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About Me
Noga Ayali-Darshan is Associate Professor in the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages at Bar-Ilan University. Her research focuses on the languages, literatures, and cultures of the ancient Near East. Employing philological and comparative methods, she examines the interrelations among Ugaritic, Mesopotamian, Hittite, Phoenician, Egyptian, and biblical traditions, with particular attention to the transmission and transformation of mythological and literary motifs. She is the author of The Storm-God and the Sea: The Origin, Versions, and Diffusion of a Myth throughout the Ancient Near East (2020) and Dying and Rising Gods: The History of a Mythologem in West Asia of the Second Millennium BCE (2024).
Rersearch:
Literature and Languages of the Ancient Near East
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oct 2005 → May 2012
Award Date: 6 May 2012
Bachelor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oct 1999 → Jun 2001
Award Date: 6 Jun 2005
Master's Degree, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oct 2001 → Oct 2005
Award Date: 1 Jan 2005
Research
- Fields of Interest
- Literature and Languages of the Ancient Near East
- Mesopotamia
- Ancient Egypt
- Ugarit
- Ancient Israel and Phoenicia
- Hittite
- תחומי מחקר
- ספרויות ולשונות המזרח הקרוב הקדום
- ספרות ולשון במסופוטמיה
- ספרות ולשון מצרים העתיקה
- אוגרית
- ספרות ולשון פניקיה
- ספרות ולשון חתית
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»who Will Ascend?« the Dual Response and the Formation of Psalm 24
Ayali-Darshan, N., 30 Mar 2026, In: Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. 138, 1, p. 28-42 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Canaanite Parallelism in Hittite and Egyptian Texts: Transmission and Adaptation
Ayali-Darshan, N., Jun 2026, In: Religions. 17, 6, 675.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Parablepsis in Duplicate S of Inana’s Descent to the Netherworld and its Impact on Ištar’s Descent to the Netherworld
Ayali-Darshan, N., 2025, On Scribes and Scholars : Essays in Honor of Wayne Horowitz. Zilberg, P., Gabbay, U., Bloch, Y. & Ayali-Darshan, N. (eds.). Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, p. 143–156 (Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts; vol. 39).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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On Scribes and Scholars: Essays in Honor of Wayne Horowitz
Zilberg, P. (Editor), Gabbay, U. (Editor), Bloch, Y. (Editor) & Ayali-Darshan, N. (Editor), 2025, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. (Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts; vol. 39)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Philo of Byblos’ Version of the Storm God’s Combat Against the Sea
Ayali-Darshan, N. & Darshan, G., Oct 2025, In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 84, 2, p. 241-252 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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I.L. Seeligmann Award for Outstanding Research Paper in Biblical Studies
Darshan, N. (Recipient), 2007
Prize
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The Israel Association of University Women Award for research achievements
Darshan, N. (Recipient), 2010
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Activities
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The Closing Hymn of the Ugaritic Baal Cycle (KTU 1.6 VI 42–54): A Mesopotamian Background?
Darshan, N. (Invited speaker)
23 Nov 2019 → 26 Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The ISBL Annual Meeting
Darshan, N. (Participation - Conference participant)
1 Jul 2019 → 5 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Organizing a conference, workshop, ...
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The Staffs of Mt-Wšr
Darshan, N. (Invited speaker)
23 Sep 2019 → 24 Sep 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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לימוד לשון ומשפט מסופוטמי בכנען באלף השני לפנה"ס
Darshan, N. (Invited speaker)
9 Sep 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The EABS International Meeting
Darshan, N. (Participation - Conference participant)
30 Jul 2018 → 3 Aug 2018Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Organizing a conference, workshop, ...
Thesis
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הבקשות ליראת שמים בספרות המקרא ובכתובות הבבליות
darshan, N. (Author), Cogan, M. (Supervisor), 2005Student thesis: Thesis