Learn to Read Series

LTR Ancient Akkadian: Caplice, Lesson One 4 min read

LTR Ancient Akkadian: Caplice, Lesson One

Matthew Saunders June 28, 2024

Introduction As part of our “Learn to Read Ancient Akkadian” series, this blog reviews the contents of Lesson One in Caplice’s Introduction to Akkadian. Previously... Read More

Learn to Read Ancient Aramaic: E. Cook (2022), Chapter Two, “Orthography” 6 min read

Learn to Read Ancient Aramaic: E. Cook (2022), Chapter Two, “Orthography”

Matthew Saunders March 31, 2024

Introduction This is the second post in a series that provides a resource to learn or review Biblical Aramaic and its related (Middle) Aramaic dialects... Read More

Learn to Read Ancient Aramaic: E. Cook (2022), Chapter One, “Introduction: Aramaic and Its Dialects” 5 min read

Learn to Read Ancient Aramaic: E. Cook (2022), Chapter One, “Introduction: Aramaic and Its Dialects”

Matthew Saunders December 6, 2023

Introduction This post is the first in a series that provides a resource to learn or review the contents of Edward M. Cook’s Biblical Aramaic... Read More

Learn to Read Ancient Akkadian: R. Caplice (2002), Prolegomena 4 min read

Learn to Read Ancient Akkadian: R. Caplice (2002), Prolegomena

Matthew Saunders November 29, 2023

Introduction This post is the first in a series that provides a resource to review the contents of Richard Caplice’s Introduction to Akkadian (4th ed.; 2002).... Read More

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Monthly Trivia Question (Theme: History of Scholarship)

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Which former Johns Hopkins professor of Semitics, known for surviving significant hardships during World War II, including fleeing the Nazi invasion of Poland and enduring captivity under Japanese forces, later studied under William F. Albright and taught at Hopkins?

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