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N.B. this part: "[Finkel] earned a PhD in Assyriology from the University of Birmingham under the supervision of Wilfred G. Lambert with a dissertation on Babylonian exorcistic spells against demons."
Black-and-white portrait photo of Finkel included. Faces right, brow furrowed and beard frazzled with extreme intensity. He leans slightly forward. Photograph displays harsh contrast between the blacks of the background and his coat versus the whites of his beard and suit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:zou22xjksslahfpv2aefparj/bafkreidsrftjdhctnyamrse5rho57p5rvycil2piz5ju6zx5rcvaqdlbqu@jpeg)
JWs, when visiting, leave soon, and never return. Oh, I'm perfectly polite but... My degree is in Assyriology and I minored in Old Testament Exegetics. 😈JWs, when visiting, leave soon, and never return. Oh, I'm perfectly polite but... My degree is in Assyriology and I minored in Old Testament Exegetics. 😈
Oh that reminds me, Bart did an "all about Megan Lewis" episode a few weeks back. She actually began her education in fashion before finding her way to Assyriology. She said something similar to this about her taste in glasses.
I have been interviewed about my award-winning article on Sennacherib's assassination in Mar Shiprim, the newsletter of the International Association of Assyriology! iaassyriology.com/97833-2/
Interesting to think about how cuneiform was being deciphered right around when Moby Dick was being written. Might be fun to spend an idle evening checking if any early Assyriology texts were in his library.
Don't like Assyriology? or was it Hume that did it for you
Assyriology and chill
ASSYRIOLOGY ALERT I love it when something from his beardiness drops. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUxF...
The Babylonian map of the world is the oldest map of the world, in the world. Written and inscribed on clay in Mesopotamia around 2,900-years-ago, it is, lik...
Wish I could be at the 69th RAI in Helsinki this week! But I've apparently received an award for best first article in the field of Assyriology for my article "Failed Coup: The Assassination of Sennacherib and Esarhaddon's Struggle for the Throne"!
