JOURNAL OF TUE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY D Volume 114 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDWINGEROW Reed College SECTIONAL EDITORS PAUL W KROLL University ofColorado MAYNARD P. MAIDMAN York University JEANETTE A. WAKIN Columbia University PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY Harlan Hateher Graduate Library University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. 48109-1 205 1994-ISSN 0003-0279 TABLE OF CONTENTS, Volume 114 ACHARYA, SHANTIBHAI , Review of Ucida : Saurashtra- BlANCHI, ROBERT STEVEN, Review of Chassinat: Le Temple English Dictionary , . .. .. 0 •• • 0 0 • • • 0 • • 645 d'Edfou, vol. 2, noo2, revoed.. 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 134 ADLER, WILLIAM, Review of Reeves: Jewish Lore in Man i­ ___ , Review of Osing and Nielsen, eds.: The Heritage of chaean Cosmogony: Studies in the Book of Giants Ancient Egypt 0 0 • • 0 0 • • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 101 Traditions . 0 • • 0 • 0 • • 0 • •• ••• •• 0 • • •• 0 • • 275 ___, Review of Ritner: The Mechanics ofAncient Egyp- ALLEN , JOSEPH R., Review of Yeh, ed., tr.: Anthology of tian Magi cal Practice 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • 0 0 0 ••• • 0 513 Modern Chines e Poetry . 0 • • • 0 •• 0 0 0 • • 0 • 0 • 0 324 ___, Review of Schoske and Wildung : Gott und Götter AMITAI-P REISS, REuvEN, Revie w of Dajani-Shakeel and im alten Ägypten . 0 0 •• 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • 273 Messier, eds .: The Jihäd and its Times: Dedicated to BIGGS , ROBERT D, Review of Arnaud : Textes de la biblio- Andrew Stefan Ehrenkre ut; . 0 • 0 • • 0 • •• 0 • • 0 • 0 113 theque: Transcriptions et traductions . 0 • • 0 0 •• 0 0 • 515 ___' Review of Lundquist: Saladin and the Crusaders: BLANFORD, YUMIKO F., Discovery of Lost Eloquence: New In- Selected An nals . 0 0 0 • • 0 • 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 0 • • 0 • • 114 sight from the Mawangdui " Zanguo zonghengjia shu" 77 ANDE RSON, Lrsx, Review of Simon: Change within Tradition BODDE, DERK , Review of . Viatkin, tr.: Syma Tsyan, ls - amon g Jewish Women in Libya . 0 •• 0 • 0 •• 0 • • 116 toric hesk ie zapis kl (Shi Tsi) 0 0 •• 0 0 • • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 0 143 ASTOUR, MIcHAEL C., Review of Grainger: The Cities of BONGARD-LEVIN, Go Mo, A Fragment of the Paiicavim- Seleukid Syria 0 •• 0 • • • 0 0 • • • 0 •• 0 • • • 0 • • • 267 satis ähasrik ü Praj ii äpäramit ä-Siura from Eastern AUFRECHT, WALTER E., Review of J. Miller, ed.: Archaeologi- Turkestan . 0 • • 0 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 •• 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 383 cal Survey ofthe Kerak Plateau . 0 • 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 133 BÖWERING, GERHA RD, Review of Ernst: Eternal Garden: BAGNALL, ROGER So, Review of Pestman and Rupprecht, Myst icism, History, and Politi cs at a South Asian Sufi eds. : Berichtigungs liste der griechisc hen Papyrusurkun- Cente r . 0 0 •• 0 0 •• 0 0 • • 0 • 0 • 0 0 • • • •• • • 521 den aus Ägypten . 0 •• 0 0 0 • • 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 517 ___, Review of Kohlberg : A Medieval Muslim Scholar BAHRANI, ZA INA B, Review of Haex et al., eds.: To the Eu­ at Work: Ibn tnwas and his Library .. 0 0 • • 0 • 0 • 0 286 ph rates and Beyond: Archaeological Studies in Honou r of BOYD, STEVEN Wo , Review of Siebesma: The Fun ction ofthe Maurits N. van Loon . 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 • • 0 0 0 • 134 Nip hial in Biblical Heb rew 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 •• 0 669 ___ , Review of Matthiae et al., eds.: Resurrecting the BRANN, Ross, Review of Somekh, ed.: 1srael Oriental Past: A Joint Tribute to Adnan Bounni . 0 • • 0 ••• 134 Studies, Xl: Studies in Medieval Arabic and Hebrew BEACH, MILO C., Review of Topsfield: The City Palace Poetics . 0 0 • • 0 0 •• 0 0 • • •• 0 • • • • • • 0 0 •• • 112 Museum, Udaipur: Paintings ofMewar Court Life 0 • 0 0 522 BRICHTO, HERBE RT Co , Review of Freedman : The Unity of BECKMAN, GARY, Review of Neve: Hattusa, Stadt der Götter the Hebrew Bible 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 • 0 • • 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 135 und Tempel: Ne ue Ausg rabungen in der Hauptstadt der BROSJUS, MARIA, Review of H. Koch: Es kündet Dareios der Hethiter. 0 • 0 0 • 0 • 0 •• 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 517 Kön ig 0 0 0 : Vom Leben im persischen Großreich . 0 0 519 BEESTON, AoF. L., Review of Versteegh and Carter, eds.: BUELL, PAUL D., Review of Jay: AChange in Dynasties: Studies in the History ofA rabic Gramm ar, II . 0 • 0 •• 694 Loyalism in Thi rteenth-Century China 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 • 326 BEHRENS-ABOUSEI F, DORIS, Review of Müller-Weiner: Eine CARTER, MoGo , Review of Owens : Early Arabic Grammati- Stadtgeschichte Alexandr ias von 564/1169 bis in die cal Theory: Hete rogeneity and Standardization 0 0 •• 0 472 Mitte des 9.115. Jahrhunderts . 0 • • 0 0 •• 0 • 0 • 0 •• 114 <::ELIK, ZEYNEP, Review of Keddie and Baron, eds.: Women BELLAMY, JAMES A., Review of Marin, ed.: Ibn Basku w äl in Middle Eastern History: Shifting Boundaries in Sex (m. 578//183): En busco deI socorro div ino 0 • •• 0 0 • 461 and Gender 0 • • 0 0 • 0 0 • • • 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 296 ___, Review of Weninger: Qanäca (Genügsamkeit) in CHARPIN , DOMINIQUE, Review of Stone and Owen: Adoption der arabisc hen Literatur. 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 • •• 0 • 0 • • 0 • 289 in Old Babylonian Nipp ur and the Archive ofMannum- BERKEMER, GEORG, Review of Mann: Britische Herrschaft mesu -liss ur 0 0 0 • • 0 • • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • 0 0 0 • • 0 o ' 94 auf indischem Boden: Landwirtschaftliche Transforma­ CLOONEY, FRANCIS X., S .1., Review of Chattopadhyay: A tion und ökologische Destruktion des " Central Doab, " Vai,~ ~ava Interpretation of the Brahmasütras: Vedänta 1801-1854 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 •• • 0 •• 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 • 658 and Theism . 0 0 0 • 0 0 •• 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • 477 Srivai~~ava BER KOWITZ, ALAN , Topos and Entelechy in the Ethos'of Re- ___, Review of Mumme: The Theological c1usion in China 0 •• 0 • 0 • 0 0 • 0 • • • 0 0 • • • 0 • • 632 Dispute: Manavälam ämuni and Vedänta Desika . 0 0 • 319 iv Contents, Volume 114 CONLON, -FRANK F., Review of Chandra: The Eighteenth ___ , Review of Dothan and Dothan: People ofthe Sea : Century in 1ndia: Its Economy and the Role of the Mar­ The Search for the Philistines 668 athas, the Jats, the Sikhs and the Afghan s; Raychaudhuri: DEYOUNG , TERRI , Review of Ost le, ed.: Modern Literature Three Views of Europe from Nine teenth-Century Bengal ; in the Near and Middle East, 1850-1970 300 Thapar: The Mauryas Revisited . ... .. 137 DOHANIAN, DlRAN KAvORK, Review of Dehejia : Art of the ___' Review of Mahmud: A Concise History oflndo- Imperial Cholas . .. .. .. .. 656 Pakistan . .. .. .. .. .. .. 138 DONEGAN, PATRICIA J., Review of Osada: AReferen ce CONVERSE, HYLA S.'], An Ancient Südra Account of the Gram mar ofMundari. .. ... .. .. .. 310 Origin of Castes (with ARVIND SHARMA ) 642 DYKSTRA, DARRELL, Pyramids, Prophets, and Progress: CRECEUUS, DANIEL, Review of Winter: Egyptian Society Ancient Egypt in the Writings of cAIi Mubärak . ... .. 54 under Ottoman Rule, 1517-1798 691 EBREY, PATRICIA, Review of Tillman: Confucian Dis course CUTLER, NORMAN, Review of Lehmann and Malten: A and Chu Hsi 's As cendancy 323 Word Ind ex of Old Tamil Cankam Literature; Rajam: A ENTWISTLE, ALAN, Review of McGregor, ed.: Devotional Ref erence Gram mar ofClassical Tamil Poetry 309 Literature in South Asia: Current Research, 1985 - DALLAL, AHMAD, Review of Mousalli: Radical ls lamic Fun ­ 1988 320 damentalism: The Ideological and Political Discourse of ERMERS, ROBERT, Review of Sawaie, ed.: The Risäla fi Sayyid Qutb . .. .. ... .... ... 297 tahqiq of Ibn Kamäl Pasha . ...... ... 294 DAMROSCH, DAVID, Review of Pinault: Story-Telling Tech- ERNST, CARL W., Rev iew of Mu rata: The Tao of Islam: niques in the Ara bian Nights. .. .. .. 299 A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic DANDAMAYEV, M. A., Review of Frame: Babylonia, 689- Thought 677 627 R e.: A Poli tica l History 495 FELDMAN, LOUIS, Review of Dunn, ed.: Jews and Christians: _ __ , Review of Leichty et al.: Catalogue of the Babylo- The Parting ofthe Ways, A.D. 70 to 135 672 nian Tablets in the British Muse um 666 ___ , Review of Efron: Studies on the Hasmonean DANIEL, ELTONL., Review of Fishbein, ed.: The His tory of Period . .. .. .. ... 87 al-Tabari , vol. XXXI: The War between Brothers . .. 282 ___, Review of Fowden: Empire to Commonwea lth: DAS, RAHULPETER, New Public ations on Bengali Syncretis- Consequences of Monotheism in Late Antiquity 67 1 tic Religions . .. .. ..... .. .... .. 249 FINKENSTAEDT, EUZABETH, Review of Davis: Masking the DAVIS , RICHARD H., Review of Bayly: Saints, Goddesses Blow: The Scen e of Representation in Late Prehistoric and Kings: Muslims and Christians in South Indian Egyptian Art. ... ... ...... 664 Society 127 FOSTER, BENJAMINR., Early Mesopotamian Land Sales . 440 _ __ , Review of Dyczkowski, tr.: The Aphorisms of _ __ , Review of Denning-Bolle: Wisdom in Akkadian Siva: The Sivasütra with Bh äskara's Commentary, the Literat ure 492 Värttika 312 FOULK, T. GRIFFITH, Review of Gregory: Tsung-mi and the DEHEJI A, VIDYA, Review of MicheIl and Eaton: Firuzabad: Sinification ofBuddhism 486 Palace City ofthe Deccan 291 Fox, SAMUEL ETHAN,The Relationships of the Eastern Neo­ DEMPSEY, DEIRDRE, Review of Hamilto n and Rogers: A Aramaie Dialects . ... .. .. .. 154 Gramm ar for Biblical Hebrew Handbook: Answer Keys FRANK, RICHARD M., Review of van Ess: Theologie und and Study Guide . .. .... .... 509 Gesellschaft im 2. und 3. Jahrhundert Hids chra: Eine DENNY, WALTER B., Review of Celik: Displaying the Orient: Gesc hichte des religiösen Denkens im frühen Islam .