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Grammar of Akkadian with new Hebrew Appendix 13 Nov 2011 | 08:15 pm
Last week Eisenbrauns announced the third edition of John Huehnergard’s A Grammar of Akkaidan. Amongst a variety of updates and revisions, a new appendix of Akkadian cognates found in Hebrew, Syriac,...
Dead Sea Scroll Images Online 27 Sep 2011 | 03:27 am
In cooperation with Google, the Israeli Museum Jerusalem has placed five of the most well known Dead Sea Scrolls online viewable in high resolution images. The texts included so far in the project are...
Hebrew Bible for eReaders 11 Aug 2011 | 04:43 pm
Some may find this short interview interesting. Previously discussed here.
The Genetic Relationship of Aramaic & Hebrew 21 Jun 2011 | 03:42 am
Two recent articles from well-respected news agencies have included fallacious details about the relationship between Hebrew and Aramaic. The first described the Aramaic dialect spoken in the first ce...
Hebrew Bible for eReaders 5 May 2011 | 10:51 am
If you have an eReader and want to be able to read the Hebrew text, a brand new resource by Miklal Software is available now for Barnes & Noble’s Nook. A Kindle version, I’m told, will be available so...
CAD Complete & Online 14 Apr 2011 | 09:24 am
After 90 years, the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary is finally complete with the publication of Volume 20 U/W. All of the volumes are available for purchase or as free searchable PDFs. See the following ...
More on the Invention of Alphabets 25 Feb 2011 | 10:47 am
The press on the OI exhibit continues: Seeing examples of early writing from these four areas together in one place, you can’t fail to be impressed by the wonder of human creativity in these independ...
Sad News: Anson Rainey 20 Feb 2011 | 09:59 am
The ASOR blog has reported the news that after a brief illness Professor Rainey passed away today, February 19, 2011, at the age of 81. ז״ל May his memory be for a blessing.
Visible Language: The Earliest Writing Systems 13 Jan 2011 | 06:48 am
If you live in the Chicago area, there is a free public lecture tonight by Chris Woods at 7pm in Breasted Hall related to the new, excellent Oriental Institute exhibit of the same name. Even if you ca...
Three Links 7 Jan 2011 | 03:50 am
The Miqra’ Group has a two-year plan for reading the entire Hebrew Bible. (HT: Charles) LiveScience posted a short Q&A with Gonzalo Rubio about working in dead languages. In response to a question ab...
