Bodleian Libraries users have trial access to Prayer in the Ancient World Online from Brill, now extended until 12 June 2026.

Prayer in the Ancient World is a critical handbook on prayer in the ancient world including an anthology of representative prayers from the major languages and religious traditions e.g. Akkadian, Arabian, Christian, Egyptian, Greek, Hittite, Islamic, Jewish, Roman, Sumerian, Zoroastrian in Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean world, up to the end of the late antiquity period.

Please send any feedback on the trial to hilla.wait@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.