Old Orient and Old Testament
“ Old Orient and Old Testament . Publications on the Culture and History of the Old Orient and the Old Testament ”( AOAT ) (founded by Manfried Dietrich , Oswald Loretz † and Kurt Bergerhof ) is a series of books published until 2018 by Manfried Dietrich, Ingo Kottsieper and Hans Neumann . Since 2019 the editorial team has consisted of Manfried Dietrich, Angelika Berlejung, Holger Gzella and Enrique Jiménez. With several hundred volumes, it is one of the most important series of ancient Near Eastern studies , Near Eastern archeology and Old Testament science.
Volumes 1 to 42 and 200 to 244 were published as joint productions by Verlag Butzon & Bercker (Kevelaer) and Neukirchener Verlag (Neukirchen-Vluyn), volumes 43 to 53 and 245 and all other volumes by Ugarit Verlag (Münster / West .).
In the years 1971 to 1973 at least eight volumes were also published in the sub-series “Old Orient and Old Testament - Special Series. Publications on the Culture and History of the Ancient Orient ”.