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Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studied in Japan
VOL. XXXVI  2001

Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Japan: Past and Present

Preface

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Abbreviations

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Archaeology: Expeditions and Discoveries in West Asia by Japanese Archaeologists
Ken MATSUMOTO and Kazumi OGUCHI

7

Assyriology

Part I: It All Started with Fifty Sumerian Tablets

Tohru MAEDA

35

Part II: Contributions of the Younger Generation

Kazuko WATANABE

41

Egyptology: The Land of Pharaohs from a Japanese Viewpoint

Jiro KONDO and Sugihiko UCHIDA

57

Middle Iranian Studies: From Book Pahlavi to Eastern Sources

Seiro HARUTA

78

It's Always Challenging: Biblical Studies in Japan
Yutaka IKEDA
87
Hellenistic Studies in Japan: Domination, Subordination and Alexander the Great Takashi TAMURA 107
Byzantine Studies: A General Overview
Hiroshi WADA
123
Linguistic Studies: Approaching the ANE Languages from the Oriental Mind
Jun IKEDA
129