From: owner-anenews-digest@ (ANEnews Digest) To: anenews-digest Subject: ANEnews Digest V1998 #9 Reply-To: Sender: owner-anenews-digest@ Errors-To: owner-anenews-digest@ Precedence: bulk ANEnews Digest Saturday, January 17 1998 Volume 1998 : Number 009 anenews A New Phoenician Grammar anenews Biblical Language Standards Mailing Lis anenews AIA Archaeological Conservation Award ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 09:06:59 -0600 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews A New Phoenician Grammar Forwarded from on behalf of the undersigned, to whom responses and inquiries should be directed. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A Phoenician Grammar in Spanish has just been published: J.-L. Cunchillos & J.-A. Zamora, Gramatica Fenicia Elemental, Madrid 1997, pp. XV+170, ISBN: 84-00-07702-4. Price: 1500 pesetas (aprox. $10). Contents: Brief History of the Phoenicians/ Epigraphy/ Writing and Language/ The Verb/ Nouns and Adjectives/ Pronouns/ Particles/ Exercises/ Methodological Applications/ Appendix: Glossary, Basic Bibliography, Epigraphic Tables. Order from: Servicio de Publicaciones, CSIC c./Vitrubio, 8 28006-Madrid Fax: +34+1+5629634 Dr. Jose M. Galan Instituto de Filologia, CSIC c./Duque de Medinaceli, 8 28014-Madrid ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:22:00 -0600 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews Biblical Language Standards Mailing Lis Forwarded on behalf of the undersigned, to whom responses and inquiries should be directed. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reply-To: Patrick Durusau Greetings, Please take note of the following announcement of a mailing list for the SBL Seminar on Electronic Standards for Biblical Language Texts. This notice has been cross-posted to several lists of interest to scholars working in Ancient Near Eastern studies. Please excuse any duplicate copies that come to your attention. Patrick **********Biblical Language Standards Mailing List************ Announcing the Biblical Language Standards mailing list! The Biblical Language Standards mailing list is a forum for discussion of and announcements concerning the ongoing work of the SBL Seminar on Electronic Standards for Biblical Language Texts. Biblical scholars, publishers, librarians, archivists, researchers and software designers need good computer tools for working with biblical langauges and texts. This seminar is dedicated to solving problems such as interchange and publication of materials containing biblical languages, creation of electronic texts for analysis and archiving, and other problems routinely faced by those working with biblical materials. The goals of the seminar are to: (1) Create standards for electronic representation and interchange of all types of documents in biblical and related studies. These standards will include naming, description, and analysis. (2) Encourage the development of software implementing these standards. (3) Produce a set of sample documents and software developed as models which are consistent with these standards. (4) Build a consensus for adoption of these standards. (5) Provide training in their use. The Seminar is using the TEI Guidelines as the starting point for its discussion of encoding biblical language texts with a view of modifying or extending those guidelines as necessary. Current Working Groups of the Seminar and their members include: Critical apparatus: Jimmy Adair, jadair@emory.edu (chair), Winfried Bader, bader@dbg.de, Lewis Barth, lbarth@mizar.usc.edu, Michael Bakker, mbakker@let.uva.nl, Bruce Morrill, bruce@math.ksu.edu, Bernard Taylor, taylorb@earthlink.net. Dictionaries: Stephen Kaufman, skaufman@cn.huc.edu (Chair), Erik Eynikel, e.eynikel@theo.kun.nl, Peter Burton, burto009@maroon.tc.umn.edu, Dale Wheeler, dalemw@teleport.com, Richard Whitaker, Richard.Whitaker@ptsem.edu. Entity Sets and Writing System Declarations: Patrick Durusau, pdurusau@emory.edu, Kirk Lowery, KirkLowery@xc.org. Hebrew Syntax: Kirk Lowery, KirkLowery@xc.org, Dale Wheeler, dalemw@teleport.com. Imaging: Robert Kraft, kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu. Practical Applications: Proposed group for short-term projects and testing of proposed solutions from other working groups. Participation in the work of the Seminar and its groups is open to biblical scholars of all viewpoints, publishers and software developers. New working groups will be formed to address additional issues as the work of the Seminar progresses. Please contact either Patrick Durusau, pdurusau@emory.edu, or Susan Hockey, Susan.Hockey@UAlberta.ca, the co-chairs of the Seminar if you would like to formally participate in the work of the Seminar. Subscription to the list is open to any interested party but the list is moderated. To subscribe send the following command to majordomo@shemesh.scholar.emory.edu: subscribe bls The Seminar hopes to result in standards that will assist scholars, publishers, librarians and archivists, software developers and anyone else involved in biblical studies. Your support is appreciated. Patrick Patrick Durusau Information Technology Scholars Press pdurusau@emory.edu Co-Chair, SBL Seminar on Electronic Standards for Biblical Language Texts ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 15:37:25 -0600 From: "Charles E. Jones" Subject: anenews AIA Archaeological Conservation Award Forwarded on behalf of the undersigned, to whom responses and inquiries should be directed. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AIA Archaeological Conservation Award Award guidelines: The Conservation and Heritage Management Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America invites nominations for the AIA Archaeological Conservation Award to be presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting. This award is made in recognition of an individual's or institution's exceptional achievement in any of the following areas: 1) archaeological conservation (the conservation of an artifact, monument, or site). 2) archaeological conservation science (an advance in deterioration analysis or treatment of archaeological materials). 3) archaeological heritage management (the overall management of a site or group of sites including their preservation and interpretation to the public). 4) education/public awareness of archaeological conservation through teaching, lecturing, an exhibition, or a publication. The award to open to any international individuals, institutions, or organizations, public or private, which merit recognition for their contributions to the preservation of our archaeological heritage. Eligibility is not restricted to members of the AIA or to U.S. citizens. Please submit the names, a curriculum vitae, and a substantive statement about the nominee's qualifications for the award by 1 February 1998 to: Catherine Sease Chair, Conservation and Heritage Management Committee Field Museum Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60605 csease@fmnh.org Catherine Sease Head, Conservation and Collections Management The Field Museum - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of ANEnews Digest V1998 #9 ****************************** Back issues are available on the Oriental Institute World-Wide Web (WWW) site at: http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/ANE/OI_ANE.html