Michael C.A. Macdonald

Honorary Fellow / Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford / British Academy

Michael C.A. Macdonald is a Fellow of the British Academy, holds a D.Litt from the University of Chicago, and is an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. For the last 50 years he has studied the languages, scripts, rock-art and cultures of ancient Arabia and its neighbours, ancient nomads, and ancient literacy. He has led numerous expeditions to record inscriptions in the deserts of Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and led the creation of the Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia (OCIANA).

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BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

Crossing Ancient Sacred Landscapes

ed. Michael C.A. Macdonald

This volume examines the sacred landscapes, cults and mortuary traditions of northern Arabia and the southern Levant from the Neolithic to the Early Islamic period. Drawing on archaeology, history, epigraphy and rock art studies, it explores religious continuity and change across different landscapes, cultures and eras. READ MORE

Hardback: £65.00

Taymāʾ III: Catalogue of the Inscriptions in the Taymāʾ Museum and Other Collections

ed. Michael C.A. Macdonald

This volume catalogues 131 inscriptions from the Taymāʾ oasis, housed in local and international collections. Edited by leading scholars, it features texts in multiple ancient scripts and languages, with significant new editions of key religious monuments and comprehensive indices of all known Taymāʾ inscriptions. READ MORE

Hardback: £75.00 | Open Access

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Taymāʾ II: Catalogue of the Inscriptions Discovered in the Saudi-German Excavations at Taymāʾ 2004–2015

ed. Michael C.A. Macdonald

The Catalogue contains all inscriptions discovered during 24 seasons of Saudi-German excavations at Taymāʾ, 2004–15. The 113 objects carry inscriptions in different languages and scripts, including Babylonian cuneiform, Imperial Aramaic inscriptions, Arabic inscriptions and more, illustrating the linguistic diversity of the oasis through time. READ MORE

Hardback: £65.00 £16.25 | Open Access

Languages, scripts and their uses in ancient North Arabia: Papers from the Special Session of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held on 5 August 2017

ed. Michael C.A. Macdonald

Most of the papers published in this volume were presented at a Special Session of the 51st Seminar for Arabian Studies (British Museum, August 2017) to celebrate the completion in the previous March of Phase 2 of the ‘Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia’ (OCIANA). READ MORE

Paperback: £28.00 | eBook: £16.00

The Development of Arabic as a Written Language

ed. Michael C.A. Macdonald

Proceedings of the special session held during the Seminar for Arabian Studies 2009. READ MORE

Paperback: £30.00

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 35 2005

ed. Michael C.A. Macdonald

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2004. READ MORE

Paperback: £45.00

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 33 2003

ed. Michael C.A. Macdonald

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 2002. READ MORE

Paperback: £42.00

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