About the Journal
JAOS (ISSN 0003-0279) is published quarterly by the AOS. The first volume (1843-49) set the tone for all time in the broad scope of subject matter and the solidity of its scholarship. It included studies of Arab music, of Persian cuneiform, and of Buddhism in India, and brought to a wide audience the then novel theories of Pierre E. Du Ponceau, assailing the doctrine of the “ideograp
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Current Issue
Vol. 145 No. 4 (2025): JAOS
Published: 2025-12-11
Front Matter
Front Matter
Abstract 157 | PDF Downloads 41Articles
“Khnum Is Against Us”
Abstract 129 | PDF Downloads 7Page 669–688
Oracular Law in Bīt-Baḫiāni?
Abstract 67 | PDF Downloads 5Page 689–712
Why Syntax Matters
Abstract 87 | PDF Downloads 8Page 713–734
The Phonology of rr and r in Khotanese
Abstract 87 | PDF Downloads 4Page 735–762
The Final Part of the Mongol Text of the 1413 Tyr Trilingual Inscription
Abstract 93 | PDF Downloads 6Page 763–782
The Reconstructed Morphology of Old Chinese and Word Classes in Warring States Chinese
Abstract 143 | PDF Downloads 8Page 783–804
Forming the Knowledge of Fragrance in Song Dynasty Catalogues of Incense
Abstract 112 | PDF Downloads 11Page 805–828
Brief Communications
The Travels of Tang Emperor Xuanzong (r. 712–756)
Abstract 155 | PDF Downloads 6Page 835–842
Review Articles
New Bactrian Documents from the Hindukush
Abstract 128 | PDF Downloads 5Page 843–850
Reviews
Review of Luwili: Hittite-Luwian Ritual Texts Attributed to Puriyanni, Kuwattalla and Šilalluḫi (CTH 758–763)
Abstract 102 | PDF Downloads 8Page 851–853
Review of Recycling for Death: Coffin Reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches
Abstract 57 | PDF Downloads 3Page 856–859
Review of Descendants of a Lesser God: Regional Power in Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt
Abstract 58 | PDF Downloads 4Page 859–863
Review of Hajj Travelogues: Texts and Contexts from the 12th Century until 1950
Abstract 61 | PDF Downloads 2Page 863–865
Review of The Formation of Post-Classical Philosophy in Islam
Abstract 44 | PDF Downloads 2Page 865–868
Review of The Rise of Critical Islam: 10th–13th Century Legal Debate
Abstract 58 | PDF Downloads 1Page 868–870
Review of Scripts and Scripture: Writing and Religion in Arabia circa 500–700 CE
Abstract 50 | PDF Downloads 3Page 870–873
Review of Johann Michael Wansleben’s Travels in Turkey, 1673–1676: An Annotated Edition of His French Report
Abstract 43 | PDF Downloads 1Page 873–874
Review of The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought
Abstract 67 | PDF Downloads 6Page 874–877
Review of Twenty-Nine Goodbyes: An Introduction to Chinese Poetry
Abstract 97 | PDF Downloads 9Page 877–880
Review of Dictionary of Taoist Internal Alchemy
Abstract 67 | PDF Downloads 2Page 882–884
Brief Reviews
Review of The Assyrians
Abstract 106 | PDF Downloads 5Page 885
Review of The Nubian Pharaohs of Egypt: Their Lives and Afterlives
Abstract 65 | PDF Downloads 4Page 885–886