The Journal of the American Oriental Society articles from April 2001

The Journal of the American Oriental Society archives from April 2001

THE HARIVAMSA, THE GODDESS EKANAMSA, AND THE ICONOGRAPHY OF THE VRSNI TRIADS.
April 1, 2001... Thc first part of this paper, by Andre Couture, analyzes three passages from the Harivamsa which highlight the relationships between, on the one hand, Krsna, Samkarsana, and Ekanamsa and, on the other hand, Visnu, Sesa, and Nidra. This section...

NON-CANONICAL COMPOSITIONS ATTRIBUTED TO THE SEVENTH AND NINTH SIKH GURUS.
April 1, 2001... The printed version of the Adi Granth, the Sikh scripture, contains no compositions by the seventh Guru, Har Rai, and one hundred sixteen by the ninth Guru, Tegh Bahadur. This study introduces to textual scholarship a couplet attributed to Guru...

CHASTE AND FILIAL WOMEN IN CHINESE HISTORICAL WRITINGS OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY.
April 1, 2001... In the eleventh century, Chinese historians made significant advances in their craft. They also promoted certain moral views that differed from those of their predecessors. In particular, they seem to have adopted a distinctive perspective on...

PARADISE LOST: IBN DANIYAL'S RESPONSE TO BAYBARS' CAMPAIGN AGAINST VICE IN CAIRO.
April 1, 2001... Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars' (r. 1260-77) campaign against vice in Cairo is perhaps one of the most publicized and colorful episodes of the sultan's legacy. But little is known about its details, much less its impact on and depictions in...

THE KHAQANID FAMILIES OF THE EARLY CABBASID PERIOD.
April 1, 2001... The present article seeks to tally the known members of two prominent families of the early [[blank].sup.[supset]]Abbasid caliphate, and to identify their ethnic origins. All indications are that the family of Khaquan...

NEW EVIDENCE ON THE OLD BABYLONIAN CALENDAR AND REAL ESTATE DOCUMENTS FROM SIPPAR.
April 1, 2001... The Sumerian Nippur calendar, which utilizes the series of month names beginning with BARAG. ZAG.GAR and ending with SE.[GUR.sub.10] [KU.sub.5], became standard in Babylonian during the Old Babylonian period. But the familiar equivalent series...

INANNA AND DUMUZI: A SUMERIAN LOVE STORY.
April 1, 2001... The recent edition of the compositions concerned with the relations between Inanna and Dumuzi by Yitschak Sefati provides an occasion to revisit some important Assyriological questions concerning literature, ritual, and language. Some editorial...

Tocharische Maitreye-Parallelen aus Hami
April 1, 2001... Tocharische Maitreye-Parallelen aus Hami. By WERNER THOMAS. Stuttgart: FRANZ STEINER VERLAG, 1990. Sitzungsberichte der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt am Main, vol. 27, no. 1. Pp. 71. DM 38....

The Kadambarinataka of Narasimha: A Dramatic Version of Bana's Classic Kadambari
April 1, 2001... The Kadambarinataka of Narasimha: A Dramatic Version of Bana's Classic Kadambari. Translated into English with a critical introduction by HIDEAKI SATO. New Delhi: D. K. PRINTWORLD, 1997. Pp. xvi + 299. Rs 600. This translation is based on...

Many Heads, Arms and Eyes: Origin, Meaning and Form of Multiplicity in Indian Art
April 1, 2001... Many Heads, Arms and Eyes: Origin, Meaning and Form of Multiplicity in Indian Art. By DORIS METH SRINIVASAN. Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology, vol. 20. Leiden: BRILL, 1997. Pp. x + 355, plates, $151. Images of Brahmanic (or Hindu)...

The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka
April 1, 2001... The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka. By H. L. SENEVIRATNE. Chicago: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, 1999. Pp. xiii + 358. $22. H. L. Seneviratne's recent book has many merits, not the least of which is the frank manner in which...

Early Javanese Inscriptions: A New Dating Method
April 1, 2001... Early Javanese Inscriptions: A New Dating Method. By J. C. EADE and LARS GISLEN. Handbook of Oriental Studies, section 3: South Asia. Leiden: BRILL, 2000. Pp. ix + 224. Serving as it must as a cornerstone of his research, calculation of...

Dravidian in the Light of Nostratic
April 1, 2001... Dravidian in the Light of Nostratic. By KALEVI E. KOSKINEN, Tampere, Finland: Privately published, 1996. Pp. 111. This is yet another attempt to find for Dravidian a larger linguistic "hyper-family," this time the so-called "Nostratic," on...

Cypriote Archaeology in Goteborg: Papers Presented at a Symposium on Cypriote Archaeology held in Goteborg 20 May 1998
April 1, 2001... Cypriote Archaeology in Goteborg: Papers Presented at a Symposium on Cypriote Archaeology held in Goteborg 20 May 1998. Edited by KARIN H. NIKLASSON. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature, Pocket-book 157. Jonsered, Sweden: PAUL...

Alexandria: Im Schatten der Pyramiden
April 1, 2001... Alexandria: Im Schatten der Pyramiden. By MICHAEL PFROMMER. Zaberns Bilderbande zur Archaologie. Mainz: VERLAG PHILIPP VON ZABERN, 1999. Pp. 148, illustrations. DM 68. In the Shadow of the Pyramids was an appropriate title for J. Malek's...

Reconstructing the Society of Ancient Israel
April 1, 2001... Reconstructing the Society of Ancient Israel. By PAULA MCNUTT. Library of Ancient Israel. Louisville, Ky.: WESTMINSTER JOHN KNOX PRESS, 1999. Pp. xiv + 284. $27. As stated by the general editor in the foreword, the author of this book,...

A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build Up: A Rereading of Ecclesiastes
April 1, 2001... A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build Up: A Rereading of Ecclesiastes. By MICHAEL V. Fox. Grand Rapids, Mich.: WILLIAM B. EERDMANS PUBLISHING Co., 1999. Pp. xviii + 422. $30 (paper). Michael Fox has made substantial revisions to his...

A Concise Coptic-English Lexicon. Second edition
April 1, 2001... A Concise Coptic-English Lexicon. Second edition. By RICHARD SMITH. Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study, vol. 35. Atlanta: SCHOLARS PRESS, 1999. Pp. xvii + 59. S36. This is a short lexicon of Coptic, the last stage...

La Brique et sa mise en oeuvre en Mesopotamie: Des origines a l'epoque achemenide
April 1, 2001... La Brique et sa mise en oeuvre en Mesopotamie: Des origines a l'epoque achemenide. By MARTIN SAUVAGE. Paris: EDITIONS RECHERCHE SUR LES CIVILISATIONS, 1998. Pp. 482, plates, maps. 290 FF. This work is an interesting and useful study of...

Die Annalen des Jahres 711 v. Chr. nach Prismenfragmenten aus Ninive und Assur
April 1, 2001... Die Annalen des Jahres 711 v. Chr. nach Prismenfragmenten aus Ninive und Assur. By ANDREAS FUCHS. State Archives of Assyria Studies, vol. 8. Helsinki: THE NEO-ASSYRIAN TEXT CORPUS PROJECT, 1998. Pp. xiv + 139, plates. $29.50. This new...

1 Kings, volume 1: 1 Kings 1-11
April 1, 2001... I Kings, volume 1: 1 Kings 1-11. By MARTIN J. MULDER. Historical Commentary on the Old Testament. Leuven: PEETERS, 1998. Pp. xxix + 604. The present volume is one of the early works in the relatively new commentary series, HCOT. It is in...

Cuatro viajes en la literatura del antiguo Egipto
April 1, 2001... Cuatro viajes en la literatura del antiguo Egipto. By JOSE MANUEL GALAN. Banco de Datos Filologicos Semiticos Noroccidentales, Monografias, vol. 3. Madrid: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, 1998. Pp. xii + 245, maps,...

Theology, History, and Archaeology in the Chronicler's Account of Hezekiah
April 1, 2001... Theology, History, and Archaeology in the Chronicler's Account of Hezekiah. By ANDREW G. VAUGHN. Archaeology and Biblical Studies, vol. 4. Atlanta: SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE, 1999. Pp. xviii + 240. $39 (paper). This monograph is a...

Systematische Bibliographie der Hethitologie 1915-1995: Zusammengestellt unter Einschluss der einschlagigen Rezensionen. 3 vols
April 1, 2001... Systematische Bibliographie der Hethitologie 1915-1995: Zusammengestellt unter Einschluss der einschlagigen Rezensionen. 3 vols. By VLADIMIR SOUCEK and JANA SIEGELOVA. Handbuch der Orientalistik. Leiden: BRILL, 1999. Pp. 343 + 330 + 448. $290....

Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus
April 1, 2001... Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus. By ALEXANDER JONES. 2 vols. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 223. Philadelphia: AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 1999. Pp. xii + 368, 471, 12 plates. $50. Around the turn of the...

Vorderasiatische Wagentypen fin Spiegel der Terracottaplastik bis zur Altbabylonischen Zeit
April 1, 2001... Vorderasiatische Wagentypen fin Spiegel der Terracottaplastik bis zur Altbabylonischen Zeit. By JUTTA BOLLWEG. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, vol. 167. Freiburg: UNIVERSITATSVERLAG, 1999. Pp. ix + 149, plates. FS 64. The author of this book...

The Dead Sea Scrolls at Fifty.(Review)
April 1, 2001... The Dead Sea Scrolls at Fifty. Edited by ROBERT A. KUGLER and EILEEN M. SCHULLER. Society of Biblical Literature, Early Judaism and its Literature, vol. 15. Atlanta: SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE, 1999. Pp. viii + 227, illustrations. $49.95...

The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity
April 1, 2001... The Sage in Jewish Society of Late Antiquity. By RICHARD KALMIN. London: ROUTLEDGE, 1999. Pp. x + 180. S85 (cloth); $27.99 (paper). This engaging book presents an important thesis and argues it clearly and convincingly. Kalmin begins by...

Privatization in the Ancient Near East and Classical World
April 1, 2001... Privatization in the Ancient Near East and Classical World. Edited by MICHAEL HUDSON and BARUCH A. LEVINE. Peabody Museum Bulletin, vol. 5; The International Scholars Conference on Ancient Near Eastern Economies, vol. 1. Cambridge, Mass.:...

Polygenesis, Convergence and Entropy: An Alternative Model of Linguistic Evolution Applied to Semitic Linguistics
April 1, 2001... Polygenesis, Convergence and Entropy: An Alternative Model of Linguistic Evolution Applied to Semitic Linguistics. By LUTZ EDZARD. Wiesbaden: HARRASSOWITZ VERLAG, 1998. Pp. 207. DM 98 (paper). The book under review is a revised and enlarged...

Pfortenbuchstudien. 2 Vols
April 1, 2001... Pfortenbuchstudien. 2 Vols. By JURGEN ZEIDLER. Gottinger Orientforschungen, IV Reihe, Agypten, vol. 36. Wiesbaden: HARRASSOWITZ VERLAG, 1999. Pp. 340, 379, illustrations. DM 248 (paper). The "Book of Gates" is one of the ancient Egyptian...

The Transformation of Torah from Scribal Advice to Law
April 1, 2001... The Transformation of Torah from Scribal Advice to Law. By ANNE FITZPATRICK-MCKINLEY. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, vol. 287. Sheffield: SHEFFIELD ACADEMIC PRESS, 1999. Pp. 200. [pound]35, $57.50. ...

Ancestor of the West: Writing, Reasoning, and Religion in Mesopotamia, Elam, and Greece
April 1, 2001... Ancestor of the West: Writing, Reasoning, and Religion in Mesopotamia, Elam, and Greece. By JEAN BOTTERO, CLARISSE HERRENSCHMIDT. and JEAN-PIERRE VERNANT Translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan. Chicago: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, 2000. Pp. xiii...

Scribes and Schools: The canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures
April 1, 2001... Scribes and Schools: The canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures. By PHILIP R. DAVIES. Library of Ancient Israel. Louisville, Ky.: WESTMINSTER JOHN KNOX PRESS, 1998. Pp. xi + 219. $24. Davies is an iconoclastic scholar of the Bible, best...

Chogha Mish, volume I: The First Five Seasons of Excavations, 1961-1971
April 1, 2001... Chogha Mish, volume I: The First Five Seasons of Excavations, 1961-1971. By PINHAS DELOUOAZ and HELENE J. KANTOR, edited by ABBAS ALIZADEH. Oriental Institute Publications, vol. 101, Parts 1 (text) and 2 (plates). Chicago: THE ORIENTAL...

La Codification des lois dans l'antiquite: Actes du Colloque de Strasbourg, 27-29 Novembre 1997
April 1, 2001... La Codification des lois dans l'antiquite: Actes du Colloque de Strasbourg, 27-29 Novembre 1997. Edited by EDMOND LEVY. Travaux du Centre de Recherche sur le Proche-Orient et la Grece antiques, vol. 16. Paris: DE BOCCARD, 2000. Pp. 344 (paper)....

A Structural Grammar of Babylonian and A Grammar of Akkadian and Key to A Grammar of Akkadian
April 1, 2001... A Structural Grammar of Babylonian. By GIORGIO BUCCELLATI. Wiesbaden: HARRASSOWITZ VERLAG, 1996. Pp. xxiv + 512. DM 198. A Grammar of Akkadian. By JOHN HUEHNERGARD. Harvard Semitic Studies, vol. 45. Atlanta: SCHOLARS PRESS, 1997. Pp. xl +...

Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia
April 1, 2001... Astral Sciences in Mesopotamia. By HERMANN HUNGER and DAVID PINGREE. Handbuch der Orientalistik, series 1, vol. 44. Leiden: E. J. BRILL, 1999. Pp. xviii + 303. HFI 176, $104. The handbook under review is the first reference work on the...

Der Weg des Himmels: Zum Geist und zur Gestalt des politischen Denkens im alten China
April 1, 2001... Der Weg des Himmels: Zum Geist und zur Gestalt des politischen Denkens im alten China. By PETER J. OPITZ. Munich: WILHELM FINK VERLAG, 2000. Pp. 313 + maps. DM 68 (paper). The author justifies this overview of early Chinese political...

Problems in Comparative Dialectology: The Classification of Miin and Hakka
April 1, 2001... Problems in Comparative Dialectology: The Classification of Miin and Hakka. By DAVID PRAGER BRANNER. Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs, no. 123. Berlin: MOUTON DE GRUYTER, 2000. Pp. 477 + maps, tables. DM 228. At the outset, I...

Politics and Transcendent Wisdom: The Scripture for Humane Kings in the Creation of Chinese Buddhism
April 1, 2001... Politics and Transcendent Wisdom: The Scripture for Humane Kings in the Creation of Chinese Buddhism. By CHARLES D. ORZECH. Studies in the History of Religions. University Park: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1998. Pp. xv + 351, figure,...

The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate
April 1, 2001... The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate. By WILFERD MADELUNG. Cambridge: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1997. Pp. xviii + 413. In this work, one of our greatest authorities on early Islamic sects turns his attention to the...

Parallels in Semitic Linguistics: The Development of Arabic la-and Related Semitic Particles
April 1, 2001... Parallels in Semitic Linguistics: The Development of Arabic la-and Related Semitic Particles. By DAVID D. TESTEN. Leiden: BRILL, 1998. Pp. xi + 235. NIg. 127.00, US $74.75. This is a work of major significance for Semitic linguistics. It is...

Dadestan i Denig, part 1: Transcription, Translation and Commentary
April 1, 2001... Dadestan i Denig, part 1: Transcription, Translation and Commentary. By MAHMOUD JAAFARI-DEHAGHI. Les Cahiers de Studia Iranica, 20. Paris: ASSOCIATION POUR L'AVANCEMENT DES ETUDES IRANIENNES, 1998. Pp. 295. The book contains an edition of...

The Problemata Physica Attributed to Aristotle: The Arabic Version of Hunain ibn Ishaq and the Hebrew Version of Moses ibn Tibbon
April 1, 2001... The Problemata Physica Attributed to Aristotle: The Arabic Version of Hunain ibn Ishaq and the Hebrew Version of Moses ibn Tibbon. Edited by L. S. FILIUS Leiden: BRILL 1999. Pp. lxxxvii + 903. HFI 500, $294.50. M. Steinschneider announced...

Dhimmis and Others: Jews and Christians and the World of Classical Islam
April 1, 2001... Dhimmis and Others: Jews and Christians and the World of Classical Islam. Edited by URI RUBIN and DAVID J. WASSERSTEIN. Israel Oriental Studies, vol. 17. Winona Lake, Ind.: EISENBRAUNS, 1997. Pp. 256. This volume, another in the series from...

Gerichtspraxis im Stadtstaat Cordoba: Zurn Recht der Gesellschaft in einer malikitisch-islamischen Rechtstradition des 5./11. Jahrhunderts
April 1, 2001... Gerichtspraxis im Stadtstaat Cordoba: Zurn Recht der Gesellschaft in einer malikitisch-islamischen Rechtstradition des 5./11. Jahrhunderts. By C. MULLER. Studies in Islamic Law and Society. Leiden: BRILL, 1999. HFI 230, $135.50. ...

Kinderverkauf und Schuldknechtschaft: Untersuchungen zur fruhen Phase des islamischen Rechts
April 1, 2001... Kinderverkauf und Schuldknechtschaft: Untersuchungen zur fruhen Phase des islamischen Rechts. By IRENE SCHNEIDER. Abhandlungen fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes, vol. 52.1. Stuttgart: DEUTSCHE MORGENDISCHE GESELLSCHAFT (Kommissionsverlag Franz...

Iranica Diversa, 2 volumes
April 1, 2001... Iranica Diversa, 2 volumes. By DAVID NEIL MACKENZIE; edited by Carlo G. Cereti and Ludwig Paul. Serie Orientale Roma, vol. 84.1 and 84.2. Rome: ISTITUTO ITALIANO PER L'AFRICA E L'ORIENTE 1999. Pp. xii, vi + 739 + plates. Lit. 150,000, Euro...

The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History
April 1, 2001... The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History. By G. R. HAWTING: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. Cambridge: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1999. Pp. xvii + 168. $54.95. This interesting book proposes two...

Sharecropping in the Yemen: A Study in Islamic Theory, Custom and Pragmatism
April 1, 2001... Sharecropping in the Yemen: A Study in Islamic Theory, Custom and Pragmatism. By WILLIAM J. DONALDSON. Studies in Islamic Law and Society, vol. 13. Leiden: BRILL, 2000. Pp. xvii + 278. Over the past two decades the number of academic...

The Shah's Silk for Europe's Silver: The Eurasian Trade of the Julfa Armenians in Safavid Iran and India (1530-1750)
April 1, 2001... The Shah's Silk for Europe's Silver: The Eurasian Trade of the Julfa Armenians in Safavid Iran and India (1530-1750). By INA BAGHDIANTZ McCABE. University of Pennsylvania Armenian Texts and Studies. Atlanta: SCHOLARS PRESS, 1999. Pp. xii + 414....