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- A Rāṣṭrakūṭa King in the Kathmandu Valley.Diwakar Acharya & Nina Mirnig - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):87-108.This article presents newly discovered data that provides new insights into eighth- century Nepalese history. The data is based on a stone inscription dated to Licchavi Saṃvat 173 (748 ce), here edited and translated for the first time. The inscription not only attests to the continuity of Licchavi dynastic rule through to the middle of the eighth century CE, but additionally reveals a matrimonial and military alliance between the Licchavis and a dynasty called Rāṣṭrakūṭa, possibly the Rāṣṭrakūṭa family attested in (...)
- From Saint to Eponymous Founder.Or Amir - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):1-20.This article offers a case study on the social role of a charismatic shaykh, Abū Bakr al-Mawṣilī (d. 797/1394), in fourteenth-century Damascus and Jerusalem, and on the way he established his saintly reputation and accumulated cultural capital. Based mainly on a to-date unstudied manuscript written by the shaykh’s grandson, it analyzes how the shaykh managed to pass this capital on to his offspring and how they formalized, institutionalized, and consolidated his ṭarīqa into a stable social organization, with the Mawṣilī household (...)
- Review of Résurrection d’Osiris—Naissance d’Horus: Les papyrus Berlin P. 6750 et Berlin P. 8765, témoignages de la persistance de la tradition sacerdotale dans le Fayoum à l’époque romaine. [REVIEW]Stefan Bojowald - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):239-241.Résurrection d’Osiris—Naissance d’Horus: Les papyrus Berlin P. 6750 et Berlin P. 8765, témoignages de la persistance de la tradition sacerdotale dans le Fayoum à l’époque romaine. By Ghislaine Widmer. Ägyptische und Orientalische Papyri und Handschriften des Ägyptischen Museums und Papyrussammlung Berlin, vol. 3. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2016. Pp. 444, 16 pls. $210.
- Review of Mittani Palaeography. [REVIEW]Stefano de Martino - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):245-247.
- Review of From Mari to Jerusalem and Back: Assyriological and Biblical Studies in Honor of Jack Murad Sasson. [REVIEW]Adam E. Miglio - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):237-239.From Mari to Jerusalem and Back: Assyriological and Biblical Studies in Honor of Jack Murad Sasson. Edited by Annalisa Azzoni, Alexandra Kleinerman, Douglas A. Knight, and David I. Owen. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2020. Pp. xxviii + 508, illus. $99.95.
- Front Matter. Editors - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1).
- Review of Ḥanafī Māturīdīsm: Trajectories of a Theological Legacy, with a Study and Critical Edition of al-Khabbāzī’s Kitāb al-Hādī. [REVIEW]Abdulmecid Yasir Eksici - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):219-223.Ḥanafī Māturīdīsm: Trajectories of a Theological Legacy, with a Study and Critical Edition of al-Khabbāzī’s Kitāb al-Hādī. By Ayedh S. Aldosari. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, 2020. Pp. vi + 695. $125, £95.
- Review of The Anthropology of Islamic Law: Education, Ethics, and Legal Interpretation at Egypt’s Al-Azhar. [REVIEW]Carl Sharif El-Tobgui - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):217-219.The Anthropology of Islamic Law: Education, Ethics, and Legal Interpretation at Egypt’s Al-Azhar. By Aria Nakissa. Oxford Islamic Legal Studies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. ix + 312. $95.
- In the Voice of Qu Yuan.Su Fu - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):151-171.Since the time of the Eastern Han (25–220), the composition of “Nines,” suites of nine poems written in the Chuci style, has been perceived as a practice to transmit the paradigmatic poet Qu Yuan’s texts and intention. The actual practice of composition, however, invites the negotiation, if not tension, between two voices: the actual author’s and that of Qu Yuan’s texts. This paper examines Lu Yun’s 陸雲 (262–303) “Jiumin” 九愍 (Nine sufferings), a rewriting of Qu Yuan’s “Jiuzhang” 九章 (Nine declarations), (...)
- Review of The Oxford Handbook of Qur’anic Studies. [REVIEW]Bruce Fudge - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):223-225.The Oxford Handbook of Qur’anic Studies. Edited by Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. xxiv + 912. $145, £125.
- Rattle and Hum.Kristine Henriksen Garroway - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):173-194.Closed-form ceramic rattles are found throughout the southern Levant. Previous interpretations of these rattles focused primarily on their connection to music and the funerary cult. They overlooked the fact that rattles existed in household contexts, which links them to families and children. This study reassesses the ceramic rattles using an interdisciplinary approach centered on the family. It draws specifically upon household archaeology, anthropology, and sensory studies. It is suggested here that the ceramic rattles of the southern Levant had a dual (...)
- The Decline and Fall of Chinese Buddhist Literary Historical Consciousness.Eric M. Greene - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):125-150.The problematic Sui-dynasty catalog Lidai sanbao ji 歷代三寶紀 is well known for its many incorrect translator attributions for early canonical Chinese Buddhist texts, attributions that in large measure were accepted by the later tradition and which have remained in place even within modern editions of the Chinese Buddhist canon. The question of how its compiler Fei Changfang 費長房 arrived at his information—and whether he acted in good or bad faith in presenting it—has long been debated. Recent scholarship has argued that (...)
- Review of The Practice of Canaanite Cult: The Middle and Late Bronze Ages. [REVIEW]Rachel Hallote - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):268-269.The Practice of Canaanite Cult: The Middle and Late Bronze Ages. By Matthew Susnow. Ägypten und Altes Testament, vol. 106. Münster: Zaphon, 2021. Pp. 374, illus. €112.
- Review of The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe. [REVIEW]Colin Imber - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):267-238.The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe. By gÁbor ÁgostoN. Prince- ton: PriNcetoN uNiversity Press, 2021. Pp. xv + 664, illus. $39.95, £35.
- New Urartian Inscriptions from Malazgirt, East Turkey, and the Localization of the City of Mezaiani.Kenan Iṣik & Bülent Genç - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):195-205.Located in the northwest of the Lake Van basin, the city of Malazgirt was an important area of the kingdom of Urartu from its earliest period due to its stra- tegic location. Inscriptions of king Minua (810–785/80 BCE) mention important construction projects, including fortresses, temples, and irrigation canals, in and around Malazgirt. This article deals with the Urartian presence in Malazgirt, presents new Urartian inscriptions, and considers their significance for historical geography. Particularly important is the Leter stele, which informs us (...)
- Punctuation and Text Division in Two Early Narratives.Rens Krijgsman - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):109-124.Volume 7 of the Tsinghua manuscripts contains multiple historiographical narratives interspersed with punctuation. This article looks into two manuscripts likely prepared in the same workshop and possibly by the same scribe. I examine how punctuation in the manuscripts engages with the structure of the texts, forming a particular reading experience and understanding of the sectioning of the narrative. The article suggests that the use of punctuation in these manuscripts reflects the punctuator’s understanding of the narrative divisions and main points of (...)
- Review of The Audacious Raconteur: Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India. [REVIEW]Philip Lutgendorf - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):230-233.The Audacious Raconteur: Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India. By Leela Prasad. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2020. Pp. ix + 206. $19.95.
- Review of Scribes and Scrolls at Qumran. [REVIEW]Dennis Mizzi - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):247-250.
- Review of Mythopoeïa ou l’art de forger les “mythes” dans l’“aire culturelle” syro-mésopotamienne, méditerranéenne et indo-européenne. [REVIEW]Alice Mouton - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):254-255.Mythopoeïa ou l’art de forger les “mythes” dans l’“aire culturelle” syro-mésopotamienne, méditerranéenne et indo-européenne. By Jérôme Pace. State Archives of Assyria Studies, vol. 27. Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus ProJect, 2018. Pp. xxvii + 343. $89.50 (paper). [Distributed by Penn State University Press, State College, PA].
- Review of Estudios de intertextualidad semítica noroccidental: Hebreo y ugarítico. [REVIEW]Tania Notarius - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):250-252.Estudios de intertextualidad semítica noroccidental: Hebreo y ugarítico. By Gregorio del Olmo Lete. Barcino Monographica Orientalia, vol. 3. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona, 2015. Pp. 523. €40; €18 (ebook).
- Review of Toponymy on the Periphery: Placenames of the Eastern Desert, Red Sea, and South Sinai in Egyptian Documents from the Early Dynastic until the End of the New Kingdom. [REVIEW]Gary A. Rendsburg - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):241-245.Toponymy on the Periphery: Placenames of the Eastern Desert, Red Sea, and South Sinai in Egyptian Documents from the Early Dynastic until the End of the New Kingdom. By Julien Charles Cooper. Probleme der Ägyptologie, vol. 39. Leiden: Brill, 2020. Pp. xvii + 718. $324.
- Review of Iranische Religion: Zoroastrismus, Yezidentum, Bahāʾītum. [REVIEW]Kianoosh Rezania - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):258-260.Iranische Religion: Zoroastrismus, Yezidentum, Bahāʾītum. By Manfred Hutter. Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 2019. Pp. vii + 233. €24.95 (paper).
- Review of Guardian of a Dying Flame: Śāriputra (c. 1335–1426) and the End of Late Indian Buddhism. [REVIEW]Diego Loukota Sanclemente - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):228-230.Guardian of a Dying Flame: Śāriputra (c. 1335–1426) and the End of Late Indian Buddhism. By Arthur Philip McKeown. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Department of South Asian Studies, 2018. Pp. 480. $50.
- Review of A Companion to The Story of the Stone: A Chapter-by-Chapter Guide. [REVIEW]Andrew Schonebaum - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):236-237.A Companion to The Story of the Stone: A Chapter-by-Chapter Guide. By susaN chaN egaN and Pai hsieN-yuNg. New York: columbia uNiversity Press, 2021. Pp. 312. $145 (cloth); $35 (paper and e-book).
- Mesopotamian Medicine, Magic, and Literature: Tribute to a Polymath.JoAnn Scurlock - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):207-216.Mark Geller is well known to everyone in his field and, unsurprisingly, his Festschrift is a bulging volume of contributions—from thirty-four scholars in a variety of different specialties. Like most Festschriften, it is of uneven quality, but there are some very fine articles, including useful text editions and offerings that raise interesting scholarly questions. Although there is nothing here on economics, there are articles that engage historical and/or anthropological questions, exegetical issues, and matters of composition of literary texts, including one (...)
- Notes on the Functions of the L-Stem (Stem III) in Quranic Arabic.Ambjörn Sjörs - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):35-60.In this article it is argued that the L-stem (stem III) in Quranic Arabic is a pluractional derivation of the G-stem (stem I) and that it expresses distributive participant plurality. With direct objects that refer to a plurality of nonvolitional entities, the verb form describes a plurality of situations conceptualized distributively among the objects. With direct objects that refer to volitional participants, the situations are typically conceptualized as inversely distributed between the subject participant and the object participant. When the verb (...)
- Review of The Rephaim: Sons of the Gods. [REVIEW]Mark S. Smith - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):261-266.
- Review of Zeit in den Kulturen des Altertums: Antike Chronologie im Spiegel der Quellen. [REVIEW]Anthony Spalinger - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):252-253.Zeit in den Kulturen des Altertums: Antike Chronologie im Spiegel der Quellen. Edited by Roland Färber and Rita Gautschy. Vienna: Böhlau Verlag. Pp. 688, illus. €80.
- Review of Judeans in Babylonia: A Study of Deportees in the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE. [REVIEW]Adrianne Spunaugle - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):255-258.Judeans in Babylonia: A Study of Deportees in the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE. By Tero Alstola. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, vol. 109. Leiden: Brill, 2020. Pp. xii + 353. $150.
- Of Poetry and Patronage.Devin J. Stewart - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):21-34.This study analyzes a poem by the Twelver Shiʿi jurist Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-ʿĀmilī (d. 984/1576) that has recently been discovered in a multiple-text manuscript in Iran. It is argued here that the poem dates from 961–63/1554–56 and expresses the author’s disappointment and frustrations with patrons or intermediaries in his efforts to procure a position shortly after he arrived in Safavid territory.
- Tsongkha History and Historiography.Penghao Sun - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):61-85.Almost no trace of the eleventh-century Tibetan kingdom of Tsongkha remains in extant Tibetan materials; to write its history, scholars have therefore had to rely almost exclusively on Chinese sources written during the Song dynasty. This paper identifies a hitherto undiscovered colophon preserved in the Tibetan Bud- dhist canon as belonging to a translation that was produced through the patronage of the Tsongkha royal court in 1068 or 1080. This colophon provides the Tibetan versions of the names of the Tsongkha (...)
- Review of Carrying on the Tradition: A Social and Intellectual History of Hadith Transmission across a Thousand Years. [REVIEW]Knut S. Vikør - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):226-228.Carrying on the Tradition: A Social and Intellectual History of Hadith Transmission across a Thousand Years. By Garrett Davidson. Islamic History and Civilization, vol. 160. Leiden: Brill, 2020. Pp. xii + 333. $150.
- Review of Du Fu Transforms: Tradition and Ethics amid Societal Collapse. [REVIEW]Xiaoshan Yang - 2023 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 143 (1):233-235.Du Fu Transforms: Tradition and Ethics amid Societal Collapse. By Lucas Rambo Bender. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center. Pp. xiii + 411. $65.
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