Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Open Access Journal: AnthroNotes

AnthroNotes
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AnthroNotes, the award winning publication of the Smithsonian’s Department of Anthropology, was published from 1979-2012 to present archaeological and anthropological research to educators and the public in an engaging and accessible style.

This Digital Repository makes available pdfs of all 84 issues. In addition, over 260 separate articles with new abstracts are fully downloadable in three formats designed for computers (PDF), Mobile devices (MOBI), and e-readers (E-PUB). Over 40 subject topics are listed along with author, title, and date.

Aten: Bibliography on Akhenaten and Nefertiti

Aten: Bibliography on Akhenaten and Nefertiti
Ashen Zakharyan
Foreword
Akhenaten was the 10th pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt who reigned over the country for about 17 years about 3.500 years ago. He was known as a heretic king, religious revolutioner. He is especially noted for abandoning traditional Egyptian polytheism and introducing worship centered on the sun disc Aten, which is sometimes described as monotheistic. When he ascended the throne his name was Amenhotep IV, but in his sixth year of rule he changed it to “Akhenaten". He has succeeded his father Amenhotep III. Akhenaten has established a new capital city Akhetaten (Horizon of Aten) at modern Amarna. Aten was the only god and Akhenaten was only intermediary between the Aten and the people.
Akhenaten was married to Nefertiti, one of the most famious queens of ancient Egypt. Nefertiti’s origins are uncertain. Some historians believe that she was a foreign princess and others believe that she was Akhenaten’s relative, daughter of Ay.
After Akhenenaten’s death Egypt returned to the worship of the old gods and the name and image of Akhenaten were erased from his monuments in an effort to wipe out the memory of his ‘heretical’ reign.
The present bibliography is a comprehensive guide to articles and books on Akhenaten and Nefertiti, aimed at scholars, students of Egyptology and general public as well.

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Proto-Indo-European Lexicon: The generative etymological dictionary of Indo-European languages

[First posted in AWOL 6 August 2015, updated 28 November 2017]

Proto-Indo-European Lexicon: The generative etymological dictionary of Indo-European languages
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Welcome to PIE Lexicon Pilot 1.1: The generative etymological dictionary of Anatolian languages.
Proto-Indo-European Lexicon is the generative etymological dictionary of Indo-European languages.

The current version, PIE Lexicon Pilot 1.1, presents digitally generated data of hundred most ancient Indo-European languages with three hundred new etymologies for Old Anatolian languages, Hitttite, Palaic, Cuneiform Luwian and Hieroglyphic Luwian, arranged under two hundred Indo-European roots.

The correspondences contain data of all fourteen sub-branches of the Indo-European languages, Albanian, Anatolian, Armenian, Baltic, Celtic, Germanic, Greek, Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Italic, Old Balkan (Satem), Old Balkan (Centum), Slavic and Tocharian.

The Anatolian etymologies have been chosen due to their particularly problematic nature, and in the absence of other criteria the selection is random. However, as all the oldest forms of the languages are represented in the data, the ancient languages still absent in PIE Lexicon are supplemented in the near future.


We use a set of sound laws of the Neogrammarians, the laryngeal theory and monolaryngealism critically revised and selected to form a consistent system in Pyysalo (2013), which allows a computer-generated derivation of the most important (ancient) Indo-European languages.
The derivation has been digitized by means of Foma, a programming language developed by Mans Hulden (2009). In Foma the Indo-European sound laws are equipped with their digital counterparts, which are then arranged in chronological order. After this a PIE reconstruction results in a respective Indo-European form, when the Foma script of that language is applied.

All Indo-European forms of PIE Lexicon are automatically generated from the proto-language, and if marked with black the generation is successful. Any errors in the derivation are marked with red, and the derivation of a form through successive sound laws is generated by clicking its PIE reconstruction (in blue).
The Proto-Indo-European Phoneme Inventory
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Petition to Save Nuntii Latini, the world’s only weekly Latin language news broadcast!

Save Nuntii Latini, the world’s only weekly Latin language news broadcast!
We demand that the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE should continue its Latin language news. For over 28 years a small group of dedicated Finnish Latinists has produced a news program which is a testament to the vitality and flexibility of Latin. It is a unique phenomenon that unites language enthusiasts – from experts to amateurs – throughout the world.

The program fosters interest in Latin and the history of Western civilisation. It is an invaluable teaching tool used in schools and universities around the world.

Monday, November 27, 2017

Sumerian Grammar Bibliography

Sumerian Grammar Bibliography
compiled by Carsten Peust, 2017

● Intended to be complete from 1970 on, selective prior to that date.
● Vocabulary studies are not normally included, with some exceptions for highly grammaticalized words.
● I also cite a choice of internet publications. An address is provided only if not easily retrievable by search engines.
● If you miss any items, please email me under cpeust@gmx.de. My particular thanks goes to Tomoki Kitazumi who contributed numerous additions.

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Open Access Journal: Biblijski pogledi (Biblical Perspectives)

Biblijski pogledi (Biblical Perspectives)
ISSN: 1330-1497 (Print)
ISSN: 1849-0832 (Online)
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The Biblijski pogledi (Biblical Perspectives) is an academic journal published by the Adventistički teološki fakultet (Adriatic Union College) in Maruševec, Croatia. Biblical Perspectives publishes original scientific papers, already published scientific texts of special significance, review articles, professional papers, article/book reviews and brief notes on the following subjects: Biblical linguistics and its cognates, history of Biblical text and translations, Biblical theology, textual criticism, exegesis, Biblical archeology and geography, church history, systematic theology, philosophy of religion, ethics, missiology and special areas relating to Christian ministry and to religious education. This inter-disciplinary nature of the journal opens itself to the cooperation with other fields of scientific thinking in the complex world we live in. Biblical Perspectives publishes in Croatian, English, German, and French.
2015  
  Vol. 23   No. 1-2
2013  
  Vol. 21   No. 1-2
2012  
  Vol. 20   No. 1-2
2007  
  Vol. 15   No. 1-2
2006  
  Vol. 14   No. 1i2
2005  
  Vol. 13   No. 2
  Vol. 13   No. 1
2004  
  Vol. 12   No. 1-2
2003  
  Vol. 11   No. 1-2
2002  
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2001  
  Vol. 9   No. 1-2
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  Vol. 8   No. 1-2
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  Vol. 7   No. 1-2
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  Vol. 6   No. 1-2
1997  
  Vol. 5   No. 1i2
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1993  
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Open Acceess Monograph Series: Sardis: publications of the American Society for the excavation of Sardis in AMAR

Sardis: publications of the American Society for the excavation of Sardis in AMAR

One of a series of AWOL pages seeking to pull together publication series digitized and served through AMAR: Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Site Reports