Mandel Scholion Center is pleased to congratulate Mandel Fellow Dr. Céline Debourse on the publication of her first book, Of Priests and Kings: The Babylonian New Year Festival in the Last Age of Cuneiform Culture. The book, published by Brill, examines the Late Babylonian ritual texts of the twelve-day New Year Festival and demonstrates how these texts "reflect the Babylonian priesthoods' fears and aspirations of that time much more than an actual ritual."

More information about the book can be found on Brill's website.