I examine the literary and conceptual background of a Hurro-Hittite ritual calling on divinized
royal ancestors (d šarrena), characters from Hurro-Hittite song, members of the Sargonic …

I explore here some aspects of how masculinity was constructed in Late Bronze Age
Anatolia, focusing specifically on the masculine identity of the Hittite king and using the …

Among the most important sources for the history of the church from the Council of
Chalcedon in 451 to the early years of the reign of Justinian is the chronicle attributed to …

The recent large-scale watershed projects in northern Syria, where the ancient city of Emar
was located, have brought this area to light, thanks to salvage operation excavations before …

This article examines historical myths focused on Sayrām, a small town in the south of
present-day Kazakstan, as a case study of indigenous conceptions of communal identity in …

This pioneering study uses an early seventh-century Christian martyr legend to elucidate the
culture and society of late antique Iraq. Translated from Syriac into English here for the first …

Worshipping deities in the Late Bronze Age appears to have been similar with respect to
certain features both in North Syria and in Anatolia. An explanation is that a common …

In The Politics of Ritual Change: The zukru Festival in the Political History of Late Bronze
Age Emar, John Thames explores the intersection of ritual and politics in ancient Syria. The …

This contribution investigates perceptions of Arab nomads in the hagiography of the Late
Antique East. Over the past decades, these texts, mostly saints' lives and episodes from …

This chapter concentrates on influence from Anatolia, as illustrated by recent discoveries
regarding the Luwian, Karian, and Lycian languages. These show the survival of various …