The Ancient Near East

Rezensionen / Stimmen

'Simply brilliant, a credit to publisher and author alike. Beautifully produced, it proves that scholarship of a high order on a subject of considerable complexity, with massive accompanying bibliography and footnotes, is yet compatible with solid readability. These are two magisterial volumes, unmatched by anything available today in coverage, scholarship and judgement.' - Literary Review

'A very comprehensive synthesis.' - Antiquity

'These beautifully written and lavishly produced volumes contain a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the history of the ancient Near East from the earliest documentary evidence to the conquest of Alexander the Great.' - Orientalia

'A magnificent handbook to a vast sweep of history, from 3000BC to Alexander the Great.' - Mary Beard, BBC History Magazine 'Simply brilliant, a credit to publisher and author alike. Beautifully produced, it proves that scholarship of a high order on a subject of considerable complexity, with massive accompanying bibliography and footnotes, is yet compatible with solid readability. These are two magisterial volumes, unmatched by anything available today in coverage, scholarship and judgement.' - Literary Review

'It is also designed for undergraduate reference during courses on the Near East and may well be a useful bibliographic guide for more advanced scholars. The two volumes are certainly handsomely produced.' - Oxbow Books

'A very comprehensive synthesis.' - Antiquity

'These beautifully written and lavishly produced volumes contain a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the history of the ancient Near East from the earliest documentary evidence to the conquest of Alexander the Great.' - Orientalia

'The need for such a textbook overview has long been felt, and students will rapidly learn to rely upon this magisterial presentation of the primary data. - H. G. M. Williamson, Journal of Jewish Studies

'The book is eminently readable. This study should be in all major libraries, and special collections on the ancient world cannot do without it.' - Internationale Zeitschriftenschau Fur Bibelwissenschaft Und Grenzgebiete

'A magnificent handbook to a vast sweep of history, from 3000BC to Alexander the Great.' - Mary Beard, BBC History Magazine

'This is certainly the best introductory history to the ancient Near East currently available.'- Journal of the Amercian Oriental Society