Archív Orientální

Volume 82, Issue 2 (2014)

2014. vi, 214 pp.

Publishing status: Available

Table of Contents

Articles
The Use of Figurative Language Concerning the Death of the King Shih-Wei Hsu	201–209
Menu of the Gods. Mesopotamian Supernatural Powers and Their Nourishment, with Reference to Selected Literary Sources Stefan Nowicki	211–224
Tracking the Dragon across the Ancient Near East Robert D. Miller	225–245
Un Apostolat en Orient: la France et la Compagnie de Jésus auprès de la communauté Maronite Rafael Herzstein	247–262
In Pursuit of Laxmi: Entrepreneurship, Industry and Technology in Colonial Bengal Suvobrata Sarkar	263–295
Narrative Variation and Motif Adaptation in Ancient Anecdotal Lore: A Perspective on the Bird-gift Story in Early and Early Medieval Chinese Sources Giulia Baccini	297–315
New Social Classes, Old Visions of Hierarchy: the Novel Chronicles of Du Lala’s Promotions as an Example of Middle Class Virtue in the Chinese “Socialist Market” Marco Fumian	317–335
Yi Munyǒl’s New Mythology of Kim Pyǒngyǒn. The Siin Miriam Löwensteinová and Yu Sunbee	337–358
The Emergence of Japanese Ethnology: A Case Study of the Ethnologist Matsumoto Nobuhiro in the Period 1919–23 Petra Karlová	359–379
Review Article
Officials of Western Han and Their Background Reviewed by Michael Loewe	381–388
Book Reviews and Notes
Stephen Quirke. Going out in Daylight ;prt m hrw: the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead ;translation, sources, meanings. Reviewed by Břetislav Vachala	389–390
Simonetta Ponchia and Mikko Luukko. The Standard Babylonian Myth of Nergal and Ereškigal. Introduction, Cuneiform Text and Transliteration with a Translation, Glossary and Commentary. Reviewed by Jiří Prosecký	391–393
Takayoshi Oshima. The Babylonian Theodicy. Introduction, Cuneiform Text and Transliteration with a Translation, Glossary and Commentary. Reviewed by Jiří Prosecký	394–396
Anderson H. M. Jeremiah. Community and Worldview among Paraiyars of South India. ‘Lived’ Religion. Reviewed by Pavel Hons	397–399
Michaela Budiman. Contemporary Funeral Rituals of Sa’dan Toraja. From Aluk Todolo to “New” Religions. Reviewed by Rudolf Mrázek	400
Qiliang He. Gilded Voices: Economics, Politics, and Storytelling in the Yangzi Delta since 1949. Reviewed by Olga Lomová	401–404
Carine Defoort and Nicolas Standaert, eds. The Mozi as an Evolving Text: Different Voices in Early Chinese Thought. Reviewed by Oliver Weingarten	405–407
Our Contributors	409–410

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