Wednesday, March 30, 2011

A Bibliography of Semitic Linguistics

Gregorio del Olmo Lete has published a bibliography of Semitic Linguistics on the web. It divides into basic categories such as Akkadian, Northwest Semitics, Comparative Semitics, etc. Access it at:

http://www.telefonica.net/web2/aulaorientalis/index.html

Thursday, March 17, 2011

New open access journals: PEQ, AJBA, AUSS, So

The following journals have been published open access:

Palestinian Exploration Fund - Quarterly Statement (1 [1869] - 40 [1908]):
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Palestine%20Exploration%20Fund%20Quarterly%20Statement%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts

Australian Journal of Biblical Archaeology (incomplete 1968-1975):
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org.uk/journal_ajba.php

Andrews University Seminary Studies (1 [1963] - 50 [2003]):
http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/articles_auss_01.php

Studia orontica (1 [2008] - 8 [2010]):
http://studiaorontica.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=37

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Ebla Digital Archives

Ca' Foscari University of Venice has now published online the Ebla archives in digital format:

http://virgo.unive.it/eblaonline/cgi-bin/home.cgi

From the website:

The aim of the Ebla Digital Archives [ EbDA ] database is to provide a digital edition of the entire corpus of cuneiform texts belonging to the Ebla Royal Archives. Texts are reproduced in the same sequence as in the individual volumes of the series Archivi Reali di Ebla – Testi published by the “Italian Archaeological Mission to Siria” of the Sapienza University of Rome. Compared with the hard copy publication, the digital edition provides harmonized transliterations, corrections and numerous collations made over the years by the team of epigraphers who cooperate with the Mission.

The project is presented as a work in progress. The ARET volumes currently included in the database will be gradually followed by other volumes published in the past years. Additional texts or portions of texts that have appeared in other series, in monographs or in journals will be also included in the database. Any suggestion by interested users will be highly appreciated.