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Orlin, Louis Lawrence was born on November 7, 1925 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. Son of Bernard and Ruth.
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Intended for readers seeking insight into the day-to-day life of some of the world's most ancient peoples, Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East presents brief, fascinating explorations of key aspects of the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Asia Minor, and Iran. With vignettes on agriculture, architecture, crafts and industries, literature, religion, topography, and history, Orlin has created something refreshingly unique: a modern guidebook to an ancient world. The book also reaches out to students of the Ancient Near Eastern World with essays on decipherments, comparative cultural developments between Egypt and Mesopotamia, and language and literature. In addition to general readers, the book will be useful in the classroom as a text supplementing a more conventional introduction to Near Eastern Studies. "Well-written and accessible, Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East deftly connects the past with present experience by drawing out the differences between, for instance, modern churches and ancient temples, and frequently employing biblical references. This simplicity together with connecting contemporary to ancient experience makes the text ideal for freshmen and general readers." ---Marc Cooper, Professor of History, Missouri State University Now Professor Emeritus, Louis L. Orlin taught in the department of Ancient Near Eastern History and Literature at the University of Michigan for more than thirty years. He is the author and editor of several books, including Assyrian Colonies in Cappadocia and Ancient Near Eastern Literature: A Bibliography of One Thousand Items on the Cuneiform Literatures of the Ancient World.
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Orlin, Louis Lawrence was born on November 7, 1925 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. Son of Bernard and Ruth.
Bachelor, University Michigan, 1949. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1960.
Lecturer English language and literature University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1955-1958, lecturer ancient near eastern literature and history, 1956-1961, assistant professor, 1961-1965, associate professor, 1965, professor, 1970-1989, director residential college, 1973, professor emeritus, since 1989. Visiting scholar Cambridge (England) University, 1967-1968. Visiting professor University Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1982.
Regional consultant National Humanities series National Endowment of the Humanities, 1973-1975.
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Violist Ann Arbor Symphony orchestra, 1960-1985, Veterans Administration Medical Musical Group, 1990s. With United States Army, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Oriental Society, American History Association, Association Ancient Historians, Archaeol.
Institute American, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Jenny Lee Gray, June 24, 1988. Children: Lesley, David, Hugh, Celia.