Despite some renewed interest in the study of Byzantium and the pre-Islamic near east, the final military confrontation between the Byzantine and Persian empires that began in 603 remains a footnote in most historical narratives. When referenced, it is often discussed as a facto…
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This study focuses on the musical activities and views of Iranian immigrant artists who perform, teach, and support traditional Iranian music in Los Angeles and Southern California. This geographic area and its interconnected social networks, which I refer to as Irangeles, is pa…
In 1999 a large building was discovered at Tel Kedesh that had been the administrative center for northern Upper Galilee in the Persian, Ptolemaic, and Seleucid periods. The building had been partially destroyed and abandoned around 143 BCE, a date that corresponds remarkably we…
This dissertation examines the emergence and development of traditions of family law among East Syrian and West Syrian Christians in Muslim-ruled Syria, Iraq, and Iran between the late eighth and early fourteenth centuries CE. With the general interest of integrating the history…
Empires may be dead; however memories of empire are alive and well. The list of incidents involving the remembrance and contested memories of imperial experiences across the globe include every modern empire that has fallen in the last century and resonate in almost every nation…
While apocalyptic symbolism played a significant role in the shaping of Islamic societies, both the nature of this symbolism and the ways in which these apocalypses were employed in the construction of authority remain understudied. After a brief introduction to Qur'ānic apocaly…
This study is a methodical investigation of the ancient Egyptian priesthood appearing in the Memphite elite tombs of the Old Kingdom. The iconographic specifics of figures having singular priestly titles, or any hierarchical and gender variations of the same titles, were collect…
This dissertation is a study of Horus the Behdetite based on material dating prior to the construction of the god's famous temple at Edfu during the Ptolemaic Period. Although much of the earlier temple of the god has been destroyed, there is still a wealth of material pertainin…
Why would a successful young novelist write the story of a failed poet told from the point of view of a sympathetic narrator, and why would this failed protagonist then become a role model for the next generation of litterateurs? Focusing on the last decades of the nineteenth ce…
The study of prehistoric warfare in the ancient Near East is often evoked in Near Eastern scholarship, but remains understudied in a comprehensive or objective manner. This dissertation delves into the quantification and interpretation of the evidence of warfare and interpersona…
My dissertation, entitled Imagining Independence Park, uses literary texts, photographs, and art installations to explore the strategies and practices that gay Israelis adopt in order to assimilate into mainstream society and to distinguish themselves from it. I analyze diverse …
An issue that has been the subject of much archaeological attention in recent decades is the collapse of urban centers in northern Mesopotamia at the close of the Early Bronze Age. The causes of this regional contraction have been much debated. One obstacle to resolving this iss…
The funerary literature from ancient Egypt has long been studied. However, the final manuscripts in this tradition have received negligible attention. In the first two centuries of the Common Era, a new funerary composition appeared, with papyrus as its most common medium for tr…
The dissertation studies the theoretical structures of Arabic morphology as it developed into an independent linguistic science and examines the principal features which were formulated and established by the Arab grammarians. After a careful examination of the Qur'an, the corpu…
This dissertation explores the process, effects, and results of codification of Egyptian personal status laws as seen through the eyes of the 'ulama'. The codification process began in the mid-1800s and continued until the abolishment of the Shari'a courts in 1955 with the absor…
There is no doubt that mummification was an incredibly important element of the ancient Egyptian mortuary sphere and a key element in preserving the body after death. The purpose of mummification in ancient Egypt is often described as preserving the body in order to remain life-…
The present study enhances our understanding of police officers' work motivation in the context of Turkey. An extensive literature review was devoted in order to develop a revised model for examining the antecedents of the police officers' work motivation. The model was develope…
Reforms in education of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines have been particularly critical for the economic competitiveness of Turkey. STEM education includes the set of knowledge, skills, and beliefs which are collaboratively constructed by stu…
This dissertation examines and compares civil-military relations in Turkey and Israel with a focus on military interventions in politics. It aims to understand the reasons behind the militaries' political interventions at different levels and in different types in these countrie…