Books published by Lockwood Press

This book discusses recent trends and issues in the scholarly study of the Qur'an and its exegesis. In addition, it  addresses recent scholarship on tafsir (qur'anic exegesis), including thematic interpretation, diacronic and syncronic readings of the Qur'an.

Building on the comprehensive photographic and epigraphic documentation of the temple presented in The Temple of Ramesses II at Abydos vols 1 (Wall Scenes) and 2 (Pillars, Niches and Miscellanea), vol 3 (Architectural and Inscriptional Features) offers analysis of the architectural layout and decorative programme of the temple and its symbolism.

This volume publishes hand copies of 292 cuneiform texts in the Yale Babylonian Collection dating to the Sargonic and Pre-Sargonic periods. It continues publication of the Pre-Ur III texts begun by George Hackman and Ferris Stephens in the series Babylonian lnscriptions in the Collection of J. B. Nies, volume 8. The tablet copies presented here include accounts and records from Isin, Nippur, Shuruppak, Umma, Zabala, Girsu, Umma, Lagash, Eshnunna, and Kish, as well as the Mesag archive.

This volume publishes 92 Demotic graffiti, along with several ostraca and mummy bandages, from Theban Tombs at Dra Abu el-Naga, studied under the Spanish Mission directed by Jose Galan. In an introductory chapter Galan discusses the work at Dra Abu Naga and recounts the history of this area of the Theban Necropolis down to the Roman period.

This book examines the work of two major poets who wrote in the second half of the twentieth century, Yves Bonnefoy of France and the Syrian-born Adonis (born Ali Ahmed Said). In conducting close readings of key moments from their respective poetry, the author illustrates how both of these writers, in their own unique ways, construct poetry as a form of spiritual practice, that is, as a way of transforming both the poet's and the implied reader's ontological, perceptual, and creative relationships with their internal and external worlds.

This volume presents current research on Roman emperors' uses of images, ranging from the beard of Nero to Antonine funeral pyres to the roles of arches in shaping urban landscapes. Chronologically, the volume covers the reigns of Augustus through Constantine, and it examines the use of imagery by empresses as well as emperors.

In Mediterranean Wines of Place, Al Leonard, Professor of Classical Archaeology and wine aficionado, pairs his love of the Mediterranean World with wines crafted from the grapes that have been so much a part of its history. This guide to Mediterranean wines introduces more than sixty heirloom grapes and their wines. Colour illustrations throughout.

The studies collected here examine Egyptian (auto-)biographies from a variety of complementary perspectives: anthropological and contrastive perspectives; original Old Kingdom settings; text format and language; social dimensions; religious experience. Belonging to the nonroyal elites, these texts present aspects of individual lives and experience.

This volume publishes new research results in the zooarchaeology of southwest Asia and adjacent areas. The three main themes of the book are: new approaches in the study of animal remains; the subsistence economies of prehistoric and early complex societies; the roles of animals in the symbolic world of ancient societies.

The Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JARCE) was established in 1962 to foster research into the history, languages, social systems, and archaeology of the Egyptian people. The journal welcomes article submissions on all periods and aspects of Egyptian civilization. JARCE publishes articles in English, French, or German.

This volume brings together scholars in religion, archaeology, philology and history to explore case studies and theoretical models of converging religions. The twenty-four essays derive from Hittite, Cilician, Lydian, Phoenician, Greek and Roman cultural settings.

The Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies Association (JIQSA) is a peer reviewed annual journal published on behalf of the International Qur'anic Studies Association, a non-profit learned society for scholars of the Qur'an.

Published annually by Lockwood Press. The Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is a Toronto-based nonprofit organization whose purpose is to bring together individuals interested in Coptic studies and to promote the dissemination of scholarly information on Coptic Studies.

Arabic Belles Lettres brings together ten studies that shed light on important questions in the study of Arabic language, literature, literary history, and writerly culture.

This volume continues publication of the Sargonic tablets from Telloh in the Istanbul Archeological Museums begun with STTI in 1982. Presenting transliterations of 693 texts from this site, it represents a further step towards meaningful engagement with the Sargonic records from Girsu.

The adventures of Gilgamesh were well known throughout Babylonia and Assyria. This is a new edition of the material from Bogazkoy, of particular importance to modern scholars in reconstructing the epic. It documents a period in the history of the narrative's progressive restructuring and elaboration.

Palamedes: A Journal of Ancient History is published on behalf of the University of Warsaw. It seeks to provide a forum where all those who study Greek and Roman antiquity in its material, linguistic or intellectual manifestations can meet with their Orientalist and Egyptological counterparts.

Reflects the work of the joint expedition of Cairo University and Brown University to record and publish the tombs uncovered on behalf of Cairo University by Prof. Abdel-Moneim Abu Bakr from 1949 through 1953, but never published.

Michael Cuypers applies the principles of Semitic rhetoric - a method of textual analysis developed in the field of biblical studies - to the thirty-three small suras (81 to 114) of the Qur'an, making it possible to grasp the internal coherence of the suras, and the semantic links between them.

Palamedes: A Journal of Ancient History is published on behalf of the University of Warsaw. It seeks to provide a forum where all those who study Greek and Roman antiquity in its material, linguistic, or intellectual manifestations can meet with their Orientalist and Egyptological counterparts.

The Canadian Society for Coptic Studies is an organization whose purpose is to bring together individuals interested in Coptic studies and to promote the dissemination of scholarly information on Coptic Studies through the organization of meetings and conferences and through the preparation of scholarly works for publication.

This new journal from the International Qur'anic Studies Association will support of the association's mission of fostering scholarship on the Qur'an.

The Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JARCE) was established in 1962 to foster research into the history, languages, social systems and archaeology of the Egyptian people. The journal welcomes article submissions on all periods and aspects of Egyptian civilization. JARCE publishes articles in English, French or German.

Brian Hesse was Professor of Jewish Studies, Anthropology and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Pennsylvania State University and a leading specialist on ancient animal bones and the zooarchaeology of the Levant. This volume honours his memory and reflects the wide range of his interests.