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First Impressions # 71: Marc Van De Mieroop on the Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016

Long before Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, Babylonians developed their own rational system for exploring truth. Joseph Ryan Kelly talks with Marc Van De ... [Read More]

Recovering the World’s Oldest Language – By Nicole Brisch

March 3, 2015March 3, 2015

Nicole Brisch on Paul Delnero’s The Textual Criticism of Sumerian Literature Ancient Mesopotamia, the area that today corresponds to the modern states of ... [Read More]

Has Michael Coogan Seized His Opportunity? – By Charles Halton

January 29, 2013February 10, 2014

Charles Halton on Michael Coogan’s A Reader of Ancient Near Eastern Texts The first literary anthology appeared no later than the Hellenistic period ... [Read More]

ancient Near East

First Impressions # 71: Marc Van De Mieroop on the Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia

Recovering the World’s Oldest Language – By Nicole Brisch

Has Michael Coogan Seized His Opportunity? – By Charles Halton

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