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September 2020
Vol. 8, No. 9
#MeToo-potamia (or systemic gender inequality in Mesopotamia)
By Greta Van Buylaere
The contributions of Mesopotamian women must be pieced together from texts. The evidence indicates more than two thousand years of increasing marginalization. Read More
Max von Oppenheim and His Tell Halaf
By Lutz Martin
Born into a prominent banking family, Max von Oppenheim seemed destined to study law. But his real contribution was to uncover an Iron Age city in north Syria. Read More
Charity (Tzedaqah) as a Late Antique Rabbinic Religious Idea
By Alyssa M. Gray
Charity is a key means of demonstrating righteousness before God. But for different generations of rabbis the core elements of charity – and their underlying meanings – were quite different. Read More
Epidemics in Mesopotamia
By Annie Attia
Epidemics have been with us since long before the dawn of history. Three collections of documents record some of the ways ancient Near Eastern societies suffered and coped. Read More
