Eisenbrauns, an imprint of
Penn State University Press
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, is an academic
publisher
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specializing in the
ancient Near East
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and
biblical studies
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. They publish approximately twenty new books and reference works each year, as well as reprinting out-of-print books relating to biblical studies.
Eisenbrauns was founded by Jim and Merna Eisenbraun in 1975 in
Ann Arbor
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,
Michigan
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. It operated for over forty years in
Winona Lake
Winona Lake is a town in Wayne Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, and the major suburb of Warsaw. The population was 4,908 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Winona Lake is located at (41.220818, -85.817118). It is now contiguo ...
,
Indiana
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, and
Warsaw, Indiana
Warsaw is a city in and the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. Warsaw has a population of 13,559 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. Warsaw also borders a smaller town, Winona Lake.
Etymology
Warsaw, named after the capital of ...
before its acquisition by
Penn State University Press
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in 2017.
External links
Eisenbrauns official website
Book publishing companies based in Pennsylvania
Book publishing companies based in Indiana
Book publishing companies based in Michigan
Publishing companies established in 1975
Companies based in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Biblical studies
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