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. 144 No. 2 (2024): JAOS
Published: 2024-06-16
Front Matter
Front Matter
Abstract 82 | PDF Downloads 21Articles
Ruminant Relations
Abstract 61 | PDF Downloads 8Page 231–258
Rebuking Viṣṇu and Reaping the Rewards
Abstract 54 | PDF Downloads 11Page 259–283
Text, Materiality, and Practice
Abstract 53 | PDF Downloads 5Page 285–301
Being a Commodity
Abstract 40 | PDF Downloads 5Page 303–322
The Curious Case of the Vanished Coordinative Conjunction in Neo-Assyrian
Abstract 38 | PDF Downloads 4Page 323–338
“As Dry Trees That Have No Fruits”
Abstract 52 | PDF Downloads 6Page 339–360
Naramsin’s Year Names Once More
Abstract 43 | PDF Downloads 6Page 361–368
A Childlike Goddess
Abstract 36 | PDF Downloads 4Page 369–379
Siyāq Numbers on Copper Coins and Countermarks during the Qajar Era
Abstract 81 | PDF Downloads 4Page 381–400
Al-Asrūshanī’s Jāmiʿ aḥkām al-ṣighār as a Source for the History of Childhood in Muslim Societies
Abstract 68 | PDF Downloads 3Page 401–416
Brief Communications
The Final Hymn of the Rigveda
Abstract 40 | PDF Downloads 5Page 417–420
Ibn Ḥabīb’s Book of Scrupulosity
Abstract 24 | PDF Downloads 4Page 421–425
Review Articles
What Counts as Buddhist Historiography and Why Does It Matter?
Abstract 47 | PDF Downloads 4Page 427–439
Putting Barbarians in Their Place
Abstract 49 | PDF Downloads 3Page 441–449
A Commentary on a Commentary on Ancient Mesopotamian Commentaries
Abstract 57 | PDF Downloads 9Page 451–461
Reviews
Review of The History of the Arthaśāstra: Sovereignty and Sacred Law in Ancient India
Abstract 32 | PDF Downloads 2Page 463–467
Review of The Tsinghua University Warring States Bamboo Manuscripts: Studies and Translations, vol.1
Abstract 44 | PDF Downloads 2Page 467–469
Review of Animals and Plants in Chinese Religions and Science
Abstract 30 | PDF Downloads 1Page 469–471
Review of Bandits in Print: The Water Margin and the Transformations of the Chinese Novel
Abstract 47 | PDF Downloads 2Page 471–472
Review of Daily Life in Ancient Egyptian Settlements: Conference Aswan 2019
Abstract 26 | PDF Downloads 6Page 473–475
Review of Bēl Lišāni: Current Research in Akkadian Linguistics
Abstract 32 | PDF Downloads 7Page 475–478
Review of Researching Metaphor in the Ancient Near East
Abstract 27 | PDF Downloads 5Page 478–479
Review of Sectarianism in Islam: The Umma Divided
Abstract 23 | PDF Downloads 2Page 479–482
Review of Wives and Work: Islamic Law and Ethics before Modernity
Abstract 27 | PDF Downloads 1Page 482–484
Review of The Rise of the Niʿmatullāhī Order: Shiʿite Sufi Masters against Islamic Fundamentalism in 19th-Century Persia
Abstract 34 | PDF Downloads 2Page 484–486
Review of Agents of the Hidden Imam: Forging Twelver Shiʿism, 850–950 CE
Abstract 26 | PDF Downloads 2Page 497–490
Review of Wahhābism: The History of a Militant Islamic Movement
Abstract 22 | PDF Downloads 1Page 490–492
Brief Reviews
Review of Spatial Dunhuang: Experiencing the Mogao Caves
Abstract 43 | PDF Downloads 3Page 493