Joan Goodnick Westenholz

Biographic Data

ID1439812
NAMEJoan Goodnick Westenholz
GIVEN NAMESJoan Goodnick
FAMILY NAMEWestenholz
SIGNATUREWESTENHOLZ J G
AFFILIATIONSTel Aviv University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR16
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1971
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX1

  • Music in Antiquity

    Edwin Seroussi, Joan Goodnick Westenholz et al.BOOKMusic in Antiquity2014

  • Trading the Symbols of the Goddess Nanaya

    Open AccessJoan Goodnick WestenholzCHAPTERReligions and Trade2014

    In the marketplace of religions, the goddess Nanaya was a popular commodity among worshippers of various polytheistic traditions. Her cult was adopted and adapted by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Elamites, Arameans, Hellenistic Greeks, Egyptians, Syrians, and the many Iranian groups. The author attempts to answer the question: What caused the goddess Nanaya to be bought? The inquiry focuses on her sacred symbols as one medium for conveying religious …

  • Notes on the Old Assyrian Sargon legend

    Open AccessJoan Goodnick WestenholzARTICLEIraq2007

    I would like to express my thanks to Bendt Alster and Takayoshi Oshima for giving me the opportunity to add a few comments on their article. Within the limits of these pages, I will restrict myself to certain general subjects and one theme in the Old Assyrian Sargon Legend. As Alster and Oshima suggest above, the Old Assyrian Sargon Legend is obviously a written improvisation. However, improvisation has little to do with whether the text is to be…

  • The Old Akkadian Presence in Nineveh

    Joan Goodnick WestenholzARTICLEIraq2004

    The goal of this article is to investigate the enigma of the Old Akkadian presence at Nineveh. After reviewing the written and archaeological evidence for such a presence, the lack of evidence at Nineveh will be compared with the comparatively richer testimony of the Old Akkadian occupation at Assur. The thesis of this paper is that Šamši-Adad's claim that Maništušu was the original builder of the temple of Ištar of Nineveh should be regarded as …

  • In the Shadow of the Muses a View of Akkadian Literature

    Joan Goodnick Westenholz, Benjamin R FosterARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1999

  • Legends of the Kings of Akkade

    Benjamin R Foster, Joan Goodnick WestenholzARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1999

  • Lka 63

    Victor Avigdor Hurowitz, Victor Hurowitz et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cuneiform Studies1990Cited by: 1

  • Towards a New Conceptualization of the Female Role in Mesopotamian Society

    Joan Goodnick Westenholz, Jean-Marie DurandARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1990Cited by: 4

  • Briefe aus dem Iraq Museum (TIM II) . L. Cagni

    Joan Goodnick WestenholzARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1989

  • Tamar, Qĕdēšā, Qadištu , and Sacred Prostitution in Mesopotamia

    Open AccessJoan Goodnick WestenholzARTICLEHarvard Theological Review1989

    The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet and glittered with gold and jewels and pearls, and she was holding a gold winecup filled with the disgusting filth of her prostitution; on her forehead was written a name, a cryptic name: “Babylon the Great, the mother of the prostitutes and all the filthy practices on the earth.” (Rev 17:4–5, NJB ) In discussions of the ancient Near Eastern setting for the Old Testament, various aspects of Mesopotamian…

  • The Sargon Legend

    Joan Goodnick WestenholzARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1984

  • Kaku of Ur and Kaku of Lagash

    Joan Goodnick WestenholzARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1984

  • The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic

    Joan Goodnick Westenholz, Jeffrey H TigayARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1984

  • Die altbabylonischen Briefe und Urkunden aus Kisurra . Burkhart Kienast

    Joan Goodnick WestenholzARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1983

  • Heroes of Akkad

    Joan Goodnick WestenholzARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1983

    ALL STUDENTS OF NEAR EASTERN LITERATURE OWE AN INCALCULABLE DEBT TO SAMUEL NOAH KRAMER for his lifetime of work in Sumerian literature. One of his many and varied insights in this field was the introduction of the concept of the Sumerian Heroic Age with its literature on the basis of such parallels as Greek, Indian and Teutonic Heroic Ages.' This concept has been the basis of many studies.' The present contribution in his honor will compare the S…

  • Sḏm·f and Sḏm·n·f Forms in the Pey (Piankhy) Inscription

    Thomas J Logan, Joan Goodnick WestenholzARTICLEJournal of the American Research…1971