The Worlds of Yesterday - (History of Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Egyptology) by Abraham Winitzer (Hardcover)

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What shapes the modern understanding of ancient Mesopotamia?
About the Author: Abraham Winitzer, Ph.D. (Harvard University, 2006), teaches ancient Near Eastern studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Social Science, Archaeology
Series Name: History of Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Egyptology

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What shapes the modern understanding of ancient Mesopotamia? The Worlds of Yesterday explores this question through the life and work of the Assyriologist and historian A. Leo Oppenheim. Drawing on an edition of previously unknown family correspondence written during years of exile and upheaval, Abraham Winitzer places Oppenheim's famous vision of Mesopotamia as a "dead civilization" within the historical world in which it emerged. Combining intellectual biography, the history of Assyriology, and a remarkable family archive, this two-volume work illuminates the intertwined histories of the twentieth century and the study of the ancient Near East.

About the Author

Abraham Winitzer, Ph.D. (Harvard University, 2006), teaches ancient Near Eastern studies at the University of Notre Dame. An Assyriologist specializing in Mesopotamian literature and intellectual history, he was a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 2024-2025.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.25 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W)

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Archaeology

Series Title: History of Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Egyptology

Publisher: Brill

Format: Hardcover

Author: Abraham Winitzer

Language: English

Street Date: January 7, 2027

TCIN: 1012298427

UPC: 9789004773004

Item Number (DPCI): 247-42-0231

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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