AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE
@avartnp.bsky.social
A biannual, open access journal through TP London Press. We publish peer-reviewed scholarship on Anatolia, Egypt, the Levant, and Mesopotamia from the third through first millennia BCE that crosses and disrupts disciplinary boundaries.
Diaspora is a place where one can encounter the divine, where one finds refuge, where one is home. Go read it now! (3/3)
July 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Diaspora is a place where one can encounter the divine, where one finds refuge, where one is home. Go read it now! (3/3)
Coining the term "polisification," because Aseneth's transformation is similar to but quite different from City-is-Woman metaphors, Glass argues that this realized metaphor replaces Aseneth as home for the displaced house of Jacob. (2/3)
July 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Coining the term "polisification," because Aseneth's transformation is similar to but quite different from City-is-Woman metaphors, Glass argues that this realized metaphor replaces Aseneth as home for the displaced house of Jacob. (2/3)
Ultimately, they land in a place where they do not agree with one another, calling for both reflection and reflexivity in this interdisciplinary work. Enjoy! (3/3)
July 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Ultimately, they land in a place where they do not agree with one another, calling for both reflection and reflexivity in this interdisciplinary work. Enjoy! (3/3)
Coming from different backgrounds of study, like ancient history, biblical studies, and anthropology, these four work through how they have discussed the potential interplay of current migration research into the past, with both the strengths and weaknesses of doing so. (2/3)
July 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Coming from different backgrounds of study, like ancient history, biblical studies, and anthropology, these four work through how they have discussed the potential interplay of current migration research into the past, with both the strengths and weaknesses of doing so. (2/3)
Fry and Trinka touch on the ways ancient scholars have done some of this work problematically, as well as asking how we might join the conversation in reciprocity instead of simply taking. Do you have thoughts? Read it and let us know! (3/3)
July 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Fry and Trinka touch on the ways ancient scholars have done some of this work problematically, as well as asking how we might join the conversation in reciprocity instead of simply taking. Do you have thoughts? Read it and let us know! (3/3)