Rebecca Hasselbach-Andee, PhD, received her PhD in Semitic Philology from Harvard University in 2004. After working as a preceptor for Semitic languages at Harvard, she was hired as Professor for Comparative Semitics at the University of Chicago. Hasselbach-Andee's research interests lie in the comparative study of Semitic languages. The main methodologies she applies are those of Historical Linguistics, Typology, and Sociolinguistics. Some of her publications include Sargonic Akkadian: A Historical and Comparative Study of the Syllabic Texts and Case in Semitic: Roles, Relations, and Reconstruction.
To sum up, A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Languages deserves a place on every Hebrew Bible scholar's shelf (or device) alongside other standard resources on the ancient Near Eastern world of the OT. - Bulletin for Biblical Research, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2021