Of a Number of Things

The Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon) is like a garden in the desert, lush and unexpected. It has more in common with Egyptian love poems ...

I was lucky enough to visit the British Museum last year.  My visit was on a Friday night, about an hour before closing, when it had that ...

Some of the reasons reading in the original language is so pleasant (aside from the bragging rights): Connotations : some words don’t ...

(Biblical studies) If you try to picture the God of the Tanakh (the Old Testament to Christians), chances are you’ll picture someone li...

Sumerian King Shulgi of the Ur III dynasty ruled for 48 years (2029 BCE–1982 BCE), completed the Great Ziggurat, waged wars, repaired roads,...

On the Beginning of Writing in Mesopotamia It’s hard to imagine life without reading and writing.  Speech is fine as far as it goes, but...

(Very) Old Friends In beginning my travels in Akkadian, I’m happy to see my old friends the nominative, genitive and accusative cases in ...