Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by FAS Department "Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations"
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Agency, Sex Trafficking, and Transnational Law: Applying Feminist Theory to the Palermo Protocol
(2015)This paper examines the possibility of incorporating the notion of ‘agency’ in a legal framework in regard to the trafficking of humans, and especially women, for the purpose of sexual exploitation. In arguing that the ... -
The Ark of the Covenant and Divine Rage in the Hebrew Bible
(2016-08-29)The subject of my study is the Ark of the Covenant as portrayed within the Deuteronomistic History of the Hebrew Bible, particularly the tales featuring the Ark in Joshua and 1–2 Samuel. In these narratives, the God of ... -
An Armenian Magico-Medical Manuscript (Bzhshkaran) in the NAASR Collection
(Society for Armenian Studies, 2011) -
Armenian Secret and Invented Languages and Argots
(Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2012-11-26) -
The Bells: From Poe to Sardarapat
(Society for Armenian Studies, 2012) -
Between China and Tibet: A Documentary History of Khotan in the Late Eighth and Early Ninth Century
(2016-09-16)Since the late 19th century, expeditions in Khotan sponsored by various countries have yielded several collections of Khotanese manuscripts. Among them, the British Collection, the Russian Collection, and the Hedin stand ... -
Beyond the Letters: The Question of Language in the Teachings of Rabbi Dov Baer of Mezritch
(2015-03-27)This thesis examines the philosophy of language of Rabbi Dov Baer of Mezritch (d. 1772), one of the most influential and creative early Hasidic masters, and the teacher whose students effectively created the Hasidic movement. ... -
The Black Dervish of Armenian Futurism
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Collective Accountability among the Sages of Ancient Israel
(2013-09-30)The purpose of this dissertation is to consider Israel's biblical wisdom traditions comments on collective accountability in a systematic way. In order to accomplish this, each of five biblical wisdom books--Proverbs, ... -
Competing Ways of Life: Islamism, Secularism, and Public Order in the Tunisian Transition
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013) -
Constitutionalizing a Democratic Muslim State without Shari'a: The Religious Establishment in the Tunisian 2014 Constitution
(Indiana University Press, 2016) -
Contradictions and Coherence in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
(2016-05-09)The subject of this dissertation is the conception of congruity in the narrative of Targum Pseudo-Jonathan (Ps-J). A literary study of Ps-J reveals a two-part conundrum regarding congruity in the Targum. First, congruity ... -
The Cult of the Deified King in Ur III Mesopotamia
(2015-05-18)The topic of divine kingship in Mesopotamia, and in the Ur III period (ca. 2112-2004 B.C.E.) in particular, has been the subject of studies focused on aspects such as its ideology, rhetoric, political motivation, and place ... -
The Curving Shore of Time and Space: Notes on the Prologue to Pushkin’s Ruslan and Ludmila
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2012)