The Journal of the American Oriental Society articles from October 2005

The Journal of the American Oriental Society archives from October 2005

M. B. Emeneau, 1904-2005, President of the Society, 1954-51, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, 1949-51.(Bibliography)(Obituary)
October 1, 2005... Murray Barnson Emeneau, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley, was the longest-lived Indologist and anthropological linguist of great distinction of the twentieth century. In the early hours of...

Enki and the embodied world.(Enki and Ninhursag)(Critical essay)
October 1, 2005... The central and indeed paradigmatic role of the body in cosmogonic myths has been studied most extensively to date by Bruce Lincoln, with primary emphasis on the Indo-European (IE) tradition. (1) Within that tradition, a clear homology...

Media and its discontents.(Continuity of Empire: Assyria, Media, Persia)(Critical essay)
October 1, 2005... The volume at hand is a collection of the proceedings of a conference entitled "Continuity of Empire: Assyria, Media, Persia," held April 26-28, 2001, in Padua, Italy; a few of the papers (see the preface, especially p. viii) were invited...

Hieroglyphic Luwian.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Hieroglyphic Luwian. By ANNICK PAYNE. Elementa Linguarum Orientis, vol. 3. Wiesbaden: HARRASSOWITZ VERLAG, 2004. Pp. xiv + 212. [euro]29.80 (paper). The magisterial and epoch-making new edition of Hieroglyphic Luvian texts of the first...

The Early Dilmun Settlement at Saar.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... The Early Dilmun Settlement at Saar. Edited by ROBERT KILLICK and JANE MOON. London-Bahrain Archaeological Expedition, Saar Excavation Report, vol. 3. London: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY, 2005. Pp. xii + 367, illus. [euro]75....

When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David. By SUSAN ACKERMAN. New York: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2005. Pp. xvi + 353. $45. In this provocative study, Susan Ackerman examines the stories of Gilgamesh...

Geschichte Mesopotamiens: Von den Sumerern bis zu Alexander dem Grossen.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Geschichte Mesopotamiens: Von den Sumerern bis zu Alexander dem Grossen. By DIETZ OTTO EDZARD. Munich: C. H. BECK, 2004. Pp. 288. [euro]27.70. Dietz Otto Edzard has been one of the most prolific and distinguished Assyriologists of the past...

Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200-539 B.C.E.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200-539 B.C.E. By LAWRENCE J. MYKYTIUK. SBL Academia Biblica, vol. 12. Atlanta: SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE, 2004. Pp. xx + 327. $42.95 (paper). This book began as a...

Remembering Abraham: Culture, Memory, and History in the Hebrew Bible.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Remembering Abraham: Culture, Memory, and History in the Hebrew Bible. By RONALD HENDEL. Oxford: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2005. Pp. xiii + 200. $35. This is a collection of six essays, all but one of which have been published previously,...

Developments in Genre between Post-Exilic Penitential Prayers and the Psalms of Communal Lament.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Developments in Genre between Post-Exilic Penitential Prayers and the Psalms of Communal Lament. By RICHARD J. BAUTCH. Academia Biblica, vol. 7. Atlanta: SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE, 2003. Pp. xiv + 201. $33.95 (paper). This work, the...

The Manasseh Hill Country Survey, volume 1: The Shechem Syncline.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... The Manasseh Hill Country Survey, volume 1: The Shechem Syncline. By ADAM ZERTAL. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, vol. 21.1. Leiden: BRILL, 2004. Pp. xi + 603, illus. $209. This first of five projected volumes (in English) of...

John Marco Allegro, The Maverick of the Dead Sea Scrolls.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... John Marco Allegro, The Maverick of the Dead Sea Scrolls. By JUDITH ANNE BROWN. Grand Rapids, Mich.: WM. B. EERDMANS PUBLISHING Co., 2005. Pp. xvi + 288, illus. $25. This is an extremely exciting and fascinating book of the type one reads...

Pompeian Households: An Analysis of the Material Culture.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Pompeian Households: An Analysis of the Material Culture. By PENELOPE M. ALLISON. Cotson Institute of Archaeology Monographs, vol. 42. Los Angeles: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, 2004. Pp. xvii + 255, illus. $40 (paper). This...

Text and Ritual in Early China.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Text and Ritual in Early China. Edited by MARTIN KERN. Seattle: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS, 2005. Pp. xxvii + 332, figs., tables. $40. Publication of Text and Ritual in Early China is an exceptionally important event for scholars of...

Early India from the Origins to A.D. 1300.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Early India from the Origins to A.D. 1300. By ROMILA THAPAR. Berkeley and Los Angeles: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, 2002. Pp. xxx + 556, maps, figs. $18.95. Romila Thapar's A History of India, vol. 1, was published by Penguin Books in...

Jaina Epistemology in Historical and Comparative Perspective.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Jaina Epistemology in Historical and Comparative Perspective. Critical Edition and English Translation of Logical-Epistemological Treatises: Nyayavatara, Nyayavatara-vivrti and Nyayavataratippana with Introduction and Notes. By PIOTR...

Ahimsa, Anekanta and Jainism.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Ahimsa, Anekanta and Jainism. Edited by TARA SETHIA. Lala S. L. Jain Research Series, vol. 21. Delhi: MOTILAL BANARSIDASS, 2004. Pp. xvi + 247. Rs. 295 (cloth); 195 (paper). Among the challenges religious communities face in the modern...

Becoming the Buddha: The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Becoming the Buddha: The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand. By DONALD K. SWEARER. Princeton: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2004. Pp. xvi + 332, figs. $35. This book is about how Buddha images are made, how they are used, how they are...

The Narmamala of Ksemendra: Critical Edition, Study and Translation.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... The Narmamala of Ksemendra: Critical Edition, Study and Translation. By FABRIZIA BALDISSERA. Beitrage zur Sudasienforschung, Universitat Heidelberg, no. 197. Wurzburg: ERGON VERLAG, 2005. Pp. xliv + 142. The Narmamala is one of several...

Jaina Uddharana Kosa, vol 1.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Jaina Uddharana Kosa, vol. 1. Compiled and edited by KAMALESH KUMAR JAIN. Bhogilal Leherchand Series, no. 16. Delhi: MOTILAL BANARSIDASS, 2003. Pp. xli + 573. Rs. 2100. The breadth and depth of the common intellectual heritage shared by...

Origin and Growth of the Puranic Text Corpus, With Special Reference to the Skandapurana.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Origin and Growth of the Puranic Text Corpus, With Special Reference to the Skandapurana. Edited by HANS T. BAKKER. Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference, vol. 3.2. Delhi: MOTILAL BANARSIDASS, 2004. Pp. xi + 208. More than two...

Essays in Indian Philosophy, Religion and Literature.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Essays in Indian Philosophy, Religion and Literature. Edited by PIOTR BALCEROWICZ and MAREK MEJOR. Delhi: MOTILAL BANARSIDASS, 2004. Pp. viii + 510. Rs. 895. The papers published in this volume are the outcome of the International...

Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion. Edited by PIOTR BALCEROWICZ and MAREK MEJOR. Lala Sundarlal Jain Research Series, vol. 20. Delhi: MOTILAL BANARSIDASS, 2003. Pp. iv + 306. Rs. 495. This volume arose out of the "Aspects of Jainism"...

Historical Dictionary of Jainism.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Historical Dictionary of Jainism. By KRISTI L. WILEY. Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements, no. 53. Lanham, Md.: THE SCARECROW PRESS, 2004. Pp. xl + 287, plates. $65. Wiley's Historical Dictionary of Jainism is...

Books received.
October 1, 2005... I. Ancient Near East ALLEN, JAMES P. The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts. Writings from the Ancient World, vol. 23. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2005. Pp. x + 471. $39.95 (paper). ALLEN, LINDSAY. The Persian Empire. Chicago:...