Ancient Near East studies (or ANE studies) is the field of academic study of the ancient Near East (ANE). As such, it is an umbrella term for Assyriology and Egyptology. Alongside its sister subject of Near Eastern Archaeology, it is among the most prominent fields with regard to research in the realm of ancient history, alongside such disciplines as Classics, Classical Archaeology, Biblical Studies, Biblical Archaeology, Jewish Studies, Christian Studies, Iranology, Sinology, and Indology, some of which it overlaps with.
History of ANE studies In Britain the first Assyriological appointments in the University of London date to 1904, when T. G. Pinches of the British Museum was appointed to a professorship.Jerrold S. Cooper; Glenn M. Schwartz (1996). The study of the ancient Near East in the twenty-first century. Pennsylvania State University Press. .
Societies American Oriental Society ARAM – ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies ASOR – American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston British Institute for the Study of Iraq CEHAO – Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente, Argentina Council for British Research in the Levant Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft The Melammu Project The Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project, Helsinki. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Société Asiatique, Paris Open Digital Ancient Near Eastern Studies (OpenDANES)
Universities with major ANE centres Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina University of Chicago Oriental Institute Columbia UniversityColumbia New York University Institute for Study of the Ancient WorldNYU ISAW
Common abbreviations of cited journals, sources and lexicons The following list does not include journals in the field of Old Testament studies. Abzu – Bibliography From the Oriental Institute of the University of ChicagoABZU links for all aspects of the Ancient Near East. Ancient Near East Monographs (ANEM) ANES – Ancient Near Eastern Studies Annual journal from the University of Melbourne dedicated to the languages and cultures of the ancient Near East. ANET & ANEP – Ancient Near East Texts (Princeton 1950, 1955, 3rd ed. 1969)Stanisław Bazyliński A Guide to Biblical Research: Introductory AntOr – Antiguo Oriente BASOR – Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research CAD – Chicago Assyrian Dictionary CHD – Chicago Hittite Dictionary ETANA – Electronic Tools and Ancient Neareastern Archivesetana ETCSL – Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, OxfordElectronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature JEOL – Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux JESHO – Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient JCS – Journal of Cuneiform Studies JNES – Journal of Near Eastern Studies JSS – Journal of Semitic Studies KTU² - Keilschrift Texte aus Ugarit LAPO – Littératures anciennnes du Proche-Orient 1967–2002 NEA – Near Eastern Archaeology Magazine Revista del Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental RLA – Reallexikon der Assyriologie TUAT – Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testament 1982–1995, 2002
See also Chronology of the ancient Near East Genetic history of the Middle East Middle Eastern studies Quranic studies Religions of the ancient Near East / Middle Eastern mythology
References
Further reading ABZU bibliography, "A guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world"