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      David P. Wright



 

Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East
Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
781-736-2957
(781-736-2950)
Fax: 781-736-2070
Email: wright@brandeis.edu


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Wright's Bibliography and Course Information  /  Lectures, Programs, News, etc.  /  Resources for Near Eastern and Biblical Study

Near Eastern and Biblical Bibliographies  /  Semitics--Hebrew--Ugaritic--Aramaic  /  Cuneiform Studies--Hittitology

Egyptology  / Archaeology  / Journals--Professional Societies  /  Pages of  Professors, Teachers  /  Articles

Classics--Anthropology  / Museums/ Links  /  Search Engine & Miscellaneous

See the bottom of this page for music pages


Wright's Academic Pages
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Bibliography of Wright's Works on the Bible and Ancient Near East

Abstracts of Selected Works

Current Research Projects

Notes on and for Courses Taught at Brandeis

Courses for 2001-2002

Fall
The World of the Ancient Near East (NEJS 1b)
Introduction to Ugaritic (NEJS 106b)
Intermediate Ugaritic (NEJS 214b)

Spring
Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi (NEJS 110b)
Near Eastern Law (NEJS 113b)

Syllabi for Courses:
 
 

The World of the Ancient Near East (NEJS 1b)

Elementary Ugaritic (NEJS 106b)

Conflict and Concord in Near Eastern Myth, USEM 53b

The Bible in Aramaic:
The Targumim, Genesis Apocryphon, and Syriac Peshitta

Music in the Ancient Near East
Bibliography for Music in the Ancient Near East
Wright Music Page (some materials for the course are near the top)

Law in the Bible and the Ancient Near East 2002
Preliminary Near Eastern Law Bibliography
Near Eastern Law: Source, Sense, and Society 1998

Undergraduate Bibliography
for Research on the Bible and Ancient Near East

Style Guide for Bibliography and Footnotes

Bibliography of Wright's Works in Mormon Studies


Local Lectures, Programs, News, etc.
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Museum of Fine Arts, ongoing exhibits: Egyptian Funerary Arts and Ancient Near East Galleries.  465 Huntington Ave., Boston, 617-267-9300. Call for information on lectures.

Semitic Museum, Harvard University, 6 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, 617-495-4631.  Admission free.

RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) Museum, 224 Benefit Street, Providence, RI, 401-454-6500.

Please email here with suggestions for listings in this section


Resources and Links to Sites for
Near Eastern, Biblical,
and Related Studies
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Bibliographies, Publications, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias

Parallels and Connections Between the Hellenic, Semitic, and Anatolian Cultures, bibliography by K. C. Hanson

Ritual and Ceremony in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East: A Select Classified Bibliography (1970–1998), by K. C. Hanson

Ritual and Ceremony in the Graeco-Roman World: A Select Classified Bibliography (1970–1996), by K. C. Hanson

The Old Testament: The Social Sciences & Social Description, bibliography by K. C. Hanson

Egyptological Bibliography (30,000+ references)

Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Bibliography

Women in the Ancient Near East Bibliography

State Archives of Assyria Series

On-Line Dictionaries

Other On-Line Dictionaries

Britannica.com

Semitics--Hebrew--Ugaritic--Aramaic
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Afroasiatic Index Project

Edinburgh Ras Shamra Project (Ugarit; follow the paths to the extensive bibliography)

KTU 1.4 Photos of the Edinburgh Ras Shamra Project

Newsletter for Targumic and Cognate Studies

West Semitic Research Project

Sergei Starostin's Page with links to various etymological projects, including Militarev's and Kogan's Semitic Etymological Dictionary

Wabash Center Links for the Study of the Hebrew Bible

Cuneiform Studies--Hittitology
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ABZU Near Eastern Studies List

Hittite Home Page

Association Hatti, Université de Paris-Sorbonne

Egyptology
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Egyptological Bibliography (30,000+ references)

Internet Sites about Ancient Egyptian Women

Archaeology
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Archaeology in Fiction Bibliography, by Anita G. Cohen-Williams

Journals--Professional Societies
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Society of Biblical Literature: http://www.sbl-site.org

Reviews of Biblical Literature: http://www.bookreviews.org

Journal of Biblical Literature online (may require membership and password): http://www.sbl-site.org/Newsletter/12_2000/JBL.htm

American Oriental Society

Journal of the Association of Graduates in Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley

Journal for Northwest Semitic Languages Home Page

Scholars' Web Sites
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Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta

Marc Brettler, Brandeis University

James Kugel, Harvard University

Theodore Lewis, University of Georgia

Piotr Michalowski, University of Michigan

Simon Parker, Boston University

Brian B. Schmidt, University of Michigan

Articles
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Classics--Anthropology
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Classics Department, Brandeis University (with links to classics sites)

Resources on the Internet for Ancient History and Classics (including bibliographic tools, electronic journals, directories, gender issues)

Walter Burkert Bibliography, by K. C. Hanson

American Anthropological Association Homepage

Anthropology Resources on the Internet

Allen Lutins' Anthropology Resources on the Internet

Greek/English Dictionary

Museums
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Harvard University, Semitic Museum

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Oriental Institute Virtual Museum

Sites with Copious Links
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(See the other sites listed in the foregoing sections for other links)

John David Pleins' Bookmarks for Near Eastern, Biblical , and Religious Studies; topics included: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel (and ancient Jordan), Ancient Near East (may include Egypt), Ancient World and Archaeology, Atlases, Bibles and Biblical Resources, Bookstores/Publishers on Web, Buddhism, Catholic Resources, Christianity, Class Development Tools, Country/Region Data Bases and Maps, End Times, Greece and Rome, Hinduism, Historical Jesus, Islam, Jerusalem, Jewish Resources and Israel, Languages, Literature and Poetry, Medieval World and Renaissance, Middle East, Museums, Mythology, New Testament , Philosophy, Religions of the World, Search Tools/Web Tools, Social Sciences, Theology Schools and Programs

Marc Brettler, Brandeis University

Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta.  Look under his reference to the ancient Near East.  The site is also good for the study of world religions.

World Wide Web Sites Relating to the Ancient Mediterranean, compiled by Dr. K. C. Hanson (contains links for the ancient Near East and Bible)

ABZU Near Eastern Studies List

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook (Ancient Near East, Greece, Rome)

Journal of the Association of Graduates in Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley

Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion (among others, it contains pages with links for the study of the Bible, archaeology, philosophy, and world religions)

Search Engines & Miscellaneous
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Argos Limited Area Search of the Ancient and Medieval Internet (indexes ABZU, among other sites)

Accessing the Ancient World: The Bible, Antiquity, and the World Wide Web, by K. C. Hanson

Brandeis University Library Catalog (Louis), with links to other libraries

Search Engines

Concordances of Great Books
 
 

Hebrew Newpapers

Ha'aretz

Maariv

Yedi'ot Aharonot


Music
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Wright Woodwind Page (Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Traditional Instruments)

Wright Music Page

Music in the Ancient Near East (Syllabus)

Bibliography for Music in the Ancient Near East