bcEd Ya’aleh (Gen 2:6). Essays in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Presented to Edward L. Greenstein<\/em>, 1. Atlanta: SBL Press.<\/p>\n
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2022–<\/strong>“From Babylon to Jerusalem: Water Ordeals in the Ancient World.<\/a>” Pp. 324-348 in\u00a0Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, Lauren A.S. Monroe, Michael J. Stahl, eds.\u00a0\u201cA Community of Peoples.\u201d Studies on Society and Politics in the Bible and Ancient Near East in Honor of Daniel E.\u00a0<\/em>Fleming<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Harvard Semitic Studies, 69. Leiden: E.J. Brill.<\/p>\n
-“What Really Happened in the Garden of Eden<\/a>.”\u00a0Published online on October 26, 2022 at\u00a0<https:\/\/www.thetorah.com\/article\/what-really-happened-in-the-garden-of-eden>. Posted November 1, 2022.<\/p>\n
-\u201cSightless in Gaza. On the Fate of Samson<\/a>.\u201d Pp. 443-51 in James K. Hoffmeier, Richard E. Averbeck, J. Caleb Howard and Wolfgang Zwickel, eds. Studies in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History, Language and Culture in Honor of K. Lawson Younger, Jr.<\/em> \u00c4gypten und Altes Testament, 114. M\u00fcnster: Zaphon.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Birkat Kohanim (Numbers 6:24\u201326) and its Citation<\/a>.\u201d Pp. 379-402 in Richard Hidary, ed. Torat Moshe: Essays in Honor of Rabbi Moshe Shamah\u2019s Eightieth Birthday & the Jubilee of Sephardic Institute<\/em>. Brooklyn: Tebah Educational Services & Sephardic Institute.<\/p>\n
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2023-<\/strong> “Jonah Struggles with God’s compassion<\/a>.” TheTorah.com blog (September 18)<\/p>\n
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2025<\/strong>-J<\/em>udges 13-21. A New Translation With Commentary<\/em> \u00a0(The Anchor Yale Bible; New Haven: Yale University Press).<\/p>\n
-“The Rape of Tamar, King David\u2019s (Grand?)Daughterhttps:\/\/www.thetorah.com\/article\/the-rape-of-tamar-king-davids-granddaughter<\/a>,” Published online on December 17, 2025.<\/p>\n
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Forthcoming<\/strong><\/p>\n
-“Les \u00e9preuves de la vieillesse,”\u00a0Vieillir et \u00eatre vieux dans le Proche-Orient ancien<\/em> (Colloque interdisciplinaire organis\u00e9 [Mai\u00a0<\/span>2017]\u00a0<\/span>par la chaire \u00abMilieux bibliques\u00bb, Thomas R\u00f6mer et Herv\u00e9 Gonzalez, Coll\u00e8ge de France; Paris, 201x). [Available at <http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ms8z8dvb>.]<\/p>\n
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Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n
-Over 70 reviews, varying in size\u00a0or substance, are published in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Bibliotheca Orientalis, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Classical World, Journal of Biblical Literature, Southern Folklore Quarterly, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Archiv f\u00fcr Orientforschung, <\/em>and Religious Studies Review.<\/em><\/p>\n
Revised: January\u00a02024<\/em><\/p>\n
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