Open Access Journal: The Bible and Critical Theory

The Bible and Critical Theory
ISSN : 1832-3391

The Bible and Critical Theory is an exploratory and innovative online scholarly journal for biblical studies, published by the Bible and Critical Theory Seminar. The journal explores the intersections between critical theory, understood in the broad sense, and biblical studies. It publishes peer-reviewed articles that investigate the contributions from critical theory to biblical studies, and contributions from biblical studies to critical theory. The journal has an active series of book reviews, which are published as they are ready.

BCT content is available freely on an open access basis. It is also aggregated by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and is indexed by the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Religion Database and Scopus.

2011

Vol 7, No 1 (2011): Bible and Critical Theory, Resurrected

2010

Vol 6, No 3 (2010): Bible and Critical Theory

Vol 6, No 2 (2010): Bible and Critical Theory

Vol 6, No 1 (2010): Bible and Critical Theory

2009

Vol 5, No 3 (2009): Bible and Critical Theory

Vol 5, No 2 (2009): Rescuing the Bible

Vol 5, No 1 (2009): Bible and Critical Theory

2008

Vol 4, No 3 (2008): Bible and Critical Theory

Vol 4, No 2 (2008): Bible and Critical Theory

Vol 4, No 1 (2008): Identity Production

2007

Vol 3, No 3 (2007): Bible and Critical Theory

Vol 3, No 2 (2007): Bible and Critical Theory

Vol 3, No 1 (2007): Bible and Critical Theory

2006

Vol 2, No 3 (2006): Cosmopolitanism and Biblical Studies

Vol 2, No 2 (2006): Dossier on the Seminar

Vol 2, No 1 (2006): Bible and Critical Theory

2005

Vol 1, No 4 (2005): Bible and Critical Theory

Vol 1, No 3 (2005): Bible and Critical Theory

Vol 1, No 2 (2005)

2004

Vol 1, No 1 (2004)

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Open Access Journal: Peuce (Serie Nouă)

 First posted 7/4/10. Updated 4/27/11 [new link]

Peuce (Serie Nouă) - Studii şi cercetari de istorie şi arheologie
ISSN 0258-8102

Peuce este o publicatie anuala, cu un ritm de aparitie constant. Primul numar al revistei a fost editat in anul 1971 de Muzeul Delta Dunarii Tulcea, devenit ulterior (1993) Institutul de Cercetari Eco-Muzeale Tulcea. Incepand din anul 2003 se editeaza seria noua, dedicata exclusiv studiilor de arheologie, istorie si numismatica.

ICEM Tulcea doreste sa promoveze prin revista Peuce cercetarile realizate in zona de nord a Dobrogei dar si cele mai importante contributii in planul arheologiei romanesti si europene. Autorii care au publicat in Peuce sunt experti si specialisti recunoscuti atat in tara, cat si in strainatate prin contributiile majore in domeniile Arheologiei si Istoriei. In paginile revistei se regasesc studii ale unor membri marcanti ai Academiei Romane, ai institutelor de cercetare ori universitatilor din Romania si strainatate.

Se poate spune ca revista Peuce ocupa un prestigios loc in comunitatea stiintifica nationala si internationala, prin profesionalismul autorilor si valoarea articolelor si studiilor publicate, fiind un reper in cercetarea stiintifica a spatiului sud-est european.

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News from the CDLI: Museum of Art and Archaeology (University of Missouri-Columbia) cuneiform collection

Museum of Art and Archaeology (University of Missouri-Columbia) cuneiform collection in CDLI 

The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), in partnership with the Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia (MAA-UMo), is pleased to announce the addition of new digital content to its web offerings. 

29 of  the 36 cuneiform artifacts in the MAA-UMo are on long-term loan from the Missouri School of Religion (formerly “Bible College of Missouri”), Jefferson City, Missouri, and of these, 14 were recently published in A. Goetze, Yale Oriental Series 15 (see the online listings, and CDLN 2010:004; the suspicion voiced there that the MSR texts were in fact at UMo-Columbia is therefore confirmed--they were transferred there 37 years ago). The remaining 15 inscriptions as well as seven further pieces in the MAA-UMo collection are, so far as we have been able to ascertain, unpublished, aside from some few references in popular press outlets. Last month, as part of a digitization mission through Missouri, Indiana and Michigan, UCLA graduate student Michael Heinle scanned the artifacts, and the results of the UMo effort have now been added to CDLI pages, viewable here. We welcome the inspection of these images by specialists, and are grateful for their corrections of our catalogue, or notices of their interest in publishing the unedited texts in the collection.

The imaging and image processing were made possible by funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and are part of the on-going mission of CDLI to ensure the long-term digital preservation of ancient insc-riptions on cuneiform artifacts, and, in furtherance of cuneiform research, to provide free global access to all available text artifact data. 

For the CDLI and the MAA-UMo: 

Robert K. Englund, UCLA

Benton Kidd, Associate Curator of Ancient Art, MAA-UMo

Digital Library: Institut National du Patrimoine, Tunis

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Open Access Journal: The Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (SJEAS)

The Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (SJEAS)

Academy of East Asian Studies

The Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (SJEAS), published since the year 2001 by Academy of East Asian Studies (AEAS) at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, is a referred multidisciplinary journal dedicated to East Asian Studies. With original contributions from all parts of the world, the SJEAS enjoys thriving reputation and increasing readership in the field of East Asian Studies. The SJEAS published biannually in April and October has been selected for coverage in Thomson Reuters' Current Contents / Arts & Humanities, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.

Call for Papers

The SJEAS publishes articles, research notes, and book reviews relating to East Asian matters.
The SJEAS also seeks original academic papers, which delved into the past and present of East Asia, primarily within the field of the humanities. Research areas the SJEAS prefers include philosophy, religion, art, anthropology, archaeology, literature, history and culture. Scholars considering submission are encouraged to use a multidisciplinary approach which transcend the conventional boundaries between these subjects. Paper on social science are also welcomed as long as topics and methodologies benefit and broaden the perspectives of humanities.
Sponsored by the AEAS, which aims to promote interdisciplinary research relating to the region of East Asia, the SJEAS generally supports academic interests and goals of the AEAS.
While respecting explorations of the past and the present of East Asia that remain within traditional boundaries, the SJEAS also seeks papers that deal with East Asia in its whole as well as works, which explore common identities and mutual contrasts found in East Asian countries. All contributions are peer-reviewed and subject to final decision by the SJEAS editorial committee.

Please consult the section "How to prepare manuscript" under "Submissions" menu for stylistic requirements.

For further details, authors considering a contribution are advised to contact:

MANAGING EDITOR
Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies
Academy of East Asian Studies
Sungkyunkwan University
53 Myeongnyun-dong 3-ga, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-745, Korea
sjeas@skku.edu Tel: 82 (0) 2 760 0740 / Fax: 82 (0) 2 760 0780

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Current Archaeology in Turkey

 [Originally posted 12/4/09, updated 4/24/11]

Current Archaeology in Turkey. Tütkiye'de Yapilan Arkeolojik Arastirmalar

Current Archaeology in Turkey is designed as a resource for archaeological research in the area. It aims to provide up-to-date information on projects currently operating in Turkey.

The site is operating under the auspices of the Anatolian Iron Age research project headed by Dr Peter Grave and Dr Lisa Kealhofer and is hosted at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. It is updated regularly throughout the (northern) academic year.

Information in this site is based on reports given at the International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry (Turkey) and reports provided by excavators. We acknowledge the assistance of Dr Marie-Henriette Gates and Dr Bahadır Yıldırım, authors of "Archaeology in Turkey", American Journal of Archaeology.

Turkish translations of reports by Nilüfer Baturayoğlu Yöney and Füsun Ece Ferah.

We welcome contributions from all excavators, as well as any suggestions about the database or its content.

Sites by period / Kazı dönemi	Sites by name / Kazı adı
Palaeolithic / Paleolitik Neolithic / Neolitik Chalcolithic / Kalkolitik Bronze Age / Tunç Çağı Iron Age / Demir Çağı Classical / Klasik Post-Roman / Roma sonrası Ottoman / Osmanlı	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N OP Q R S T U V W X Y Z
	Sites by region / Kazı bölgesi
	Turkey regions / Türkiye'de bölgeler Thrace / Trakya North-West / Kuzeybatı South-West / Güneybatı Central West / Ortabatı South / Güney Centre / Orta North / Kuzey East / Doğu
Projects / Projeler
Major research projects / Projeler Surveys / Yüzey araştırması

Monuments of the Hittites

Monuments of the Hittites

Monuments of the Hittites is an experimental site prepared totally as a hobby. My aim is to build a page with references to all major Hittite monuments. The locations listed below are the sites that has one or more monument belonging to the times of Hittite civilization. The text list below divides the sites in to two groups by date. This is definetely not a complete list, nor the listed sites may have complete information. Some pages are still missing information or images. I will continue to update the pages with more information. I would appreciate any comments, feedback, and information. -Tayfun Bilgin

Empire period
1480 to 1200 BCE

Afyon *+
Akpınar
Alacahöyük
Altınyayla *
Beyköy
Boğazköy
Çağdın *
Eflatunpınar
Emirgazi *
Ermenek +
Fasıllar
Fraktin
Gavurkale
Gezbeli
Hatip
Hemite
İmamkulu
Karabel
Karakız
Karakuyu
Karga *
Kayalıpınar *
Köylütolu *
Malkaya
Ortaköy
Savcılı
Sirkeli
Suratkaya
Taşçı
Tell Açana*
Yağrı *
Yalburt

Neo-Hittite period 1200 to 712 BCE
TABAL GROUP Aksaray * Andaval * Bahçeköy * Bor * Bulgarmaden Burunkaya + Çalapverdi* Çiftlik * Eğriköy * Erkilet * Hisarcık * Göllüdağ* Gökbez İvriz Karaburna Karadağ + Kayseri * Keben + Keşlik Yayla * Kızıldağ + Kululu * Kurubel * Niğde * Porsuk * Sivasa Sultanhanı * Tekirderbent * Topada Veliisa *	MALATYA GROUP Arslantaş Arslantepe * Darende * Gürün Havuzköy * İspekçür * Izgın * Karahöyük * Kötükale Palanga * Şırzı MARAS GROUP İskenderun * Karaburçlu * Kürtül * K.Maraş * KUMMUH GROUP Ancoz * Boybeypınarı * Gölpınar * Haçgöz * Kabahaydar * Karasu Malpınarı	SOUTHERN GROUP Afrin * Ain Dara Aleppo * Arslantaş * Asmacık * Birecik * Cekke * Çineköy * Domuztepe * Gaziantep * Gözlühöyük * Hama * Karatepe Karkamış * Kelekli * Kırçoğlu * Körkün * Meharde * Örtülü * Sakcagözü * Tell Ahmar * Tell Halaf * Tell Tayinat * Tilsevet * Tuleil * Tünp * Yesemek Zincirli*

Open Access Journal: Teaching Classical Languages (TCL)

Teaching Classical Languages (TCL) TCL is the successor to CPL Online. To see the CPL Online archives, click here.

Teaching Classical Languages is the only peer-reviewed electronic journal dedicated to the teaching and learning of Latin and ancient Greek. It addresses the interests of all Latin and Greek teachers, graduate students, coordinators, and administrators. Teaching Classical Languages welcomes articles offering innovative practice and methods, advocating new theoretical approaches, or reporting on empirical research in teaching and learning Latin and Greek. As an electronic journal, Teaching Classical Languages has a unique global outreach. It offers authors and readers a multimedia format that more fully illustrates the topics discussed, and provides hypermedia links to related information and websites. Articles not only contribute to successful Latin and Greek pedagogy, but draw on relevant literature in language education, applied linguistics, and second language acquisition for an ongoing dialogue with modern language educators.

Spring 2011
Fall 2010
Spring 2010
Fall 2009

TCL is the successor to CPL Online. To see the CPL Online archives, click here.

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News from the CDLI: Saint Louis Art Museum cuneiform collection in

Saint Louis Art Museum cuneiform collection in CDLI

The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), in partnership with the Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM), is pleased to announce the addition of new digital content to its web offerings. 

 

As with many modest collections compiled from a number of sources, the 42 cuneiform artifacts in the Saint Louis Art Museum consist of a larger number of Ur III accounts, and of smaller groups of Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian and neo-Babylonian/Achaemenid texts. Last month, UCLA graduate student Michael Heinle was able to scan the artifacts as part of a digitization mission through Missouri, Indiana and Michigan, and the results of the SLAM effort have now been added to CDLI pages, viewable here. 32 of the texts have been published in some form, most (nearly all of the Ur III texts) by R. David Freedman in concise catalogue entries in his 1975 Columbia University Thesis "The Cuneiform Tablets in St. Louis" (though we note that neither CDLI nor BDTNS is in possession of transliterations of the Freedman SLAM texts; Mr. Heinle is now working to remedy that gap in our coverage). Ten are not known by us to have been edited, and we welcome publication references, or notices of interest in publishing these texts by specialists.

 

The imaging and image processing were made possible by funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and are part of the on-going mission of CDLI to ensure the long-term digital preservation of ancient insc-riptions on cuneiform tablets, and, in furtherance of cuneiform research, to provide free global access to all available text artifact data. It will not escape the readers of this notice that Mellon also supports the SLAM staff member who organized the visit by Heinle in St. Louis.

 

For the CDLI and the SLAM:  

Robert K. Englund, UCLA

Lisa Cakmak, Mellon Fellow in Ancient Art, SLAM

Open Access Egyptological Database: Croato-Aegyptica Electronica

Croato-Aegyptica Electronica

PROJECT GOALS:

To build an aimed and selected database of relevant monuments pertaining to cultural influences of Egyptian civilization in the Croatian historical area based on the institutional and private collections in Croatia. 

In initial phase of project development, the plan is to process the Egyptological monuments kept in the Egyptian, Ancient and Numismatic collections of the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb (AMZ). Simultaneously with processing the monuments from the AMZ, we plan to process all the artifacts kept in other museum collections in Croatia and to introduce the results into the database. After processing the collections of museum institutions in Zagreb (the Mimara Museum in Zagreb, the Museum of Contemporary Art - the Benko Horvat Collection, the Museum of the City of Zagreb), we plan to process scientifically the artifacts kept in museums outside of Zagreb (the Dubrovnik museums - the Archaeological Museum of Dubrovnik, the Archaelogical Museum of Split, the Archaeological Museum of Istria in Pula, the Archaeological Museum of Zadar, the Museum of Slavonia in Osijek, the Museum of the City of Varaždin, and variety of town and regional museums with minor collections) that have not yet been interpreted and processed, and to introduce the results into the database.
There are more than 3100 artifacts pertaining to the Egyptian civilization kept in the Archaological Museum of Zagreb, important cultural and museum institution of the city of Zagreb and Croatia. The bulk of collection consists of the Egyptian collection by the Austrian undermarshall Franz Koller that was bought for the National Museum in Zagreb in 1868. It comprises about 2300 artifacts of Egyptian origin. Next to the Egyptian collection as a main part of the Egyptological inventory of the Archaeological Museum of Zagreb, there are many other artifacts related to the history of Egypt kept in the museum. There are about 500 pieces of Ptolemaic coinage, and the coins from the Roman era minted in Alexandria kept in the Numismatic collection. The Antique collection is comprised of the statues, statuettes and epigraphic monuments related to the Egyptian cults of Greco-Roman era, originating from the Mediterranean or from the Croatian historical area. During the last 150 years, the collections have been supplemented by a variety of smaller or larger buys and donations by private individuals, so the number of artifacts increases constantly. 

There are also smaller or larger collections of Egyptian origin in other museums in Croatia. The most important collections according to the number of artifacts are to be found in the Archaeological Museum of Dubrovnik - the Dubrovnik museums (197), the Archaeological Museum of Split (84), the Mimara Museum in Zagreb (503), the Archaeological Museum of Istria in Pula (38), the Collection of the St. Euphemia monastery in Kampor on the island of Rab (14), the Archaological collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb (11), the Archaeological Museum of Zadar (11), The Museum of Slavonia in Osijek (10), the Museum of the City of Varaždin (6), the Franciscan monastery in Sinj (6), and in about dozen more town and regional museums with only one or two artifacts. According to our knowledge, there are 4031 artifacts in museum institutions and almost 1000 artifacts in private collections in Croatia. The data on each collection are published in the book entitled Egypt in Croatia by Mladen Tomorad (Barbat, Zagreb, 2003).

		About The project Collections Researchers and collaborators
		Egyptian monuments in Croatia All Museums Private collections Minor collectionsc

Mappable places in Pleiades for Google Earth

All the mappable places in Pleiades (more than 30,000) in a single file for viewing in Google Earth (or reuse/remixing under terms of our Creative Commons license). Via Sean Gillies and Tom Elliott

Mappable places in Pleiades kml file

New Open Access Journal: Popular Archaeology

Popular Archaeology

Popular Archaeology magazine is a 100% online periodical dedicated to bringing archaeology to the public. We bring high quality original content, much of it produced exclusively for Popular Archaeology, for discriminating readers of the general public who have come to expect content similar to what can be found in the major print magazines. Unlike most other major magazines related to archaeology, no paper copies will ever be produced and distributed, so it will always be "green", and it will always be less costly to produce and therefore far less costly to purchase by premium subscribers (although regular subscriptions are always free).  Most of our writers and contributors are either professionals or top experts in their fields, or are individuals relating first-hand experiences; however, the magazine is unique among other archaeology-related magazines in that it makes it easy to invite and encourage members of the public (YOU) to submit pertinent articles, blogs, events, directory listings, and classified ads for publication.  As a volunteer or student, do you have a fascinating story to tell about an archaeological experience?  As a professional archaeologist, scholar, educator, or scientist, do you have a discovery, program or project that you think would be of interest to the world?  Do you have an archaeology-related service or item for sale? Would you like to have your archaeology-related blog post featured on the front page? ( Ad and specially featured item prices are lower than what you will find in any other major archaeology magazine).  Through Popular Archaeology, you can realize all of these things. Moreover, because the content is produced by a very broad spectrum of contributors, you will see more feature articles than what you would typically find in the major print publications, with the same content quality.
  
As a community of professionals, writers, students, and volunteers, we invite you to join us as subscribers in this adventure of archaeological discovery.  It could open up a whole new world for you.

Issue : April 2011

Issue : January 2011

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News from the Griffith Institute

News from the Griffith Institute

• 'Iconic images from the tomb of Tutankhamun' is a display of twenty selected photographs by Harry Burton in Art (formerly Green's) Cafe, 14 Bonn Square, Oxford, a popular student meeting place.
• The list of current archive projects has been updated. (April 18, 2011)
• Copies of some object cards in Carter's Notebook TAA i.2.7. (April 18, 2011)
• Two letters from Howard Carter to A. H. Gardiner. (March 22, 2011)
• An ISAD(G) entry for Charles Gordon Jelf (1886-1915). (March 11, 2011)
• A. H. Gardiner's note on a wooden docket found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. (March 11, 2011)
• Howard Carter's notes on the contents of baskets found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. (March 11, 2011)
• Scans have been added to the transcripts of Arthur Mace's diaries 1922-3 and 1923-4. (February 7, 2011)

And see Open Access Archives: Griffith Institute

Open Access Journal: The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Archaeology SIG Newsletter

The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Archaeology Special Interest Group Newsletter

SIG Summary

The Archaeology SIG aims to encourage the exchange of research and methodology between remote sensing scientists and archaeologists, especially those concerned with methods of site prospection and novel applications. Meetings concentrate on a mixture of case studies and developing methodology and include ground-based methods, photogrammetry, LIDAR, laser scanning, and geophysical prospection, as well as aerial photography and thermal imaging.

SIG Activities

 

The Archaeology Special Interest Group of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society aims to:

• Promote the development & use of remote sensing in archaeological surveying
• Encourage research in all aspects of remote site location and interpretation
• Provide a forum for the exchange of information & ideas (see Arch SIG Newsletters on the publications page)

Archaeology SIG Newsletter Spring 2011
Archaeology SIG Newsletter Autumn 2010
Archaeology SIG Newsletter 1999
Archaeology SIG Newsletter 1997

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Open Access Journal: ISAW Newsletter

ISAW Newsletter (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World)

ISAW periodically publishes a print newsletter containing updates on research and teaching. PDF copies are available here for download (requires Adobe Reader or another PDF-capable program):

• Spring 2011 Newsletter (897 KB; pdf)
• Fall 2010 Newsletter (680 KB; pdf)
• December 2009 Newsletter (16.5 MB; pdf)
• January 2008 Newsletter (4.3 MB; pdf)

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Administrative Note

AWOL Statistics

As of today, the number of email addresses subscribed to AWOL's feedburner email notification service is 2,411.  The subscriber list increases by about one hundred each month.

AWOL' s Alphabetical list of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies currently includes 894 titles.


AWOL went on line  January 6, 2009.  Since then we have had 340,320 page loads, from 202,839 unique visitors. 56,560 of these made more than one visit.


Since May 2010, Blogger has been keeping detailed statistics on usage of files hosted there. In that period the ten most frequently viewed AWOL pages have been:

Alphabetical list of Open Access Journals in Ancie... Oct 22, 2010, 55 comments ,  26,080 Pageviews

The Ancient World in JSTOR Oct 11, 2010, 4 comments,  3,823 Pageviews

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Invitation: 2011 Meeting of the Forum for Classics... Jan 5, 2011,  929 Pageviews

LSJ at TLG Mar 11, 2011, 1 comment ,  919 Pageviews

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Open Access Journal: ISIMU Feb 18, 2011,  614 Pageviews

Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization (... Sep 12, 2010 ,  528 Pageviews

Open Access Journal: Forum Archaeologiae Jul 18, 2010 ,  507 Pageviews

Administrative notes with user statistics have been posted in November 2011, October 2011,  July 2011, April 2011, January 2011,  December 2010,  October 2010, August 2010,  July 2010, May 2010, and  January 2010.

News from the CDLI: Kalamazoo Valley Museum cuneiform collection in CDLI

Kalamazoo Valley Museum cuneiform collection in CDLI

The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), in partnership with the Kalamazoo Valley Museum (KVM) located in Kalamazoo, Michigan--established in 1881 in the city’s library basement and since 1991 operated by the Kalamazoo Valley Community College--is pleased to announce the addition of new digital content to its web offerings.


In 2007, Andrea Seri, then at Harvard University, published an edition of the collection (CDLJ 2007/1), but, due to funding constraints, we could not have the physical artifacts imaged according to CDLI’s fatcross standards. Last month, UCLA graduate student Michael Heinle was able to scan the 61 Kalamazoo text artifacts as part of a digitization mission through Missouri, Indiana and Michigan, and the  results of the KVM effort have now been added to CDLI pages, viewable here.

The imaging and image processing were made possible by funding from  the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and are part of the on-going mission of CDLI to ensure the long-term digital preservation of ancient inscriptions on cuneiform tablets, and, in furtherance of cuneiform research, to provide free global access to all available text artifact data. 


For the CDLI and the KVM: 
Robert K. Englund, UCLA
Paula L. Metzner, Asst. Director of Collections, KVM

The Jewish National and University Library Digitized Book Repository

The Jewish National and University Library Digitized Book Repository

The Jewish National and University Library is proud to announce the first stage of a project to digitize rare and out-of-print monographs from its collection.

The aim of this project is to make these works freely available not only to on site users but also to the public worldwide. This will both preserve the originals and greatly increase the number of people who will be able to refer to them.

About 1100 volumes have been digitized with the generous support of the Dorot Foundation. Additional works are added weekly. Selection will be based on considerations of demand, preservation and funding. Only works in the public domain will be considered.

The JNUL catalog record for each such work contains a link to the digitized version.

The initial selection of titles ranges from 15th century incunabula to early 20th century works.

RSS feed: Digitized Book Repository - new titles (last month)

List of new titles (last month)

List of titles by date

List of titles by subjects

The books are presented in the DjVu format which provides high quality, magnifiable images compressed into relatively small files for easy downloading. In order to view these images it is necessary to download and install (once) a special free viewer program.
Click here to download DjVu Browser Plug-in.

Open Access Publication: The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Letter 'I

The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

As part of its ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS ON-LINE, the Oriental Institute Publications Office announces an additional letter, 'I, for the Chicago Demotic Dictionary, edited by Janet H. Johnson. This document is available in the Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) file.

Letters completed to date include:

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For an up to date list of all Oriental Institute publications available online see:

The Oriental Institute Open Access Publications